Side by side to the pilot survey for area frame, data on cultivated area of land was collected on two different methods. These are the usual compass rope method and the other is using GPS. The result of the two methods was not significantly different. So, now CSA is planning to use GPS for area measurement starting from next year in one big region.
In the same way data for crop cutting yield was collected on two different sizes. i. e from a plot of size 2 X2 and 4X4. The purpose of this was to reduce work load in crop cutting by reducing the size of plot, if the result is not significantly different. The result is analyzed. By looking at the result and other countries experience, CSA decided to use 2 X 2 size for crop cutting for next year.
