Small Area Estimation in Paddy Farming: A Case Study in Nepal
Small area estimation (SAE) is in vogue in modern-day statistical and empirical research data conducted in local and small areas. This conflicts with the existing routines, surveys, and standard methods of the data collection process. Statistical research grants have mainly focused on research relevant to significant issues and global importance. As a result, global and national surveys were regularly conducted, and extractor research based on those surveys was carried out. This has raised concern among scholars and social researchers about the potential neglect of local issues and areas. Awareness and concern for local issues are seen as a crucial element for the meaning of Democracy, how people are interested and influenced by the decision-making process, and how to implement those decisions effectively. However, those local issues are not precisely considered in research and decision-making. Those areas are particularly under-researched. Moreover, the focus on agrarian communities is high. However, it is hard to monitor, evaluate, and help out with the project because the aforementioned issues are often concealed in the overlap of global and national issues that are the direct focus of the majority of grants, surveys, and research and because the area under is often mixed with another area issue. Much research has enriched and expanded quantitative analysis and the sharing of results. However, such publications reveal that most studies have produced national-scale results or only progress and digress in qualitative descriptions.
Keywords: Small area estimation, Paddy farming, Production, Hectares, Rice,