The objective of the Landscape Diagnostic Survey (LDS) for rice is to bridge the existing data-gap around current production practices of rice, and also to help in evidence-based planning. The LDS is designed in a way that data is collected from randomly selected farmers spread uniformly within the Feed the Future (FtF) districs. Data has been collected from farmers largest rice plot for 2019, 2020 main (kharif) season . Survey questionnaire captures all production practices applied by farmers from land preparation to harvesting, including detailed sections on fertilizer use, weed control and irrigation application. Data is captured through electronically enabled Open Data Kit (ODK) tool on mobile phone or tablet.
The sample size for this survey in 2019 is 2917 households, and 2122 households for 2020. The inputs use were asked for largest rice grown plots as farms may have multiple plots and inputs use might be different in different plots.
