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

Created on

May 08, 2025

Last modified

Jul 14, 2026

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Main land preparation method (ca_309)

Data file: C_plot_roster_clean_anon

Overview

Valid: 543

Invalid: 6639

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	CONVENTIONAL HAND-HOEING	91	16.8%
2	PLANTING BASINS (potholes)	15	2.8%
3	ZERO TILLAGE	3	0.6%
4	PLOUGHING	430	79.2%
5	RIDGING (BEFORE PLANTING)	3	0.6%
6	BUNDING	1	0.2%
7	MOUNDING	0	0%
Sysmiss		6639

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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