Listing of agricultural households 2025
Guinea-Bissau, 2025
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GNB_2025_LAH_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
Listing of agricultural households 2025
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB |
Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]
The Agricultural Household Listing in Guinea-Bissau was conducted under the 50x2030 Initiative to establish an updated sampling frame for the country's programme of annual integrated agricultural surveys. The operation was undertaken in response to the absence of a recent and comprehensive frame of agricultural households; the most recent household listing was the 2009 Population and Housing Census which no longer reflected the current demographic and agricultural landscape.
The household listing aimed to identify and enumerate households within the selected enumeration areas, collect key information on their agricultural activities, and identify agricultural households eligible for inclusion in the agricultural survey programme. The resulting sampling frame provides the foundation for the selection of representative survey samples and contributes to the production of timely, high-quality agricultural statistics for monitoring national agricultural policies and international development frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union's Agenda 2063.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households, dwellings
Scope
| Topic |
|---|
| Family farming |
| Crops |
| Livestock |
Coverage
The listing covers only rural areas and the data are representative at national and regional level.
Region, Sector (second geographic administrative level)
Agricultural households of Guinea-Bissau.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| General Directorate of Agricultural Planning (Direção Geral da Planificação Agrária) | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ministério da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural, MADR), Government of Guinea-Bissau |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | United Nations | Technical assistance |
| The 50x2030 initiative | FAO | Technical assistance |
| Name |
|---|
| Goverment of Guinea-Bissau |
Sampling
The primary sampling units (Census Districts) selected for the listing were chosen using probability proportional to size (PPS), with the number of households serving as the measure of size. The selection was stratified by region. The distribution of the sample by region was as follows:
TOMBALI: 34; QUINARA: 29; OIO: 38; BIOMBO: 48; BOLAMA: 33; BAFATA: 41; GABU: 32; CACHEU: 64.
All Census District sampled were covered during the listing.
pesos_ea: sampling weight of the primary sampling unit (Census Districts)
Survey instrument
The questionnaire of the listing is accessible in the Downloads section.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2025-08 | 2025-11 |
- Face-to-face computer-assisted interviews [capi]
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Directorate General for Agricultural Planning | Ministry in Charge of Agriculture (MADR), Government of Guinea-Bissau | DGPA |
Data quality during the data collection phase was ensured through both field supervision and digital supervision. To this end, an error detection script was developed and run on a weekly basis, and instructions were regularly sent to enumerators to correct missing values and data inconsistencies. In addition, a dashboard was developed to monitor the progress of data collection. These quality control activities were carried out throughout the entire data collection period (from August to November 2025).
A training of enumerators was conducted from 14 to 18 July 2025. The Portuguese version of the question was implemented for the data collection.
Data processing
The validation checks built into the data collection application, together with continuous monitoring of fieldwork, resulted in datasets with minimal data quality issues. The few remaining missing values were imputed either through logical deduction or using the median, as appropriate. In addition, households were assigned sequential numbers within each enumeration area to identify and eliminate false duplicates and to establish the second-stage sampling frame.
Data appraisal
To protect the confidentiality of survey respondents, Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC) methods were applied to the microdata before dissemination. All direct identifiers were removed, and selected quasi-identifiers were anonymized using appropriate disclosure control techniques to minimize the risk of re-identification. These measures ensure that the released dataset complies with confidentiality requirements while preserving its usefulness for statistical analysis and research purposes.
Data Access
| Name | URL |
|---|---|
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | https://www.fao.org/food-agriculture-microdata/en |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO |
Micro datasets shall only be allowed for research and statistical purposes. Any user which requests access working for a commercial company will not be granted access to any micro dataset regardless of their specified purpose. Users requesting access to any datasets must agree to the following minimal conditions:
The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.
Listing of agricultural households, 2025, Direção Geral da Planificação Agrária (DGPA), Guinea-Bissau
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
© Direção Geral da Planificação Agrária (DGPA). All rights reserved.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Team (Statistics Division) | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | [email protected] |
Metadata production
DDI_GNB_2025_LAH_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Directorate of Agricultural Planning (Direção Geral da Planificação Agrária) | DGPA | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ministério da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural, MADR), Government of Guinea-Bissau | Producer |
| Statistics Division | ESS | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Metadata adapted for FAM |