Paddy Farmers Survey 2022
Sri Lanka, 2022
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LKA_2022_SLPFS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
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Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)
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E07. Specify what would be the determining factors for you when selecting paddy (e_07_oth)
Data file: SL2022_clean_anon
Overview
Valid:
181
Type:
Discrete
Width:
147
Range:
-
Format:
character
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Based on soil conditions ( iron toxicity) | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Based on the choice of other farmers | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Based on the decision of farmer's organization | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Beans is the major crop . Farmer has used his own seeds. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Can stand against pest attack and low fertiliser application. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Can stand low fertilisers application and pest attack | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Can stand pesticide attack and water scarcity | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Consider neighbour field | 2 |
1.1%
|
|
| Consider the neighbour's field | 15 |
8.3%
|
|
| Desease tolerance | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Did not cultivated | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Disease resistant | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Disease resistant variety | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Do not cultivate paddy or maize | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Grain characters | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Growing pattern of plant (He normally uses smalls variety because tall variety isn't resistance to the wind and heavy rain) | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| He choose flooding resistance variety. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| High Market demand | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| High disease resistant | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| High in market demand | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| It can be tolerate in salt condition | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| It can tolerate in salt condition | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| It need less chemical fertilisers and reduce the cost of production | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Mada kumburat godakma sudusu variety ekak...goyam gasa usin adu nisa kada kadawatimak wenne na | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Not awareness about that | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Not cultivate paddy. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Own preference | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Resistance to pest and diesease attack | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Rooga adu wargayak | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| She not involved in cultivation | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Short type bushes | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Tolerate to diseases | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Trader preference high on vellaikora | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| Traders preference high | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| apc provides that variety only and he believes it will be the best therefore. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| appearance of the rice seed | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| based on the climate.. red is good to rainfed white is good to yala | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| based on the other farmer's choice. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| based on the other farmer's choice | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| can stand against fertiliser and water scarcity | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| can stand against low fertilisers application | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| certified | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| cheap seed paddy | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| choosing pest resistant varieties | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| consider neighbour field | 2 |
1.1%
|
|
| consider neighbour's field | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| consider soil condition | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| consider the neighbour's field | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| consider the neighbours field | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| consumption preference | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| could be use machinery | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| diesese resistance | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| diseaee redistant | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| disease residtance | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| disease resistance | 2 |
1.1%
|
|
| disease resistance variety | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| disease resistant | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| disease resistant variety shortly variety | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| disease tolerance | 2 |
1.1%
|
|
| diseases adui... | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| family preference | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| for consumption | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| good for lack of water. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| goyam gasa kada watimak sidu nowana nisa... | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| high pricing variety | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| iron wlat ඔරොà¶à·Šà¶à·” dena variety | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| it won't go stale. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| it's determined by the expected rainfall. if they predict high rainfall they will cultivate long white samba variety. if not sinnavolai | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| kora can yield in lack of fertilizer. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| kora is good for high low land. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| kubure soil eke athi thathwaya matha | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| kuburu andayta di etha | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| kuburu waga nokarai | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| lack of paddy seed availability it's determined by the sellers. they assume that this paddy will go for good price in future and sells that variety | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| land fertility | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| land suitability | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| leda adu nisa | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| leda hedenawa adu nisa. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less disease attack | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less disease susceptible | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less disease susceptible varieties. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less fertilizer required for Aatekaari and BG 400-6 is good for heavy muddy lands | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less pest attack | 4 |
2.2%
|
|
| less pest attack and this variety will be strong enough to this land | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less pest attack less cost less fertilizer needed drought resistant..kora | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less pest attack not much fertilizer needed strong stem | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less pest attack weight full | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| less pest attack. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| low fertilisers usage, can stand against pest attack and water scarcity | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| low fertilizer requirement | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| need less amount fertilizer | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not having paddy land and not cultivate paddy | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not cultivate paddy | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not cultivate paddy | 3 |
1.7%
|
|
| not cultivated any land | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not cultivated paddy | 5 |
2.8%
|
|
| not cultivated paddy both yala and maha season. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not cultivated paddy in both season | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not need | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not needed | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| not practice paddy cultivation | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| paddy or irigu sitawa netha | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| paddy waga kara netha | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| paddy waga nokarai | 5 |
2.8%
|
|
| paddy wagakara nometha | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| paliboda haniya blnawa | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| pest & disease attacks | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| pest and disease | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| pest and disease resistance | 3 |
1.7%
|
|
| pest and disease resistancy | 8 |
4.4%
|
|
| pest resistancy | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| planting ability of the seeds and quality of the seeds. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| preference of family members | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| quantity of the water which released from the tank | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| resistance pest and dieses | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| resistance to diseases | 3 |
1.7%
|
|
| salinity of the soil | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| seed suitability to land during maha and yala | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| seed weight | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| she didn't cultivate paddy within a year | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| suitability for this land. | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| suitability of the variety to the land | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| suitability to land | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| tenure out | 2 |
1.1%
|
|
| they are sugar patients | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| tolerance to pest and disease | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| tolerant to diseases | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| tolerate to diseases | 2 |
1.1%
|
|
| tolerate to diseases, | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| waga nokarai | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| waga nokarayi, naughty aswenna wediyen labagenimata heki prabedayak anda gowiya waga karayi | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| weight of the seeds, weather they are mixed seeds | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| yield of kora is higher in lack of | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| ලෙඩ රà·à¶œ අඩු වී වර්ගයක් | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| ලෙඩ රà·à¶œ වලට ඔරොà¶à·Šà¶à·” දීම | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| ගොයම් ගසේ උස | 1 |
0.6%
|
|
| ගුනà·à¶à·Šà¶¸à¶š බව | 1 |
0.6%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.