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General Agricultural Census, 2008-2009

Haiti, 2009
Reference ID
HTI_2008-2009_GAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR)
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Agricultural Censuses
Metadata
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    HTI_2008-2009_GAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
    Title

    General Agricultural Census, 2008-2009
    Country
    Name Country code
    Haiti HTI
    Study type

    Agricultural Census [ag/census]
    Series Information

    The General Agricultural Census (GAC) 2008/2009 is the first agricultural census to be carried out in Haiti. Earlier structural data on agriculture were provided through population censuses (PCs), which were conducted in 1950, 1971 and 1982, and included a section with agriculture-related items.
    Abstract

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR) had decided to strengthen its capacities to produce and generate information and statistics on the agricultural sector and the rural world. Thus, the MARNDR had requested the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the financial support of the European Union (EU) to carry out the General Census of Agriculture Project in Haiti:

    • conduct the general census on agriculture;
    • contribute to the establishment of a Permanent System of Agricultural Statistics;
    • strengthen the structures and the agricultural and food information system and set up a agricultural and rural geographical information system ;
    • making information available to decision-makers and private and public users to shed light on and stimulate actions for sustainable rural development and the fight against poverty and food insecurity.

    The General Census of Agriculture is a statistical operation covering the whole of the countries, i.e. all departments. It enables the collection, processing and dissemination of structural data on the
    agricultural sector at the different levels of the administrative division of the country, thanks to a census exhaustive list of all farms in the country (1,018,951 farms).
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]
    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the study includes:

    Identification
    Urban pressure and fragmentation
    Main crops in the 2009-2010 crop year
    Developed areas
    Perfume, aromatic, medicinal and condiment plants
    Land information
    Breeding capacities
    Livestock in collective structures
    Fertilisation and crop protection
    Farm equipment
    Diversification
    Labour on the farm
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Land (policy, resource management) FAO
    Livestock FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage
    Universe

    The statistical unit is the agricultural holding, defined as an economic unit of agricultural production subject to a single management, comprising all livestock therein and all land used wholly or partly for agricultural production, regardless of the title of ownership, legal status or size. A community survey was undertaken jointly with the GAC.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR)
    Producers
    Name Role
    Central Bureau of Agricultural Census Technical assistance
    National Orientation Committee Technical assistance
    Technical Support and Steering Committee Technical assistance
    National Coordination of Food Security Technical assistance
    National Centre for Geospatial Information Technical assistance
    Food and Agriculture Organization Technical assistance
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    European Union Funding

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    i. Methodological modality for conducting the census
    The classical approach was used in the GAC. A community survey was conducted along with the GAC.

    ii. Frame
    The census frame was the cartography prepared in the pre-census phase.

    iii. Complete and/or sample enumeration method
    The AC was conducted using complete enumeration.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Two questionnaires were used:

    (i) to collect the GAC information at holding level
    (ii) for the community survey

    The GAC questionnaire included all 16 core items recommended in the WCA 2010, namely;

    0001 Identification and location of agricultural holding
    0002+ Legal status of agricultural holder
    0003 Sex of agricultural holder
    0004 Age of agricultural holder
    0005 Household size
    0006 Main purpose of production of the holding
    0007 Area of holding according to land use types
    0008 Total area of holding
    0009 Land tenure types on the holding
    0010 Presence of irrigation on the holding
    0011 Types of temporary crops on the holding
    0012 Types of permanent crops on the holding and whether in compact plantation
    0013 Number of animals on the holding for each livestock type
    0014 Presence of aquaculture on the holding
    0015+ Presence of forest and other wooded land on the holding
    0016 Other economic production activities of the holding's enterprise

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2009-03-11 2009-11
    Time Method

    The agricultural year (from 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2009), for other items.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    1. DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING
      Data were manually entered and coded. Once the questionnaires were keypunched, a consistence checking programme was used.

    2. CENSUS DATA QUALITY
      Intensive field supervision was applied to ensure quality during the field operations. Manual editing and checks for inconsistencies were performed at central level. Many inconsistencies were solved through telephone communications.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes See http://www.agriculture.gouv.ht/view/01/?-Recensement-General-de-l,36-
    Access conditions

    CONTACT:

    Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR)
    Address: Route Nationale No. 1, Damien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - P.O. Box 1441
    Telephone: (+509) 29432851

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    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

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development [email protected] http://www.agriculture.gouv.ht/view/01/?-Recensement-General-de-1,36-

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_HTI_2008-2009_GAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Office of Chief Statistician Food and Agriculture organization Adoption of metadata for FAM
    Census team, Statistics Division Food and Agriculture organization Metadata producer

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    HTI_2008-2009_GAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
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