cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 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 2025-11-13T16:23:57 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the eastern region of Bhutan, 2022 2024-08-29 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 10.5285/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 doi: Tshering, D., Dorji, T., Dendup, 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., Joshi, R., Nepal, B., Shrestha, R., Pokharel, A., Subodh, S., Eory, V. (2024). Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the eastern region of Bhutan, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 This dataset holds survey data of individual farming households in the Eastern region in Bhutan relating to their nitrogen use. The survey was conducted in 2022 and the questions covered two seasons (2022 and 2021 farming seasons) asked at a single visit in the 2022 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 fertiliser 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, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 Tshering, D. Royal University of Bhutan dendup.sherubtse@rub.edu.bt author Dorji, T. Royal University of Bhutan tvex3038@gmail.com author Dendup, S. Royal University of Bhutan sonamdendup.sherubtse@rub.edu.bt author Begho, T. Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) Toritseju.Begho@sruc.ac.uk author Glenk, K. Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) 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 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. The Maldives National University ziyan.abdulrasheed@mnu.edu.mv author Shadiya, F. The Maldives National University fathimath.shadiya@mnu.edu.mv author Fairooza, F. The Maldives National University fathimath.fairooza@mnu.edu.mv author Avis, K. Ricardo (Harwell) Keesje.avis@ricardo.com author Jeffery, R. The University of Edinburgh r.jeffery@ed.ac.uk author 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 Eory, V. Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) vera.eory@sruc.ac.uk author Begho, T. Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) Toritseju.Begho@sruc.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Scotland’s Rural College EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Royal University of Bhutan EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication agricultural economics agricultural production nitrogen manure livestock economics crop production compost fertiliser environmental subsidy GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Agriculture Bhutan South Asia decision making gender nitrogen use efficiency 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: Tshering, D., Dorji, T., Dendup, 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., Joshi, R., Nepal, B., Shrestha, R., Pokharel, A., Subodh, S., Eory, V. (2024). Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the eastern region of Bhutan, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 textTable English utf8 economy environment farming 2021-04-01 2022-09-30 90.626 92.093 26.765 28.067 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117.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 target population for the proposed survey was households engaged in agriculture in Trashigang Dzongkhag, hence it was purposively selected. Out of 20 Dzongkhags, Trashigang has one of the highest number of people directly engaged in agriculture and also has one of the largest land areas used for agriculture. The sampling for the study involved randomly selecting two villages from each of the following four locations: Kanglung, Khaling, Thrimshing, and Yangneer. In each village, 30 households were also randomly sampled, resulting in a total of 120 households per location and a comprehensive sample size across all locations. 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.