AAPI 8th Quarterly Report Jul-Sept 2012

of jobs for part-time employees was calculated by dividing the total number of months
worked by 12 months per year, as per FTF definition. Part-time employees were counted if
they worked at least one month on a continuous basis.
As explained last quarter (QPR 7, April-June 2012), it is estimated that each business
creates 1.67 jobs. This is the number now used by AAPI and the achievements in Table 2. In
the census reported last quarter, it was found that 99 percent of the jobs are male (99 percent
in M&S; 98 percent in FTF districts).
Number of Individuals Receiving Short-Term Training
This is an FTF Indicator. It was only introduced in Quarter 7 and therefore has no
targets set. The data in Table 2 for Year 1 and earlier quarters have been calculated from the
composite parts. The number of individuals who have received short-term training is
calculated from farmer training, training of briquette machine owners, training of government
staff and NGOs (training of trainers [TOT]) and training of local mechanics.
Increased Yield of Rice
The incremental yield arising from UDP technology is derived from crop cuts in
farmer fields. At the time of the Aus harvest, 416 crop cuts were made in farmer fields (345 in
FTF and 71 in M&S). Each cut was actually two samples, one within a UDP field and one
(nearby) within a broadcast urea field with the same variety and soil type. The samples were
threshed, weighed and grain moisture measured. Yield is calculated as kg paddy/ha, adjusted
to a moisture content of 14 percent. Paddy yield is converted to rice yield by assuming a mill
out of 67 percent. Targets assumed rice yield increments of 535 kg/ha in Aus and Aman and
670 kg/ha in Boro. Table 9 shows the yield increment for the HYV varieties.
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