PRI_2012_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
DDI_PRI_2012_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Office of Chief Statistician
Census team, Statistics Division
Nesstar Publisher
PRI_2012_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
Census of Agriculture, 2012
CA 2012
PRI_2012_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Department of Agriculture
University of Puerto Rico
Cooperative State Research
Education, and Extension Service
Nesstar Publisher
Departamento de Agricultura
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
The first Census of Agriculture (CA) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was conducted in 1910. From that year to 1950, a CA was taken every ten years, in conjunction with the decennial censuses of population. Later, the timing was adjusted, such that the CA is conducted on the basis of a five-year data collection cycle, covering the years ending in 2 and 7. The CA 2002 for Puerto Rico was the first to be taken on a calendar-year basis, bringing the Puerto Rico census in line with the United States of America; subsequent censuses continue to be done on a calendar basis. The present metadata review and data refers to the CA 2012.
Agriculture & Rural Development
Land (policy, resource management)
Livestock
Access to Finance
Puerto Rico
National coverage
Households
The statistical unit is a farm, defined as "a place from which USD 500 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would had been sold, during the 12-month period between 1 January and 31 December 2012." The statistics collected in the census relate to places with agricultural operations qualifying as farms according to the census definition.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
The scope of the study includes agriculture (including forestry), livestock, sources of income, infrastucture and organization affiliation.
Reference period: the calendar year (from 1 January to 31 December 2012), for crop production, crop and livestock sales, and expense data.
Mail Questionnaire [mail]
Data collection was accomplished primarily through the mail-out/mail-back method. The list was mailed with a census report form. Those that did not respond to this first report form received a second report form in the post. Enumerators from the DA and the Extension Service conducted a field follow-up, to visit and enumerate operations that did not respond by post. Farmers returned the completed form to the National Processing Centre (NPC) in Jeffersonville, IN, for processing.
See https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/Privacy/index.php
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