3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:25:16 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the Terai region of Nepal, 2022 2024-07-31 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 10.5285/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 doi: Joshi, R., Nepal, B., Shrestha, R., Pokharel, A., Subodh, S., Begho, T., Glenk, K., Anik, A.R., Sharna, S.C., Jha, G.K., Jena, D., Subudhi, R.N., Giri, V.V., Samal, S., Abbas, A., Pinnawala, M., Nissanka, S., Jayaweera, A., Wijerathna, M., Prabavi, U., Hassan, R., Rasheed, Z.A., Shadiya, F., Fairooza, F., Avis, K., Jeffery, R., Tshering, D., Dorji, T., Dendup, S., Eory, V. (2024). Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the Terai region of Nepal, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 This dataset holds survey data of individual farming households in the Terai region in Nepal relating to their nitrogen use. The survey was conducted in 2022 and the questions covered two seasons (summer and winter) asked at a single visit in the summer season. The questions on the winter season were based on recall. The data cover the following topics: household characteristics, general farm characteristics, plot characteristics, crop production and harvest, synthetic and organic fertilizer use and compost production, labour, irrigation, pesticides, livestock, information sources, drivers of and barriers to adoption of sustainable practices, attitude, behaviour, perception and opinion, household expenditure and income, household asset and wealth, subsidies. The data were collected primarily to assess differences in nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and sustainable nitrogen practices between households. The data also aim to enhance understanding of farmers’ attitudes, opinion and decision making affecting NUE in crop production and farm related factors which enable adoption of sustainable practices. The data are part of a wider SANH (South Asian Nitrogen Hub) harmonised household survey covering Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 Joshi, R. Kathmandu University rajendra.joshi@ku.edu.np author Nepal, B. Kathmandu University bigyapti.nepal03@gmail.com author Shrestha, R. Kathmandu University rakeshshrestha737@gmail.com author Pokharel, A. Kathmandu University anju.pkhrl49@gmail.com author Subodh, S. Kathmandu University subodh.sharma@ku.edu.np author Begho, T. Scotland's Rural College Toritseju.Begho@sruc.ac.uk author Glenk, K. Scotland's Rural College klaus.glenk@sruc.ac.uk author Anik, A.R. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) anik@bsmrau.edu.bd author Sharna, S.C. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) s.sharna.c@gmail.com author Jha, G.K. Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute girish.jha@icar.gov.in author Jena, D. KIIT University damodarjena@ksrm.ac.in author Subudhi, R.N. KIIT University rabisubudhi@gmail.com author Giri, V.V. KIIT University vivekvgiri@gmail.com author Samal, S. KIIT University swapnasamal2017@gmail.com author Abbas, A. University of Agriculture Faisalabad Azhar.Abbas@uaf.edu.pk author Pinnawala, M. University of Peradeniya mallikap@pdn.ac.lk author Nissanka, S. University of Peradeniya spn@agri.pdn.ac.lk author Jayaweera, A. University of Peradeniya anuradha119@gmail.com author Wijerathna, M. University of Peradeniya madhavi@agri.pdn.ac.lk author Prabavi, U. University of Peradeniya buiprabhavi@gmail.com author Hassan, R. The Maldives National University rifaath.hassan@mnu.edu.mv author Rasheed, Z.A. Maldives National University ziyan.abdulrasheed@mnu.edu.mv author Shadiya, F. Maldives National University fathimath.shadiya@mnu.edu.mv author Fairooza, F. Maldives National University fathimath.fairooza@mnu.edu.mv author Avis, K. Ricardo (Harwell) Keesje.avis@ricardo.com author Jeffery, R. University of Edinburgh r.jeffery@ed.ac.uk author Tshering, D. Royal University of Bhutan dendup.sherubtse@rub.edu.bt author Dorji, T. Royal University of Bhutan tashi_d.sherubtse@rub.edu.bt author Dendup, S. Royal University of Bhutan sonamdendup.sherubtse@rub.edu.bt author Eory, V. Scotland's Rural College vera.eory@sruc.ac.uk author Begho, T. Scotland's Rural College toritseju.begho@sruc.ac.uk pointOfContact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Scotland's Rural College EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Kathmandu University EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Agriculture nitrogen Nepal South Asia agricultural economics agricultural production compost crop production decision making economics fertiliser gender livestock manure nitrogen use efficiency subsidies water otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Joshi, R., Nepal, B., Shrestha, R., Pokharel, A., Subodh, S., Begho, T., Glenk, K., Anik, A.R., Sharna, S.C., Jha, G.K., Jena, D., Subudhi, R.N., Giri, V.V., Samal, S., Abbas, A., Pinnawala, M., Nissanka, S., Jayaweera, A., Wijerathna, M., Prabavi, U., Hassan, R., Rasheed, Z.A., Shadiya, F., Fairooza, F., Avis, K., Jeffery, R., Tshering, D., Dorji, T., Dendup, S., Eory, V. (2024). Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the Terai region of Nepal, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 textTable English utf8 environment farming 2022-06-01 2022-12-31 80.134 86.946 28.012 29.138 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The Terai region was purposively selected for the study as agriculture is dominant in the Terai region. Thereafter, multipurpose random sampling was used to select three districts i.e., Morang, Mahottari and Kailali districts. From each district, two municipalities were selected and from each municipality, two villages were chosen for the study. Twenty-five farming households were randomly chosen within each village. In total, 100 farmers were included from each district, resulting in a total of 300 farmers. The survey was administered in person in farmers’ homes, field or pre-agreed location in the community where the farmer lives. Enumerators entered farmers’ responses to each question in a pre-prepared template which was then transferred to the CSV data file. The data were prepared for the requirements of the study and made ready for analysis by removing duplicate records, spelling errors, differences in capitalisation and spacing, inconsistent formats, mixed numerical scales and mixed ranges.