Farm and crop studies
Area sown, varieties, inputs, irrigation, yield recall and sale price per plot, with plots geo-tagged so the same field can be revisited next season.
Development sector · Rural and agriculture
Farmers, plots, villages and panchayats, recorded where they are
Bharat Survey is a survey agency for rural and agricultural development NGOs, farmer producer organisation promoters, agri-CSR foundations and panchayat-level programmes. We run farmer and plot surveys, crop and input studies, village resource mapping and participatory appraisals, and supply an offline, GPS-verified app for your own field staff. Work is planned around the crop calendar, because a farmer in the middle of harvest will not sit for an interview.
- Farmer, plot and crop surveys
- Village resource and household mapping
- Gram panchayat and community institution studies
- Participatory rural appraisal facilitation
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Survey 3/6 · AmenitiesOffline
How is drinking water in your area?
- Comes regularly
- Comes sometimes
- Rarely / never
- Don't know
✓ Section saved on phone · autosave
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Kharif and rabi timingPlot-level GPSInput use and costIrrigation accessFarmer distress indicatorsResource mappingGram sabha participationTransect walks
What we do in villages
Rural fieldwork has two constraints city research does not: the season decides who is home, and the network decides whether the form syncs today or next week.
Household socio-economic surveys
Land, assets, income sources, migration, debt and access to schemes, with household IDs stable across rounds.
Community institution studies
Functioning of gram sabhas, farmer groups, water user associations and village committees, from meeting records and member interviews.
Field software
The same Android app our enumerators use is available to your programme team, with forms built for rural work.
Data collection app for Rural and Agricultural Development NGOs: farmer survey app with plot records
Register farmers once, attach each plot with a GPS point taken at the field, and record crop, inputs and outcomes by season. Next season's visit opens the same farmer and plots.
- Farmer and plot IDs
- Season-wise crop records
- Hindi and regional forms
Survey 3/6 · AmenitiesOffline
How is drinking water in your area?
- Comes regularly
- Comes sometimes
- Rarely / never
- Don't know
✓ Section saved on phone · autosave
BackNext
Agriculture survey app and crop survey app forms
Ready structures for crop cutting-style yield samples, input use, pest incidence and irrigation, which your agronomist can edit without a developer.
- Editable form templates
- Photo of crop stage with GPS
- Range checks on yields
Survey 5/6 · Photo
Photo of a public issue
Camera · no faces
5 MB → 210 KB · with location/time
SkipTake photo
Village mapping app for households and resources
Walk the village and record households, wells, ponds, schools, anganwadis and common land as GPS points, then link household surveys to those points.
- GPS point per household or resource
- Works offline, syncs later
- Export with coordinates
Ram Kumar · shift on
26.8467 N · 80.9462 E · ±12 m
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12
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Panchayats
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj asks gram panchayats to prepare a Gram Panchayat Development Plan through a participatory process. Good plans need village data.
Household and facility baseline for GPDP
PlanningSurveys of households, water sources, roads, schools and health facilities that panchayat facilitators can use when preparing plans with the gram sabha.
3,000
Target households
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted interviewsLast 12 days
Scheme access by ward
AccessWho received housing, pensions, job cards or ration benefits, and who applied but did not, summarised by ward rather than by name.
Gram sabha participation
GovernanceAttendance, women's participation and whether decisions were recorded, collected from observers and attendee interviews.
Our view
Baselines and evaluation
Agricultural outcomes swing with rainfall, so a single before-and-after comparison can credit a programme for a good monsoon. We recommend comparison villages in the same agro-climatic zone, identical seasons at baseline and endline, and plot-level data rather than only household recall.
Survey agency for agricultural crop yield and farmer distress evaluation
When a department or funder needs a third party evaluation agency for agricultural crop yield and farmer distress evaluation, we design yield estimation, input cost and distress modules such as debt, distress sales and migration, and report them against comparison areas. For programmes that only need fieldwork, we act as a data collection agency for agricultural crop yield and farmer distress evaluation and hand over documented data.
Agricultural crop yield and farmer distress evaluation survey services India
Official crop yield estimates under the crop insurance scheme come from government crop cutting experiments. Our yield work supports programme evaluation and does not replace those official estimates or insurance assessments.
PRA
PRA gives villagers the pen. Surveys then test what the discussions suggested.
01Participatory rural appraisal agency facilitationDay 1–2
Participatory rural appraisal agency facilitation
Trained facilitators run resource maps, seasonal calendars and wealth ranking with village groups, separately with women where needed.
02Transect walkDay 2
Transect walk
Facilitators walk the village with residents, noting land use, water and problem spots, with GPS points for each.
03Record and photograph outputsSame day
Record and photograph outputs
Maps and charts drawn on the ground are photographed with consent and transcribed into structured records.
04Link to household surveyAnalysis
Link to household survey
PRA findings shape survey questions, and survey numbers test what the group discussions suggested.
Choosing a role
| Your need | Our role | You receive |
|---|---|---|
| Independent judgement on results | Third party evaluator | Evaluation report with methods and limits |
| Fieldwork to your protocol | Data collection agency | Clean data, tools and field documentation |
| Your staff collect data | Software provider | Offline app, dashboards and training |
| Community-led planning inputs | PRA facilitator | Maps, calendars and discussion notes |
Not the right fit if
- Official crop cutting experiments or insurance loss assessment
- Cadastral or land-record surveys
- Drone or satellite crop mapping without a partner
- Soil or water laboratory testing
A good fit if
- Farmer, plot and household surveys
- Offline village mapping
- Panchayat-level data for planning
- Evaluations with comparison villages
FAQ
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about this topic.
What is a good participatory rural appraisal tool for NGOs?
PRA works best with simple, visual methods: resource maps, seasonal calendars, wealth ranking and transect walks. Our app helps record and geo-tag their outputs and link them to household data, but the core tool remains a skilled facilitator and an honest village discussion.
When should rural surveys avoid fieldwork?
Peak sowing and harvest weeks, major festivals and local market days usually cut response rates. We map these for each district before scheduling, and plan around monsoon road closures in hilly or flood-prone blocks.
Can farmers' plots be revisited in later seasons?
Yes. Each plot is stored with a GPS point and linked to the farmer's ID, so the next round opens the same record and the enumerator can find the field again.
Do you estimate crop yields?
For programme evaluation we use farmer recall and, where the budget allows, sample harvest measurements on selected plots. These are not official yield estimates and are reported with their method and limits.
India Nationwide, Hindi-first
Share your blocks, crops and timeline. We will reply with a field calendar and study design.