Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda
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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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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