Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context
Precise agricultural statistics are essential for planning and evaluation of agricultural investments to improve the productivity and profitability of smallholder farming systems. However, accurately estimating crop yields is never easy and is even more of a challenge in the context of African farmi...
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| author | Fermont, Anneke Benson, Todd |
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| description | Precise agricultural statistics are essential for planning and evaluation of agricultural investments to improve the productivity and profitability of smallholder farming systems. However, accurately estimating crop yields is never easy and is even more of a challenge in the context of African farming systems that are characterized by smallholder farms that produce a wide range of diverse crops. With specific reference to yield estimation for food crops under smallholder farming conditions in Uganda, this paper evaluates the various methods that are available to estimate crop production and cropped area in such farming systems. A description and summary tables from a database of estimated crop yields in Uganda that was collated from a large set of field studies over past decades are also provided. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1543452025-11-06T07:10:19Z Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context Fermont, Anneke Benson, Todd agricultural statistics crop yield data collection smallholders Precise agricultural statistics are essential for planning and evaluation of agricultural investments to improve the productivity and profitability of smallholder farming systems. However, accurately estimating crop yields is never easy and is even more of a challenge in the context of African farming systems that are characterized by smallholder farms that produce a wide range of diverse crops. With specific reference to yield estimation for food crops under smallholder farming conditions in Uganda, this paper evaluates the various methods that are available to estimate crop production and cropped area in such farming systems. A description and summary tables from a database of estimated crop yields in Uganda that was collated from a large set of field studies over past decades are also provided. 2011 2024-10-01T14:00:59Z 2024-10-01T14:00:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154345 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fermont, Anneke; Benson, Todd. 2011. Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1097. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154345 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural statistics crop yield data collection smallholders Fermont, Anneke Benson, Todd Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context |
| title | Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context |
| title_full | Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context |
| title_fullStr | Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context |
| title_short | Estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers: A review in the Uganda context |
| title_sort | estimating yield of food crops grown by smallholder farmers a review in the uganda context |
| topic | agricultural statistics crop yield data collection smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154345 |
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