Paddy Farmers Survey 2023

Sri Lanka, 2023

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Reference ID

LKA_2023_SLPFS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

Producer(s)

Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)

Collection(s)

FAO - Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalog

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Jul 02, 2025

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Jul 02, 2025

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Id in E_seed_roster (E_seed_roster__id)

Data file: E_seed_roster_clean_anon

Overview

Valid: 2142

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	PRIVATE RETAILERS/AGRO-DEALER	896	41.8%
2	SEED COMPANY	59	2.8%
3	ASC IN THE AREA /GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE	323	15.1%
4	GOVERNMENT FARMER INPUT SUPPORT PROGRAM	7	0.3%
5	OTHER FARMER	235	11%
6	OWN HARVEST	482	22.5%
7	OUT-GROWER	1	0%
8	LOCAL SEED PRODUCER	40	1.9%
9	FARMER ORGANIZATION	5	0.2%
10	FRIEND OR RELATIVES	94	4.4%

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.

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