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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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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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 |
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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 |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5717 |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Deininger, Klaus Carletto, Calogero Savastano, Sara Muwonge, James |
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Deininger, Klaus Carletto, Calogero Savastano, Sara Muwonge, James |
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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 |
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Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda |
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can diaries help improve agricultural production statistics? evidence from uganda |
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2012 |
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