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Census of Agriculture, 2008

Paraguay, 2008 - 2009
Reference ID
PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MGA)
Collections
Agricultural Censuses
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Nov 24, 2020
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  • Study Description
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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

    PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Census of Agriculture, 2008

    Country
    Name Country code
    Paraguay PRY
    Study type

    Agricultural Census [ag/census]

    Series Information

    The first nationwide census of agriculture (CA) in Paraguay was undertaken in 1942/1944. The second census was undertaken in 1957, the third in 1981 and the fourth in 1991. The National Census of Agriculture 2008,1 to which the metadata and data presented here refer, is the fifth CA to be conducted in the country.

    Abstract

    The Census Agropecuario Nacional 2008 (CAN 2008), provides an updated diagnosis of the sector. The study aims to establish useful parameters that will allow to learn more about the reality of the agricultural situation in Paraguay. The results presented at the country level will be compared with the data of the 1991 National Agricultural Census (CAN 1991) in order to facilitate comparison and analysis of the information; at that level it presents the variation in percentage (%). In addition, the edition of information by size of farms, region and departments.

    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The census scope was agriculture, both small scale and large scale.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Land (policy, resource management) FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Universe

    The statistical unit was the agricultural holding, defined as all land wholly or partly used for agricultural production and operated as one technical unit under a single management or together with others, without regard to title, legal form, size or location. Two types of holdings are included in the definition: those "with land" (conventional holdings) and those "without land", for which the land is not a substantial input for production and the holdings are engaged in livestock farming.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MGA) Government of Paraguay
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Directorate of Agricultural Censuses and Statistics Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Technical assistance
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    European Union Funding
    Government of Paraguay Funding

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    i. Methodological modality for conducting the census
    The CA 2008 was carried out using the classical approach. The census enumeration was conducted in two stages, to ensure full coverage.

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

    iii. Complete and/or sample enumeration methods
    A complete enumeration of holdings above the established thresholds was used in the CA 2008.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    One questionnaire was used for data collection on:

    (a) Agricultural farm
    (b) Agricultural activity
    (c) Estate farms
    (d) Agricultural producer

    The CA 2008 covered 14 of the 16 core items recommended in the 2010 WCA. The following core items were not covered by the CA:
    (i) "Presence of aquaculture on the holding"
    (ii) "Presence of irrigation on the holding"

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2008-04 2008-08 Round 1
    2008-10 2009-01 Round 2
    Time Method

    Agricultural year (from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008), for land tenure, land use, temporary crops, employment, use of machinery, credit, agricultural practices and selling of produce, etc

    Data Collection Notes

    The fieldwork data collection was performed in two stages to ensuring full coverage. In the first stage, the country was canvassed and the identified holdings were interviewed. To complete the coverage, in the second stage, different types of producers that had not been enumerated during the first stage of enumeration were covered. The census was undertaken through personal interviews, using the PAPI method.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    (a) DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING
    Data entry was done manually, by the recruited operators. Validation was carried out using a computer data validation program. Imputations were done by means of automatic allocation, based on the means of district production averages. The SPSS programme was used, based on the tabulated design of the 1991 census for comparability. The archives are placed on a central server and are managed through networks.

    (b) CENSUS DATA QUALITY
    A PES was conducted in February 2009 in four departments and seven districts to evaluate the quality of the data.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes See https://www.dgeec.gov.py/
    Access conditions

    CONTACT:

    Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia
    Direccion de Censos y Estadisticas Agropecuarias
    Address: Ciencias Veterinarias y Arsenales del Chaco Km. 10 - San Lorenzo, Paraguay

    Telephone: (+595) 21 512238 / (+595) 21 512700

    See also See https://www.dgeec.gov.py/

    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
    Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia [email protected] http://www.mag.gov.py

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_PRY_2008_CA_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

    PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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