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Agricultural Census, 2010

Latvia, 2010
Reference ID
LVA_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)
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Agricultural Censuses
Metadata
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  • Study Description
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LVA_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Agricultural Census, 2010

    Country
    Name Country code
    Latvia LVA
    Study type

    Agricultural Census [ag/census]

    Series Information

    During the first Republic, in Latvia, six agricultural censuses were carried out, in: 1920, 1923, 1929, 1935, 1937 and 19391. The first Agricultural Census (AC) of Latvia carried out in compliance with the requirements of EU legislation took place in 2001, followed by FSSs conducted (on sample basis) in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The metadata presented here refers to the AC carried out in 2010.

    Abstract

    In 2010 Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) carried out a Farm Structure Survey (FSS) and Survey on Agricultural Production Methods (SAPM). In compliance with the European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1166/2008 the FSS in Latvia was conducted in a form of a Census. The Agricultural Census (AC) is an event of a national scale, allowing acquiring wide range of information essential for the analysis of agricultural sector processes and building future development projects. Agricultural Census is carried out once in ten years, and the previous Census in Latvia took place in 2001.

    Historical background:
    In Latvia information on agricultural activities was collected already starting from 20-ties of the 20th century, when the first Population and Agricultural Census was conducted (1920). Afterwards agricultural censuses were carried out every 3 - 5 years (in 1923, 1929, 1935, and 1937). The widest Agricultural Census was organised in 1939, but its data were not compiled in full due to the war. During the post-war years, when Latvia already was a part of the Soviet Union, separate censuses on sown area of agricultural crops, cropland, livestock and fruit gardens were organised. The first Agricultural Census of Latvia, organised in compliance with the requirements of the European Union legislation, took place in 2001, followed by the Farm Structure Surveys in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The census scope covered agricultural activities (crop and animal production).

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

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Universe

    The statistical unit was the agricultural holding, defined as a technically and economically independent unit having common management, producing agricultural products or keeping land in good agricultural and environmental conditions.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)
    Producers
    Name Role
    Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre Technical support

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    FRAME:
    Farms included in the AC were selected from the Statistical Farm Register (SFR) of the CBS, considering their economic activity (characterised by the SO) and specialization. The AC 2010 was conducted using complete enumeration.

    SURVEY DESIGN:
    The AC 2010 of Latvia was conducted in a form of census, and it included all active agricultural holdings (90003 holdings) utilised agricultural area in which exceeded 1 ha or SO of which exceeded EUR 70 regardless the area.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Questionnaire sections:

    1. Land use
    2. Utilisation of arable land
    3. Number of livestock and poultry
    4. Organic farming
    5. Structures, machinery and equipment
    6. Labour force of the farm employed permanently and temporary (number within previous 12 months)
    7. Other gainful activities

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2010-04-16 2010-10-30
    Time Method

    Reference periods:
    · crop year 2010, for land and crops data, tillage of UAA and soil conservation;
    · from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010, for labour force, livestock pasturage period, animal housing facilities, and manure storage facilities;
    · the last three years (2008-2010), for items on irrigated area and rural development support.

    Data Collection Notes

    Four data collection methods were used: face-to-face interviews (CAPI), telephone interviews (CATI), a postal survey (mail-out/mail­back), and a web survey (CAWI)3. Administrative data sources were used to partly replace the field data collection.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data processing, estimation and analysis:
    As interviewers were using laptop computers, the AC 2010 and SAPM data input was made during the interview. The task of the interviewer was to acquire information from the respondent as well as to carry out the first data analysis and quality control. 280 controls were incorporated in the CAPI data input application, in CATI – approximately 230 controls, and that ensured not only mathematical and logical control, but also technically correct data input. The CAWI application included only the most significant mathematical and logical validations facilitating the information provision for the respondents.When data were sent to the CSB server, the mathematical and logical control at holding level was carried out. If necessary, the information was specified by contacting the interviewer or holding owner. The results of the AC 2010 at holding and national level were compared with the administrative data sources as well as with the annual surveys conducted by the CSB – crop production survey 2010 and animal survey 2010.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    The information on progress, as well as on provisional and final results of the AC 2010 was published on the CSB website in several phases:
    · the first provisional results (general information) were disseminated through a press release in December 2010 and the second provisional results were disseminated through a press release in May 2011;
    · final results were disseminated through a press release in December 2011;
    · the AC 2010 database was made available for public use through the CSB website at the end of December 2011 ;4 and
    · the AC 2010 final results was published in the first quarter of 2012.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes See https://www.csb.gov.lv/en/privacy-policy
    Access conditions

    See https://www.csb.gov.lv/en/privacy-policy

    CONTACT:
    Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
    Agricultural and Environmental Statistics Department,
    Agricultural Statistics Section,

    Address: Laople§a street 1, Riga, LV - 1301

    Telephone: (+371) 67366922

    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
    Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia [email protected] http://www.csb.gov.Iv/en

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_LVA_2010_AC_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

    LVA_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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