Can Diaries Help Improve Agricultural Production Statistics? Evidence from Uganda

Deininger, Klaus ; Carletto, Calogero ; Savastano, Sara ; Muwonge, James

关键词: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION;    AGRICULTURAL GROWTH;    AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS;    AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION;    AGRICULTURAL INPUTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-5717
RP-ID  :  WPS5717

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Although good and timely information onagricultural production is critical for policy-decisions,the quality of underlying data is often low and improvingdata quality could have a high payoff. This paper uses datafrom a production diary, administered concurrently with astandard household survey in Uganda to analyze the natureand incidence of responses, the magnitude of differences inreported outcomes, and factors that systematically affectthese. Despite limited central supervision, diaries eliciteda strong response, complemented standard surveys in a numberof respects, and were less affected by problems ofrespondent fatigue than expected. The diary-based estimatesof output value consistently exceeded that from therecall-based production survey, in line with reporteddisposition. Implications for policy and practicaladministration of surveys are drawn out.