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Cost of Production of Paddy 1988

Sri Lanka, 1988 - 1989
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPP-1988-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
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Identification

Survey ID Number
LKA-DCS-CPP-1988-v1.0
Title
Cost of Production of Paddy 1988
Country
Name Country code
Sri Lanka LKA
Study type
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Series Information
The survey of Cost of Production of Paddy 1988 (CPP 88) had been conducted as a subsidiary survey of the Household Survey of Agricultural Sector -1987/1988. The data collection activities of CPP 88 had been scheduled to commence in end July 1988. This survey had been designed to estimate the cost opf production of paddy in seven Districts, namely Kalutara, Gampaha,Kandy, Amparai, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala and Ratnapura.

In every round of the Household Survey of Agricultural Sector, housing units with parcels (of paddy) nearing harvesting have been identified. This survey (CPP 88) was scheduled to be conducted utilizing all parcels thus identified for each round.

The Statistical Investigators who are stationed in the relevent Districts were to visit the housing units which have been finalized for the main survey and collect the information pertaining to the parcels where cultivation had been conducted in the last harvested season. (For each parcel, one fresh scheduled had to be used).

This is the first time a Crop Estimation Survey of paddy had been conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics.
Abstract
Household Survey on Agricultural Sector 1988 has been conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics under the National Household Survey Programme. Based on this survey, a separate study was conducted in Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Polonnaruwa, and Ratnapura Districts to estimate the cost of production of Paddy.

For this study , the households which carry out paddy cultivation in the above districts were identified during the Household Survey of Agriculture Sector '1988/89. From these households it was found out whether there were any parcels which had to be harvested during the following 3 months period. Such parcels were identified and all such parcels were taken for this study. A separate schedule was completed for each of these parcels.

Parcels numbering 1155 were identified as having paddy cultivation and were to be harvested during the following 3 months. Field work of this study was done by the statistical investigators of the Dept attached to those Districts.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
housing units with parcels (of paddy) nearing harvesting have been identified.

Version

Version Description
- v1.0 : Full edited dataset, for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2008-11-03

Scope

Notes
Schedule used for this study. consisted of 2 sections other than the identification information.
Section 1 consisted of ancillary information of the parcel such as harvested season, harvested area of the parcel, variety of seed used, method of irrigation, method of planting, type of fertilizer used, method of weed control etc.

Section 2
Material used, equipment, labour used
Other farm expenditure
Utilization of other implements

Under this section there were nine different categories of activities such as

1. Nursery preparation and care.
2. Land preparation.
3. Sowing/Transplanting/Row seeding
4. Fertilization after plant establishment
5. Weed control
6. Pest and fungus control
7. Water supply
8. Crop protection from birds and animals
9. Harvesting

Quantity for each of these activities and value of material used, number of equipment used and value if hired, and household labour, Attam labour and hired labour used were collected.

Other farm expenditure such as expenditure on fuel, acerage tax/land rent, crop insurance, transport, maintenance etc were collected in this section.

In the case of implements such as mammoties, harrows, sickles, ploughs etc data like number used, average no of days used its market price were collected.

Attempts were made to collect all costs incurred in connection with the cultivation of paddy. Some costs were imputed and values were recorded if these were obtained free of charge. E.g. if seed paddy prepared at home by the farmer, imputed value of these items were recorded according to market prices.

Hired Labour
All the persons engaged in, agricultural activity as paid employees irrespective of their employment (who were .employed as labourers,' managers, administrative officers,'
clerks, typists etc: in the agricultural activity) should be considered as hired labour for that agricultural activity.
Note Labour contribution of children who were less than 15 years of age were considered as child labour

Labour

Household, Attam and hired labour used in cultivation of paddy were considered under Labour.

Material
Following items were considered as materials:
Seed paddy, fertilizer, weedicide, insecticide and fungicide etc.

Fuel
Value of petrol, diesel, lubrication oil etc, used for tractors; water pumps etc: which have been needed for paddy cultivation were included here. It should also be noted
that these equipments should be owned by the cultivator or his household members.

Parcel
is defined to be a piece of land cultivated singly or jointly and completely sorrounded by natural boundaries such as roads, water ways, patches of forest etc. and one or more pieces of land cultivated by other cultivators singly or jointly. Two adjoining pieces of land with different tenureship should be treated as two different parcels although cultivated singly or jointly.

Person day
Eight hours of ,work done continuously or intermittently by a person is considered as person day.

Household Labour

Household labour is labour contributed by the members
of the. household.. Labour of own account workers, employers and unpaid family workers are included in this category.

Attam labour

If a person assist another person in his agricultural work without any payment (in cash or in kind) but exchanges the labour.
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Survey was conducted in seven Districts - Kalutara, Gampaha, Kandy, Polonnaruwa, Ratnapura, Amparai, Kurunegala
Universe
In every round of the main Household Survey of Agricultural Sector, housing units with parcels (of paddy) nearing harvesting have been identified. This survey (CPP 88) was scheduled to be conducted utilizing all parcels thus identified for each round.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Department of Census and Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Department of Census and Statistics DCS Source of funds

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1988 1989
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
The Statistical Investigators who are stationed in the relevent Districts were to visit the housing units which have been finalized for the main survey and collect the information pertaining to the parcels where cultivation had been conducted in the last harvested season. (For each parcel, one fresh scheduled had to be used).

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaire was designed to collect information about the following broad categories:

1. Cultivation Information - Last harvested Season
Parcel size
Seed variety
Irrigation Method
Planting method
Fertilizer applied
Weeding method
Availability of water supply
Diseases to the crop
Method to control insects/fungus

2. Cost of Material, Labour and Implements required for the following cultivation activities

Preparation and upkeep of Nursery
Preparation of land and Soil conditioning
Sowing/Transplanting/row-seeding
Fertilizing
Weeding
Pest/Insect control
Water supply
Protecting the harvest

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Information Unit Department of Census and Statistics information@statistics.gov.lk Link
Confidentiality
Under the Census Ordinance, microdata cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census Ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly confidential.
Access conditions
The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement.

2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.

3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently.

4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.

5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.

6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department

The following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.

• Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to the terms stipulated in the agreement form.

• All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG of the DCS. The DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.

• Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.

• If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head/Dean/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.

• If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.

• The released Data file should be used only for the specific study/Analysis mentioned in the agreement form and shall not be used for any other purpose without the prior approval of the Director General of the DCS. Moreover, Copies of the micro-data file, obtained from the DCS, shall not be given to anyone else without the prior written approval of the Director General of the DCS.

• The draft report of the Study/Analysis should be submitted to the DCS and the concurrence of the DG of the DCS, should be obtained before publishing it. Once published, a copy of the final report should be submitted to the DCS.

[Department : The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)]


Source : http://www.statistics.gov.lk/databases/data%20dissemination/DataDissaPolicy_
Citation requirements
"Department of Census and Statistics, Cost of Production of Paddy [CPP1988], Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (July 2009), provided by the Data Processing Division, www.statistics.gov.lk"
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Director General Department of Census and Statistics dgcensus@sltnet.lk Link

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The Department of Census and Statistics bears no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Copyright
(c) 2008, Department of Census and Statistics

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-CPP-1988-v1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Department of Census and Statistics DCS Ministry of Finance and Planning Documentation of the Study
Date of Metadata Production
2009-07-14
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (July 2009)
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