Rural development policies and sustainable land use in the hillside areas of Honduras survey, 2001-2002

The survey was a research collaboration between International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), and the National Program for Sustainable Rural Development (PRONADERS) of the Honduran Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG).The data were collected at three levels: farm household, parcel (distinguished by tenure status), and plot (distinguished by land use type). The survey contains a total of 376 farms, 1066 parcels, and 2143 plots. The survey collected information about household composition, education, asset ownership, labor use, sources of income, sales of crop and livestock products, participation in credit markets, membership of organizations, participation in training and extension, collective action and others at the farm level. The survey also collected information about cropping patterns, crop yields, and technology use including use of inputs at the plot level and land tenure, conservation practices, and conservation investments at the parcel level. In order to better understand the performance of the farm enterprise, the survey also collected detailed biophysical data for a sample of two plots on each farm including landscape attributes, size, type of soil parent material, erosion status, and presence of physical conservation structures. Soil samples were also taken and analyzed in a local soil laboratory resulting in data regarding pH, nutrient content, organic matter content, and soil texture. These data were mainly used for the calculation of water availability, soil fertility, and erosion risk which together served as a basis for soil suitability ratings. Finally, the survey data were supplemented by adding secondary information regarding rainfall, population density, and road density. The raw data are available in Access format and in SPSS format.

本调查为国际粮食政策研究所（International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI）、瓦赫宁根大学与研究中心（Wageningen University and Research Center, WUR），以及洪都拉斯农业与畜牧部（SAG）下属国家可持续农村发展计划（National Program for Sustainable Rural Development, PRONADERS）的联合研究项目。数据采集覆盖三个层级：农户家庭层级、地块（parcel，按土地保有权状态区分）、田块（plot，按土地利用类型区分）。本次调查共纳入376个农户、1066个地块与2143个田块。调查采集了农户层面的家庭构成、受教育程度、资产持有情况、劳动力配置、收入来源、农作物与畜牧产品销售、信贷市场参与情况、组织成员身份、培训与农业推广参与度、集体行动等多维度信息。同时采集了地块层面的种植模式、作物产量、技术使用（包括投入品使用），以及田块层面的土地保有权、水土保持措施与保育投入相关数据。为更深入评估农户经营绩效，调查还针对每个农户抽取的2个田块样本，采集了详细的生物物理数据，包括景观属性、田块面积、土壤母质类型、侵蚀状况以及实体水土保持设施的存在情况。此外，研究团队采集了土壤样本并在当地土壤实验室开展分析，得到pH值、养分含量、有机质含量与土壤质地相关数据。上述数据主要用于计算水资源可利用性、土壤肥力与侵蚀风险，以此作为土壤适宜性评级的核心依据。本调查数据还补充了降雨、人口密度、道路密度等二手信息。原始数据提供Access与SPSS两种格式版本。