Data quality and respondent participation

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the inline gaps and limitations and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 14 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Sources and intensity of access to agricultural information technologies by smallholder farmers: evidence from Northwest Ethiopia (2024) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · cited 14× · doi

  A key limitation of this study is the reliance on self-reported data, which may introduce biases due to farmers’ subjective perceptions, memory recall, or social desirability. The study’s lack representativeness, especially among sample may also marginalized groups, and its findings may not be generalizable beyond East Gojjam due to regional differences. 67%), insufficient knowledge-sharing networks (75.

  generalinline gaps
  Keywords: limitation reliance self reported introduce biases farmers subjective perceptions memory recall social desirability lack representativeness
• An Analytical Study of the Relationship among Income, Indebtedness, and Standard of Living of Sugarcane Farmers in Sitapur District (2026) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi

  This study is limited to Sitapur district and a sample of 200 farmers, which may restrict generalizability to other districts or farming communities. The data is based on self-reporting by respondents, and there is always some possibility of response bias, particularly for questions related to income and loan 98 © 2026 Sheeba Khatoon, Prof. Dr. Akhilesh Dixit, Mohammad Nazim Malik, Shakeeba Kamal.

  generallimitationsevidence 5/5
  Keywords: income limited sitapur district sample farmers restrict generalizability districts farming communities based self reporting respondents
• Communication channels for promoting regenerative agricultural practices among maize farmers: preferences and predictors in Ghana’s transitional belt (2026) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi

  The study faced challenges related to data quality and respondent participation. The research had to contend with the complexity of farmers' communication preferences and the need for nuanced understanding of their socio-demographic characteristics. The study had to balance the need for representative sampling with the practical constraints of data collection in a rural setting.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study faced challenges related data quality respondent participation

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