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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E11. Specify what supporting services from the government are expected in order (e_11_oth)
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245
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali watak nomathi wima nisa waga haniya walakwa ganimata upades. water management. | 1 |
0.4%
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| Athireka boga waga karanna tharan pramanawath idak natha | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| Availability of recommended fertiliser, pesticide and weedicide in a reasonable price through APC. They give extra morethan 10kg without money payment | 1 |
0.4%
|
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| Available of fertiliser, pesticide and weedicide in reasonable price | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Available of fertiliser, pesticide and weedicide in a reasonable price. Have to reduce the problem of monkeys and elephant | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Can't cultivate due to annimal attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Can't cultivate due to the lack of water | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| Can't produce OFC due to animal attacks | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Cannot cultivate OFC | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| Cannot cultivate OFC due to wild animal attacks and lack of water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Cannot cultivate OFC due to wild boar attacks | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Control price for other inputs like herbicides. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| D not have paddy fields | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Difficult to cultivate due to the muddy land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Do not have paddy fields | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Do not want | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Elephant fence avoid the Elephant attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Elephant fence is necessary to control the elephant attack. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Elephant fence is needed. here no elephant fence | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Elephant fence to protect from attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Equipments | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Farmer do not have paddy fields. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Fertilizer | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Fertilizer need | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Good grade fertilisers | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Have to control the elephant attack during the cultivation season | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Have to control the elephant during the cultivation period | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| He doesn't like yo cultivate other crops in paddy land. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| He said that he doesn't need anything. bcz the soil condition is not suitable for that. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| It is very difficult to cultivate other crops in this land..So if government introduce suitable varieties it will be very useful ... | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Land is not suitable | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Money | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Need irrigation system | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Need process to get kerosine | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Need solution for Elephant attacks. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| No enough time to OFC cultivation | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| No idea | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| No need any help | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| No paddy lands | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not interested | 3 |
1.2%
|
|
| Not interested due to high flooding | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not need | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| Not needed. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not suitable based on the soil conditions | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not suitable due to high flooding | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not suitable dueto high flooding | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Not suitable for that | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Pest control method is needed | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Pest control method is needed for monkeys | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| The paddy collectors collect the paddy as 72kg per a bag. But in kurunagala, batticalo side 64kg per a bag. The price for 72kg and 64kg are equal. Then they sell the paddy in the market as kg wise. So the farmers lost the income for more than10kg. So he a | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| They requested there are no roads so want to put the Road. That field is surrounding in the river . | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Transportation | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| Yield of yala season wasn't purchased the paddy because the government imported the rice. So need to consider inland farmers and then purchase the remaining needs. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| all the surrounding farmers also should practice this. then only it can be done. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| based on the climatic condition this land is not suitable for the alternative farming | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| bridge to across the river and to reach the land plot | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| can not cultivate other crops due to soil type of the land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| can not cultivate other crops in this land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| can't cultivate due to the water shortage | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| can't practice due to high rainfall intensity | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| cannot cultivate due to elephants attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| cannot cultivate OFC due to lack of water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| cannot cultivate due to lack of water | 3 |
1.2%
|
|
| control measures for wild elephants | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| control measures for wild animal attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| control measures for wild elephant attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| difficult to cultivate in low land in this area | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| difficult to cultivate other crop | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| difficult to cultivate so not interest | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| difficult to cultivate with existing soil condition | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| do not need | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| due to muddy conditions lands are not suitable for other crops | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| electric fence | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| expand the extent of the tank | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| fertilizer | 7 |
2.9%
|
|
| fertilizer Problem | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| fertilizer need | 6 |
2.4%
|
|
| fertilizer need and he requested give any loan from government | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| fertilizer problem | 5 |
2%
|
|
| give low price seedling | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| grazing land for cows | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| hard to cultivate OFC due to wild rat attacks | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| he is organic farmer,he request to get big sieves for filter the organic materials,needs wheel burrow. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| inputs for low cost | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| irrigation water management | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| kubura adeta dun nisa wagawa Krnne natha | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| kuburu waga nokarai | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| kumbura idam netha. wanasathwa hani wedi nisa wagawa apahasuya | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| kumburu idam netha | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| kumburu idam waga nokarai | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| land is not suitable due to lack of water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| land is not suitable for OFC | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| land is not suitable for that | 3 |
1.2%
|
|
| lands are Not suitable due to high flooding | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| mada edam natha | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| nagarika gowithena gena dena genimata kemathi | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| need a place to dryout the paddy | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| need fertilizer | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| need pest control method (swine) | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| need process to protect from animals | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| need to control pest attacks | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| need to minimize animal attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| no enough water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| no lowlands | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| no need | 11 |
4.5%
|
|
| no time to cultivate | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not cultivate paddy and not having paddy land | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| not enogh water so need of water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not having paddy land and not cultivate paddy | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interest | 11 |
4.5%
|
|
| not interest due to the soil condition | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interest to cultivate | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interest to cultivate OFC | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interest to cultivate other crops in paddy field | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interest to cultivate with soil condition. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interest with existing soil condition | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interested | 12 |
4.9%
|
|
| not interested due to high flooding | 2 |
0.8%
|
|
| not interested in cultivating | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not interested, because difficult to cultivate with muddy soil condition | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not intersted due to high flooding condition | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not intetest | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not involve and not interest in other crop cultivation in paddy land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not involve with FOC in paddy land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not need | 3 |
1.2%
|
|
| not need due to high flooding | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not suitable | 4 |
1.6%
|
|
| not suitable for other cultivation . paddy cultivation also was destroyed due to excess water | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not suitable for the cultivation due to water accumilation | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| not time | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| path is there but not in regular so repair the common path. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| predeshayata gelapene netha | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| prevent from cattle | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| proper land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| protection from elephant | 4 |
1.6%
|
|
| protection from elephant n water source | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| protection from elephant. n water source | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| protection method against wild animals | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| protection methods for wild animal attacks | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| recommended pesticide and weedicide have to be provide or sell for price. they can buy and use it. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| requested to give fertilizer | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| road to reach the land. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| sathungen karadara nisa waga karanne na. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| sathwa getalu | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| sathwa prashnaya | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| sathwa prashnaya sadaha visadum | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| she requests to get agro well for her land | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| solution for water problem | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| solution for wild animal attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| solve the elephant and monkey attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| solve the fertilizer problem | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| subsidy (money) for low yield in pervious cultivation | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| tenure out | 3 |
1.2%
|
|
| tenure out, | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| they not interest to cultivate other crops in low land kumbura | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| to avoid animal attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| to control wild animal attack | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| to control wild animal attack, specialy peackock | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| waga nokarai | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| wana sathunge haniya awama kirimata kriyamaraga | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| wana sathwa hani | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| wanasathwa prashna ( rilau ) | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water facility should be provided. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water and protection from bulls | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water and need to control elephant attacks | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water management awareness | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water management system. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water source and protection from elephant | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| water,fertilizer | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| wathura prashnaya | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| wathura wedi nisa wagakala noheka | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| wild animal damage. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| yedawum mila adu kirima | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| අවà·à·Šâ€à¶º නෑ. | 1 |
0.4%
|
|
| වන à·ƒà¶à·”න්ගේ ගà·à¶§à¶½à·” වලට විසදුන් | 1 |
0.4%
|
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.