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Fishery Survey 2015

Nepal, 2015 - 2016
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NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Central Bureau of Statistics
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Agricultural Surveys
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Fishery Survey 2015

    Country
    Name Country code
    Nepal NPL
    Study type

    Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]

    Series Information

    This is the first ever survey of this type conducted in the country.

    Abstract

    The Nepal Fishery survey 2015 is an adhoc survey conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal in 2015. This was conducted for the first time in Nepal. The survey was designed with the following objectives: 1. To identify the district-wise number of fish ponds, area of reservoirs, fish production and thier cost estimation. 2. Estimate the contribution made by the fishing business to the economy. 3. Providing necessary fishery statistics for planning and policy making.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Entreprises

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Final Data for internal use only.

    Scope

    Notes

    This report includes the information on number, area, water surface area and average depth of pond, median age, sex and fishery training status of fish farmer, education status of fish farmer, major selling place of fish, type of employment, wages and salaries, species of fingerlings (Bhura) and its cost, current expenditure of fish farming, number of pond, water surface area, fish production, value of production and yield rate, value of fixed assets formation during the reference period, input and output of integrated fish farming, percentage of farmers facing problem, percentage of farmers reporting loan, average interest rate, percentage of farmer that need loan/additional loan and purpose of loan and principal indicator of fish farming.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agriculture and Rural Development World Bank
    Keywords
    Fishery survey Fish kind Reservoir

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National Coverage

    Universe

    Total number of fishing ponds of Nepal

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Central Bureau of Statistics National Planning Commision, Government of Nepal
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Government of Nepal Overall

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Most important initiation of the survey was preparing a survey frame. A total of 24,559 fish ponds were collected in 2014/15. The enumerators of the SOs were directly involved for the listing purpose using paper listing form. Theoretically, the listing of the farms was based on primary source of data collection. The listing forms collected from districts were edited and coded and finally, the survey frame was prepared. After preparing the survey frame, the list was prepared on the basis of area of fish ponds in descending order. The samples were drawn according to systematic sampling.

    Response Rate

    There was no non-response case as additional samples were drawn to address the non response as well as missing cases.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2015-07-17 2016-07-15
    Time Method

    The reference period for the 2015 Fishery Survey (FS) was from 17/07/2015 to 15/07/2016.

    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face paper [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Central Bureau of Statistics National Planning Commision

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Director General Central Bureau of Statistics cbs.gov.np [email protected]
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by article 8 of Statistics Act 1958. Restriction on publication of information and details. Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details.
    Access conditions

    The dataset has been anonymized and is available for internal use only, i.e. not access to public use.

    Citation requirements

    Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal Fishery Survey 2015. Data and information obtained from National Data Archive (NADA): http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset, or use of the information provided on the study

    Copyright

    (c) 2015, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Director of Publication, Dissemination and Library Section Central Bureau of Statistics [email protected] www.cbs.gov.np

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Office of Chief Statistician Food and Agriculture Organization Metadata adapted for FAM
    Central Bureau of Statistics National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal Metadata producer

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    NPL_2015_FS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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