The Nepal Crop Type Survey 2022-2023 aims to comprehensively assess and categorize the diverse range of crops cultivated across various regions of Nepal. This survey endeavors to capture the agricultural landscape, identifying predominant crop types, their distribution, and cultivation practices. Objectives of this survey were i) to identify diverse range...

Rice crop cuts conducted in Odisha (Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Khorda, Puri districts)

Working with 64 farmers ineight production environments, we examined yield response to three genotypes, BG25 and BG27 (with salinity - and heat - tolerant traits) and BG21 (local check), across a gradient of sowing dates, grouped as ‘early’ (sown before 15 December) and ‘late’ (after 15 December), under 0, 100 and 133 and 0, 67 and 100 kg N ha-1 for...

An on-farm experiment was carried out to evaluate mungbean machine sowing compared to conventional farmers’ tillage and crop establishment practices in Kharif-1 season with sowing from 28 January to 2 February 2015. Eleven mungbean farmers, each of whom had at least five years of experience growing mungbean, were selected randomly at roughly 3 km...

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

In South Asia, wheat is typically grown in favorable environments, although policies promoting intensification in Bangladesh's stress-prone coastal zone have resulted in expanded cultivation in this non-traditional area. Relatively little is known about howto best manage wheat in these unique environments. Research is thus needed to identify ‘best-bet’...

The major objectives of this rice crop cuts and survey were to: (i) identify major rice yield determinants in western terai districts of Nepal and (ii) to identify major determinants that describe the variability in rice yield across farms thereby linking with farm characteristics and socio-economic gradients. This study uses Remote Sensing (RS) data...

The advent of cheap smartphones in rural areas across the globe presents an opportunity to change the mode with which researchers engage hard-to-reach populations. In particular, smartphones allow researchers to connect with respondents more frequently than standard household surveys, opening a new window into important short-term variability in key...

This data was collected as part of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) (Phase-I) project, with an objective to assesses cereal production in selected areas of NW-Bangladesh, especially with respect to the biophysical and socio-economic characterization of the cereal producing farm households.

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...

To achieve the fallow intensification objective of Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project, farm level data collection was designed to understand the multi-level factors affecting farm trajectories of change and potential for sustainable intensification in Southern Bangladesh. The data comprise farm household level panel data for the...

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...

Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) using seed-cum-fertilizer drill is an emerging rice establishment technique in India. How the two versions of DSR (zero-till & dust mulch) are comparable with the most common conventionally transplanted rice is less known. To fill the knowledge gap, CSISA in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) conducted on-farm...

This database integrates farmer field surveys with secondary environmental data for 45,643 farmer fields that cultivated rice between 2016 and 2021. This dataset integrates original survey datasets that have, or will be, published on the CIMMYT Dataverse. Collectively, the dataset covers six regions across South Asia: Andhra Pradesh (n=1,744), Bihar and...

The objective of the Landscape Diagnostic Survey (LDS) for wheat is to bridge the existing data-gap around current production practices of wheat, 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. The data has been...

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...

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...