Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda

Although good and timely information on agricultural production is critical for policy-decisions, the quality of underlying data is often low and improving data quality could have a high payoff. This paper uses data from a production diary, adminis...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Carletto, Calogero, Savastano, Sara, Muwonge, James
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-34812021-04-23T14:02:10Z Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda Deininger, Klaus Carletto, Calogero Savastano, Sara Muwonge, James AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AUDITS BANANAS BEANS CASH CROPS CASSAVA COFFEE COTTON CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROPPING SEASONS CROPS DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DRY BEANS ECONOMICS EGG EXPERIMENTS EXPLORATION FAO FARM FARMERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD DEMAND FOOD INSECURITY FRUIT FRUITS GENDER GROUNDNUT GROUNDNUTS HARVESTING INTERCROPPING INTERVIEWS LIVESTOCK MAIZE MANGO METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MILLET ORANGES PAPAYA PAWPAW PEAS PINEAPPLES POTATO PRODUCE QUESTIONNAIRES RELIABILITY RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SORGHUM SOYBEANS SUGARCANE SURVEY DESIGN SWEET POTATOES TOMATOES TUBERS VEGETABLES YAM YAMS YIELDS Although good and timely information on agricultural production is critical for policy-decisions, the quality of underlying data is often low and improving data quality could have a high payoff. This paper uses data from a production diary, administered concurrently with a standard household survey in Uganda to analyze the nature and incidence of responses, the magnitude of differences in reported outcomes, and factors that systematically affect these. Despite limited central supervision, diaries elicited a strong response, complemented standard surveys in a number of respects, and were less affected by problems of respondent fatigue than expected. The diary-based estimates of output value consistently exceeded that from the recall-based production survey, in line with reported disposition. Implications for policy and practical administration of surveys are drawn out. 2012-03-19T18:03:14Z 2012-03-19T18:03:14Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110630105553 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3481 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5717 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Uganda
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topic AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AUDITS
BANANAS
BEANS
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
COFFEE
COTTON
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROPPING SEASONS
CROPS
DATA COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DRY BEANS
ECONOMICS
EGG
EXPERIMENTS
EXPLORATION
FAO
FARM
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD INSECURITY
FRUIT
FRUITS
GENDER
GROUNDNUT
GROUNDNUTS
HARVESTING
INTERCROPPING
INTERVIEWS
LIVESTOCK
MAIZE
MANGO
METHODOLOGIES
METHODOLOGY
MILLET
ORANGES
PAPAYA
PAWPAW
PEAS
PINEAPPLES
POTATO
PRODUCE
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH METHODS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCHERS
RICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SORGHUM
SOYBEANS
SUGARCANE
SURVEY DESIGN
SWEET POTATOES
TOMATOES
TUBERS
VEGETABLES
YAM
YAMS
YIELDS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
AUDITS
BANANAS
BEANS
CASH CROPS
CASSAVA
COFFEE
COTTON
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROPPING SEASONS
CROPS
DATA COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DRY BEANS
ECONOMICS
EGG
EXPERIMENTS
EXPLORATION
FAO
FARM
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD INSECURITY
FRUIT
FRUITS
GENDER
GROUNDNUT
GROUNDNUTS
HARVESTING
INTERCROPPING
INTERVIEWS
LIVESTOCK
MAIZE
MANGO
METHODOLOGIES
METHODOLOGY
MILLET
ORANGES
PAPAYA
PAWPAW
PEAS
PINEAPPLES
POTATO
PRODUCE
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH METHODS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCHERS
RICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SORGHUM
SOYBEANS
SUGARCANE
SURVEY DESIGN
SWEET POTATOES
TOMATOES
TUBERS
VEGETABLES
YAM
YAMS
YIELDS
Deininger, Klaus
Carletto, Calogero
Savastano, Sara
Muwonge, James
Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
geographic_facet Africa
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa
Uganda
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5717
description Although good and timely information on agricultural production is critical for policy-decisions, the quality of underlying data is often low and improving data quality could have a high payoff. This paper uses data from a production diary, administered concurrently with a standard household survey in Uganda to analyze the nature and incidence of responses, the magnitude of differences in reported outcomes, and factors that systematically affect these. Despite limited central supervision, diaries elicited a strong response, complemented standard surveys in a number of respects, and were less affected by problems of respondent fatigue than expected. The diary-based estimates of output value consistently exceeded that from the recall-based production survey, in line with reported disposition. Implications for policy and practical administration of surveys are drawn out.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Deininger, Klaus
Carletto, Calogero
Savastano, Sara
Muwonge, James
author_facet Deininger, Klaus
Carletto, Calogero
Savastano, Sara
Muwonge, James
author_sort Deininger, Klaus
title Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
title_short Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
title_full Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
title_fullStr Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
title_sort can diaries help improve agricultural production statistics? evidence from uganda
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110630105553
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3481
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