National Agricultural Census 2020
Poland, 2020
Identification
POL_2020_PSR_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
National Agricultural Census 2020
Powszechny Spis Rolny 2020
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Poland | POL |
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
The first agricultural censuses in Poland were conducted in 1960, 1970, 1981, and 1990. Subsequent agricultural censuses were conducted in 1996, 2002 and 2010, the latter in conjunction with the Survey on Agricultural Production Methods. The most recent census was conducted in 2020 and was the second census conducted after Poland joined the European Union.
The National Agricultural Census 2020 is a census of all agricultural holdings that takes place every ten years. It is part of an EU-wide programme of agricultural censuses carried out in 2020 under EU Regulation 2018/1091 on integrated farm statistics and conducted under the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (https://www.fao.org/world-census-agriculture/en/). The objective of the census is to collect useful information for the purposes of monitoring, evaluating, and revising the common agricultural policy.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Agricultural holdings
Scope
The census scope covered agricultural activities (crops and livestock).
The questionnaire collected data on:
- Identification and address data of the farm
- Land use
- Sown and other area
- Livestock
- Fertilization
- Crop protection
- Farm buildings
- Agricultural tractors, machinery and equipment
- Economic activity
- Income structure
- Labour force
Coverage
The National Agricultural Census 2020 covered the entire country.
The statistical unit was the agricultural holding, defined as a single unit, both technically and economically, that has a single management and that undertakes economic activities in agriculture in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 belonging to groups A.01.1, A.01.2, A.01.3, A.01.4, A.01.5 or to the "maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition" of group A.01.6 within the economic territory of the Union, either as its primary or secondary activity, as it is stated in the Regulation (EU) No. 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council on integrated agricultural statistics. Regarding activities of class A.01.49, only the activities "Raising and breeding of semi-domesticated or other live animals" (except for raising of insects) and "Bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax" were included.
For the National Agricultural Census 2020, the country adopted the following thresholds:
- 1 ha of agricultural land
- 2 ha of arable land
- 0.5 ha of potatoes or fresh vegetables and strawberries
- 0.2 ha of aromatic, medicinal and culinary plants, flowers and ornamental plants, seeds and seedlings, nurseries
- 0.3 ha of fruits trees, berries, nuts trees, other permanent crops excluding nurseries, vineyards
- 0.1 ha of vineyards
- 0.01 ha of greenhouses or cultivated mushrooms
- 1.7 total livestock units
Thresholds were lowered compared to Regulation (EU) 2018/1091
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Statistics Poland (GUS, Glówny Urzad Statystyczny), Department of Agriculture (Departament Rolnictwa) |
Sampling
The frame of agricultural holdings for the census was the Agricultural Research Sampling Frame 2020. The list was built based on the Agricultural Research Sampling Frame 2019, the Statistical Units Database from Statistics Poland, administrative sources such as the National Official Register of the Territorial Division of the Country and the System of Identifiers and Place Names, and non-statistical collections; and it was updated before and during the census, eliminating duplicate or extinct farms or adding farms omitted from the frame. The final list included around 1.5 million agricultural holdings.
The National Agricultural Census 2020 was a complete enumeration of all agricultural holdings who met the treshold requirements.
Survey instrument
One questionnaire was used for all data collection methods and for all farms, regardless of the type of activity, size or legal status. The census questionnaire covered 19 out of 23 core items recommended in the WCA 2020.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2020-09-01 | 2020-11-30 |
Reference day:
- 1 June 2020, for land use, sown area, livestock, machinery and equipment
Reference periods:
- from 2 June 2019 to 1 June 2020, for use of fertilizers, plant protection, farm buildings, income structure, labour force, other gainful activities, manure management, animal housing, cultivation of edible mushrooms, irrigation and soil management practices
- from 26 May to 1 June 2020, for the current activity in the economic activity section
- from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020, for rural development measures
- Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
- Computer Assisted Web Interview [cawi]
- Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Census operations involved: 16 provincial census commissioners, 16 deputy provincial commissioners, 991 members of the Provincial Census Bureau, 426 members of the Provincial Management Centre, 84 helpline consultants, 226 provincial supervisors, and 7 334 census enumerators.
Due to the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic, Statistics Poland had to adapt the established organization of the agricultural census and the mode of work to reduce face-to-face contacts. It was necessary to adapt the census systems to telework, and Statistics Poland changed the agricultural census legal acts for data collection, including changes such as: e-learning training of enumerators; use of CATI and CAWI besides the planned CAPI and administrative data; using personal protective equipment for data collection; publicity campaigns promoting self-enumeration as the safest way of data collection; and setting up a hotline for CATI.
Mobile devices were adapted to work with the CAPI and CATI methods. Statistics Poland used the following administrative registers for data collection: Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS), rural development measures, bovine register, ovine register, caprine register, pig register, organic farming register, cadastre, and statistical business register.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Statistics Poland has a quality management system. For the National Agricultural Census 2020, a data collection system with very detailed validation checks was developed. Surveillance of the interviewers was optimized by using the CORstat system. Automatic validation in the questionnaire was implemented as well as quality management tools in the central database. During the census and after its completion, the Content Module System was used to control, analyze and verify the consistency of the data collected. A census helpline was implemented prior to and during the enumeration period to assist CAWI respondents regarding questionnaire inquiries.
Non-sampling errors were minimized by carrying out the following actions: removal of ineligible units from the records, leaving unchanged the weights for the other units to minimize over-coverage errors; the statistical farm register is regularly updated and additionally, during the census the option of adding a farm to the register of farms to minimize under-coverage errors was permitted; pre-testing questionnaire, pre-filled questions, explanatory notes or handbooks for numerators or respondents, on-line FAQ or hot-line support for enumerators or respondents, and training of enumerators to minimize measurement errors; reminders, legal actions and imputation to minimize non-response errors.
Data processing
Data captured through the CAPI, CATI and CAWI methods were gathered and processed in the Operational Microdata Base built for the National Agricultural Census 2020. Interviewers, supervisors, and staff from local and central department validated data through data format checks, completeness checks, range checks, relational checks, comparisons with previous rounds of the data collection and with other domains in agricultural statistics.
The processing of census data covered data control and correction, data imputation, supplementing of the census data with administrative data, calculating the typology of farms, and preparation of a dataset for the Eurostat database. Imputation was carried out using nearest neighbour imputation. The Statistical Data Acquisition, Processing and Integration System was used for data processing.
Data Access
The data request procedure and the data request form are available at "How to apply for microdata access?" at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/microdata/farm-statistics.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture (Departament Rolnictwa) | Statistics Poland (GUS, Glówny Urzad Statystyczny) | [email protected] | https://stat.gov.pl/ |
Metadata production
DDI_POL_2020_PSR_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture (Departament Rolnictwa) | Statistics Poland (GUS, Glówny Urzad Statystyczny) | Metadata producer | |
| Statistics Division | ESS | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Metadata adapted for FAM |