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Farming household survey for the evaluation of nitrogen options for economic and social benefit in the Terai region of Nepal, 2022

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Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

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

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
3b7a3e0b-48e5-4395-b4c6-79bb43ae31e3
Extent (Latitude)
29.138° to 28.012°
Extent (Longitude)
80.134° to 86.946°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2024-07-31
Access constraints
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
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) (author); The Maldives National University (author); Ricardo (Harwell) (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng