Paddy Farmers Survey 2022

Sri Lanka, 2022

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Reference ID

LKA_2022_SLPFS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

Producer(s)

Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)

Collection(s)

FAO - Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalog

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Jul 02, 2025

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Jul 02, 2025

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Reason for not purchasing organic fertilizer (d_12)

Data file: SL2022_clean_anon

Overview

Valid: 753

Invalid: 1447

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	47	6.2%
2	SOIL IS FERTILE (DO NOT NEED ORGANIC FERTILIZER)	20	2.7%
3	SELF PRODUCED IS ENOUGH	330	43.8%
4	LACK OF QUALITY FERTILIZER	159	21.1%
5	OTHER (SPECIFY)	197	26.2%
Sysmiss		1447

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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