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Maize crop cut data from farmer's field collected at Odisha plateau ecology.

Under CSISA Phase II, Nutrient Omission Plot Technique (NOPT) trials were conducted in eight districts of Bihar, ten districts of Uttar Pradesh and ten districts of Odisha. Partner institutions include Bihar Agriculture University (BAU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Central Rice Research Institute...

The purpose of the study was (1) to assess the performance of ZT wheat as compared to conventional-tillage wheat in farmers' fields in six CSISA target districts in Bihar; (2) to assess farmers’ resource endowment, risk exposure, risk preferences, and risk management practices; (3) based on (2), to identify influencing factors of farmers' awareness and...

The purpose of the study was (1) to assess the economic viability of custom-hire service for ZT in CSISA's target districts in Bihar, the development of ZT service provision businesses over time, and constraints to further business expansion; (2) to assess service providers’ resource endowment, risk exposure, risk preferences, and risk management...

The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) was launched in 2009 with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). CSISA's objective is to develop and deploy more efficient, productive and sustainable technologies for the diverse rice-wheat production systems of the...

Agriculture is the most severely affected sector due to drought-like situations. Bihar is one of the most vulnerable states to drought due to its geographical location, and its high dependency on rainfed agriculture. The first survey, in Kharif season 2022 covered 518 farmers from 11 districts, 39 blocks and 79 villages of Bihar in October 2022. The...

Lower yield of wheat in eastern India can be attributed to several input factors i.e., inappropriate crop management practices including other social and environmental factors. Among them, sub-optimal irrigation is one of the important factors. Recommended number of irrigations for optimal wheat harvest is 4-5 depending upon crop growth stages and...

Wheat productivity in eastern Indo-Gangetic plain is sub-optimal that can largely be attributed to delayed wheat sowing and use of late sown varieties. Ideal time of sowing wheat in eastern India is first fortnight of November but in general, it gets delayed by 15-25 days. This delay puts farmers in a situation where they tend to prefer late sown...

Landscape Diagnostic Survey (LDS) data contains current rice production practices of rice applied by 8,355 farmers in eight states of India. The objective of collecting this data is to bridge the existing data-gap and to generate data-based evidence that can help in evidence-based planning. The LDS is designed in a way that data is collected from randomly...

The Soil Intelligence System (SIS-India) mid-IR (MIR) dataset contains MIR spectra and wet chemistry measurements (pH, EC, OC, N, P, K, S, B, Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe) for 3182 soil samples collected from randomly selected rice-wheat farmer fields spread uniformly within a KVK (government extension system) domain/district in Bihar, India. Soil sampling was...

Landscape Diagnostic Survey (LDS) for rice contains farmer's data on current production practices they applied for cultivating rice during 2017 monsoon season. The dataset contains 6857 farmers’ information captured from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha states from eastern part of India. The objective of collecting this data is to bridge the existing...

Maize is the staple crop cultivated during the monsoon season in the rainfed uplands in tribal-dominated plateau regions of Odisha in eastern India. However, productivity is low because of multiple factors, including poor adoption of best management practices. We conducted three types of experiments viz..single vs. layered best management practices,...

On-farm trials were conducted from 2016 to 2018 in four districts of Odisha (Mayurbhanj, Cuttack, Bhadrak, and Puri to evaluate the potential of dry-direct seeding of rice (DSR) in combination with integrated weed management (IWM) to reduce the yield gap and increase the income of rice farmers in Odisha where traditional practice of beushening has been...

This dataset contains observations from 478 households interviewed in 2011 and 2012 as part of a study titled “Market segmentation strategies for the dissemination of new agricultural production technologies in India.” The data were collected as part of a demand elicitation exercise and randomized control trial of custom-hired laser land leveling services...