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National Agricultural Census, 2011

Nicaragua, 2011
Reference ID
NIC_2007_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Development Information (INIDE)
Collections
Agricultural Census Metadata
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Nov 16, 2020
Last modified
Nov 16, 2020
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  • Study Description
  • Downloads
  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
NIC_2007_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Title
National Agricultural Census, 2011
Country
Name Country code
Nicaragua NIC
Study type
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
Series Information
The first National Agricultural Census (AC) in Nicaragua was conducted in 1963. A second census was conducted in 1971.1 Almost 30 years later, Nicaragua carried out its third agricultural census, in 2001. The fourth AC, to which these metadata review and data refer, was conducted in 2011.
Abstract
The aim of the NAC is to provide the country with basic, reliable and meaningful information about the reality to strengthen their technical capacity to formulate plans, development programmes and instruments, studies and policy analysis that tend to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of driving one of the sectors that contribute most to the national economy and the welfare of the population.

Specific objectives:
- To update the global information of the agricultural sector.
- To facilitate the formulation of policies, programmes and projects in the sector.
- To strengthen the technical and operational capacity of the sector's institutions.
- To update the sample frameworks.
- To contribute to improve the information system of the agricultural sector.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Households

Scope

Notes
The scope of the study includes:

Farms
Individual producers
Size of the agricultural operations
Land tenure and use
Area sown
Agricultural and livestock practices
Access to credit, assistance
Agricultural training
Existence of large and small livestock
Beehives
Labour in the agricultural sector
Main activity of the Farm
Holding of the plots
Aquaculture activity on the farms
Characteristic of the producer's household members
Food security
Topics
Topic Vocabulary
Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
Food (production, crisis) FAO
Land (policy, resource management) FAO
Financial Sector FAO
Labor FAO
Livestock FAO

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Universe
The statistical unit was the agricultural holding, defined as land used wholly or partly for agricultural production, livestock or a combination of both, which are operated as an economic unit within a municipality, regardless of size, type of tenure, or legal status. Agricultural holdings can be an individual (natural person), a cooperative, family collective, an enterprise, an indigenous community and the public administration.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
National Institute of Development Information (INIDE)
Producers
Name Role
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Technical assistance
Food and Agriculture Organization Technical assistance
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Government of Canada Funding
Swiss Confederation Funding
Government of Norway Funding
Government of Brazil Funding
International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD Funding
US Agency for International Development USAID Funding

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
i. Methodological modality for conducting the census
The classical approach was used in the AC 2011.

ii. Frame
Agriculture Record Segments (SEAs) from the AC 2001 were used, as well as the urban segments from the Population and Housing Census 2005 (CPV'05), which were households declaring to have a household member who performed some agricultural activity (as employer/employee or self-employed). For the Caribbean Coast, where MAGFOR sectors were not delimited, mapping provided by the CPV'05 was used.

iii. Complete and/or sample enumeration methods
The fourth AC in Nicaragua was carried out using complete enumeration.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2011-05-15 2011-06-16
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Two questionnaires were used in the AC:

1. for holding-level data collection
2. for the community survey


The AC 2011 questionnaire covered all 16 items recommended for the WCA 2010 round, 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 Processing

Data Editing
1. DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING
Coding and editing were done after fieldwork to check for inconsistencies. Double data entry was performed to minimize errors at the data entry stage. This stage was followed by an automated data editing.

2. CENSUS DATA QUALITY
A PES was conducted 15 days after completion of field data collection (July 2011), to assess the coverage and content errors of census data.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email URL
Institute Nacional De Informacion de Desarrollo [email protected] / [email protected] Link
Confidentiality
See https://www.inide.gob.ni/Home/About
Access conditions
CONTACT:

Institute Nacional De Informacion de Desarrollo (INIDE)
Address: 43 Av Suroeste, Managua, Nicaragua
Tel: (+505) 26661 78 / 2662825

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_NIC_2007_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Office of Chief Statistician OCS Food and Agriculture Organization Adoption of metadata for FAM
Census team, Statistics Division ESS Food and Agriculture Organization Metadata producer
DDI Document version
NIC_2007_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
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