Context In commercial agriculture it is common practice to retain so-called crop residue (agricultural product left on the field after a harvest) on planting fields. This is a commonly recommended practice in [conservation agriculture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_agriculture). This dataset is a measurement of the adoption and impact of the methodology for a selection of agricultural fields. Six different crop residue coverage measurement methods are included: i) interviewee (respondent) estimation; ii) enumerator estimation visiting the field; iii) interviewee with visual-aid without visiting the field; iv) enumerator with visual-aid visiting the field; v) field picture collected with a drone and analyzed with image-processing methods and vi) satellite picture of the field analyzed with remote sensing methods. Content This dataset is a `CSV` file with a selection of characteristics about fields included in the sample. Acknowledgements This dataset was created as part of the following study: ["On the Ground or in the Air? A Methodological Experiment on Crop Residue Cover Measurement in Ethiopia"](https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00267-017-0898-0.pdf). Inspiration What are the characteristics of the Ethiopian farmers sampled in this dataset? How well do they follow conservation practices?