Agricultural Census 1991
Fiji, 1991
Identification
FJI_1991_AC-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Agricultural Census 1991
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Fiji | FJI |
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
Fiji's first agricultural census was taken in 1968, the second in 1978 (both with technical assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN Development Program), while the last one, to which present notes and data refer, was conducted in 1991.
Agriculture Census involves the collecting of key structural data by complete enumeration of all agricultural holdings using sampling frames. The Agriculture Census is a government activity, undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture which will include the enumeration of all farming programmes by Village, Tikina and Province regarding land tenure, livestock and day to day activities by the household. The Census was organized and conducted under the responsibility of the Statistics Unit of the Agricultural Planning and Statistics Division of the Ministry of Primary Industries and Cooperatives. Financial and technical assistance was given by the UN Development Program, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB). Field work was carried out by 72 enumerators and 20 supervisors; photo interpreters, data processing experts, and clerical staff should also be mentioned.
Objectives of Agriculture Census are:
i) To provide objective criteria for planners and decision makers regarding agricultural and rural development
ii) Re-strengthening the On-Going Agriculture Statistics program
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Plots of lands
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
· Number and area of holdings classified by size of total area of holdings
· Area of holdings by tenure of land operated
· Legal status of the holder
· Holders by age
· Holders by sex
· Members of the holder's household, including holder, by sex
· Employment in agriculture
· Land use
· Temporary crops
· Permanent crops
· Livestock
· Machinery / equipment
· Fertilizers / pesticides
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | FAO |
| Land (policy, resource management) | FAO |
| Labor | FAO |
| Livestock | FAO |
Coverage
National coverage
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All farms (reporting units) existing in Fiji on the census day were covered; the urban sector (cities and towns) and lands totally under forests or one hundred percent not suitable for agriculture, were excluded from the coverage
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Data on Pigs and Chickens, shown below, exclude commercial farms
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Planning and Statistics Division | Ministry of Primary Industries and Cooperatives |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| UN Development Program | Technical assistance |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Technical assistance |
| Australian International Development Assistance Bureau | Technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| UN Development Program | Financial assistance |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Financial assistance |
| Australian International Development Assistance Bureau | Financial assistance |
Sampling
The Area Sampling Frame methodology was used. The Segment (SM) was the primary sampling unit. The complete list of SMs was used as frame.
Methodology:
A stratified two-stage sample survey was carried out. The 895 Enumeration Areas (EAs), 646 in rural and 249 in urban areas used for the 1986 Population Census. They were classified into 9 main strata and 21 sub-strata, according to importance, intensity and type of agriculture (land use). The EAs were divided into segments (SMs), i.e. pieces of land with physically defined boundaries of different sizes. 1220 SMs out of 14413 in rural sector, and 50 SMs out of 1933 in peri-urban areas, were systematically sampled all over the country; all farms (reporting units) in the sample SMs were investigated, following a weighted-segment method, by enumerators through direct interview.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1991-06-10 | 1991-08-10 |
Data Access
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | See https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/terms-of-use |
See https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/terms-of-use
Mailing address:
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Forests,
P.O. Box 358 Rodwell Road,
Suva,
Fiji
Tel. 00679 311233
Fax 00679 302478.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helpdesk | Economic Planning & Statistics Division, Ministry of Primary Industries | [email protected] | http://www.agriculture.org.fj |
| World Bank Microdata Library | World Bank | [email protected] |
Metadata production
DDI_FJI_1991_AC-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Chief Statistician | Food and Agriculture Organization | Adoption of the metadata for FAM |
| Development Economics Data Group | World Bank | Generation of the DDI |
Metadata version
FJI_1991_AC-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01