Here we present a summary of public data availability for agrobiodiversity-related indicators of regional agrifood systems. Data have been drawn from surveys, reports, and censuses in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

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...

Two types of experiments conducted in multi-location on-farm trials to evaluate the mechanized crop establishment methods (Drill-Direct Seeded Rice and Mechanical Transplanted Rice) alternative to traditional crop establishment methods (Manual transplanted rice and broadcasting followed by beushening) in three districts of Odisha over three years (2017 to...

The data comes from a survey designed to understand the scope of LLL services in four districts of Mid- and Far-western developmental regions of Nepal Terai that are part of the IGB and have the potential to scale-up LLL. Samples were collected from the districts Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center,...

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...

The objective of this survey was to identify the major wheat productivity and profitability drivers in Nepal Terai. Nepal Terai is considered as the part of Indo-Gangetic Basin and its the major cereal production domain in Nepal. In year 2016, immediately following the wheat harvest, this survey was conducted. A total of 10 districts were purposively...

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...

The database contains data about on-farm trials with transplanted rice were conducted during monsoon (‘Aman’) season in 2016 and 2017 and winter (‘Boro’) season in 2016 to 2017 in agroecological zones (AEZs) 11 and 12 of south-west Bangladesh with ten treatments - seven herbicide-based IWM options, one mechanical weed control-based option, and two checks...

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...

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 a KVK (government extension system) domain/district. Data...

The average Bangladeshi consumes more than 171kg of rice per year. Despite the is ranked 93rd among 239 countries of the world in terms of the physical size, the country is the 8th largest populace country in terms of the total population which is more than 164 million in 2017. Bangladesh has nonetheless largely achieved rice self-sufficiency. This...

The survey was conducted in 2015 immediately after lentil harvest in six western Nepal districts: Surkhet, Dadeldhura (mid and far west hills) and Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur from terai. These six districts were selected purposively for the survey and sub districts selection was based on lentil acreage. 600 samples were selected randomly.

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...