Household survey data of adoption of improved varieties and management practices in rice production, Ecuador
2018
robert andrade | ricardo labarta | luis mendoza | fernando yanez | mayra orrego-varon | diego marin | maria alejandra garcia | jennifer twyman
Diego Marin et al., 'Household survey data of adoption of improved varieties and management practices in rice production, Ecuador', Data in Brief, vol. 18, pp.1252-1256, Elsevier BV, 2018
Show more [+] Less [-]This article provides a description of an agricultural household survey data of rice growers collected in Ecuador between October 2014 and March 2015. The household survey was implemented using a structured questionnaire administered among 1,028 households in the main rice production areas of Ecuador (i.e. Guayas, Los Rios, Manabi, and El Oro provinces). Information collected was provided by household heads (male or female) and included household and plot level data. The survey information includes household socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. age, education, gender, main economic activity, etc.), farm characteristics (e.g. farm land size, assets ownership, other crops planted, etc.), rice management practices (e.g. variety and input use, production costs, etc.), and rice production and utilization (e.g. yields, prices, sales, etc.). Additional socio-economic context variables were also recorded such as government subsidies to rice production, participation in rural organizations, and food security related questions. The dataset contains a total of 6,288 variables among numeric, categorical and string variables. The dataset is shared publicly on the Harvard dataverse site and provide access to questionnaires, the complete data and a brief report
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