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

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

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

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
cd35ca67-8121-4a0d-81c9-c4a7fae25117
Extent (Latitude)
28.067° to 26.765°
Extent (Longitude)
90.626° to 92.093°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2024-08-29
Access constraints
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
Responsible party
Royal University of Bhutan (author, owner); Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) (author, pointOfContact); Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) (author); Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (author); KIIT University (author); University of Agriculture (author); University of Peradeniya (author); The Maldives National University (author); Ricardo (Harwell) (author); The University of Edinburgh (author); Kathmandu University (author); (publisher, owner, custodian); Scotland’s Rural College (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng