Sri Lanka Paddy Farmers Survey 2024

Sri Lanka, 2024

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Reference ID

LKA_2024_SLPFS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

Producer(s)

Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)

Collections

Agricultural Surveys

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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May 08, 2025

Last modified

Jul 14, 2026

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Reason for not purchasing organic fertilizer (d_12)

Data file: SL2024_clean_anon

Overview

Valid: 1511

Invalid: 689

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	IT WAS TOO COSTLY	68	4.5%
2	SOIL IS FERTILE (DO NOT NEED ORGANIC FERTILIZER)	237	15.7%
3	SELF PRODUCED IS ENOUGH	386	25.5%
4	LACK OF QUALITY FERTILIZER	550	36.4%
5	OTHER (SPECIFY)	270	17.9%
Sysmiss		689

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.

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