CRI_2014_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS DDI_CRI_2014_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO Office of Chief Statistician Census team, Statistics Division Nesstar Publisher CRI_2014_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01 National Agricultural Census, 2014 NAC 2014 CRI_2014_NAC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC Executive Secretariat for Agricultural Sector Planning Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Central Bank Nesstar Publisher Food and Agriculture Organization the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Institute Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (INEC) Agricultural Census [ag/census] The National Agricultural Census (NAC) 2014 of the Republic of Costa Rica is the sixth agricultural census to be conducted. The previous agricultural censuses were conducted in 1950, 1955, 1963, 1973 and 1984. Agriculture & Rural Development Land (policy, resource management) Livestock Labor Infrastructure Costa Rica National coverage Households The statistical unit for the NAC 2014 was the agricultural farm, defined as "any land area, dedicated totally or partially to agricultural production for sale or self-consumption, managed by a household, society, company, public institution or other, whose tasks may be coordinated or directly accomplished by a person or with the help of others, and whose activities are carried out under the same management, by using the same means of production, such as labour, machinery, equipment and work animals". The definition of agricultural holdings includes aquaculture and forestry activities. Therefore, if the holding has only one those activities, it is considered as an agriculture holding. The farm can be constituted by one or more plots, under property or under other type of tenure, and may be located together or separately from one another, in the same canton or in different cantons. It includes family gardens, hydroponics and organoponics agricultural systems. The agricultural producer is the individual or legal entity that assumes full economic responsibility in the management of the farm and that may or may not have technical functions; it may manage the farm personally or exercise this function through another person who administers it. Census/enumeration data [cen] Reference period: agricultural year 2014 (from 1 May 2013 to 30 April 2014), for items such as land use, agricultural practices, labour inputs, use of machinery and equipment. Face-to-face [f2f] A single questionnaire was applied to collect all census information. Compared to the previous NAC, the NAC 2014 collected new items, such as data on irrigation and drainage practices, agricultural practices, agricultural equipment and infrastructure, agricultural support services, and variables related to food security and the environment. The sixth NAC covered 15 of the 16 core items recommended in the WCA 2010. The item "Other economic production activities of the holding's enterprise" was not covered. See https://www.inec.cr/Web/Home/pagPrincipal.aspx 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