Sri Lanka Paddy Farmers Survey 2024
Sri Lanka, 2024
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Reference ID
LKA_2024_SLPFS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
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Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)
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May 08, 2025
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- Data files
- B_mem_roster_clean_anon
- C_perennials_roster_clean_anon
- C_plot_roster_clean_anon
- C2_low_maha_fert_clean_anon
- C4_up_maha_fert_clean_anon
- D_Chem_Fert_roster_clean_anon
- D_Org_Fert_roster_clean_anon
- E_seed_roster_clean_anon
- F_crop_sale_roster_clean_anon
- F_rice_sale_roster_clean_anon
- FO_distance_clean_anon
- G_livestock_roster_clean_anon
- I_disaster_roster_clean_anon
- I_market_roster_clean_anon
- I_weather_roster_clean_anon
- J1_off_farm_roster_clean_anon
- J2_cash_roster_clean_anon
- J2_cash_roster_clean_anon
- K_loan_roster_clean_anon
- SL2024_clean_anon
- SL2024_FO_clean_anon
D4. Specify what issues or difficulties you have faced in regard to the use of o (d_4_oth)
Data file: SL2024_clean_anon
Overview
Valid:
61
Type:
Discrete
Width:
117
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Due to compost fertilizer pest attacks are high in tea lands and also fertilized seedlings are destroyed by wild pigs | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Famer not interesting to use organic fertilizer | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Farmer not interesting to apply organic fertilizer due to low nutrition sufficient in organic fertilizer. | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| He didn't cultivate his lands. | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| High cost | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Increased disease infection | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| It didn't give the positive results as quickly as chemical fertilizers. | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| It doesn't give the positive results for the hybride varieties. | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| It increases the disease infections | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Not successful as chemical fertilizer | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Organic fertilizer not provide all nutritional requirements | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Pest attacks. | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| Spreading of diseases easily | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| This land has fertilite soil. | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| attacked bugs for plants | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| destroy from some diseases | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| difficulties of transportation | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| farmer not interesting to apply organic fertilizer | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| growth rate is low | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| harvest is low | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| he didnt like to use organic fertilizer | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| high cost | 2 |
3.3%
|
|
| high insect rate | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| high price | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| it cause to increase damage caused by wild animals | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| less productivity of organic fertilizer | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| low growth rate of paddy | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| low growth rate of plants | 3 |
4.9%
|
|
| low harvest | 4 |
6.6%
|
|
| low harvest, | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| low plant growth rate | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| low yeild | 5 |
8.2%
|
|
| low yeild and disease problems | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| low yield | 8 |
13.1%
|
|
| not suitable for their soil (soil will be too soggy when apply the cow dung) | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| plant growth is slow &low yield | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| plant growth rate is low | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| quantity wedi | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| require high amount of fertiliser to have good yield | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| results genimata digu kalayak gathawima | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| sathun bo wima wedi | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| spreading of diseases easily | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| when use organic fertilizer his harvest has been reduced, so he didn't use | 1 |
1.6%
|
|
| yield get reduced | 1 |
1.6%
|
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.