{"doc_desc":{"title":"PER_2012_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS","idno":"DDI_PER_2012_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO","producers":[{"name":"Office of Chief Statistician","abbreviation":"OCS","affiliation":"Food and Agriculture Organization","role":"Adoption of metadata for FAM"},{"name":"Census team, Statistics Divison","abbreviation":"ESS","affiliation":"Food and Agriculture Organization","role":"Metadata producer"}],"version_statement":{"version":"PER_2012_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PER_2012_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS","title":"Agricultural Census, 2012","alt_title":"AC 2012"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"National Statistical Institute (INE)","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"National Institute of Statistics and Informatics","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Ministry of Finance","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Food and Agriculture Organization","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"}],"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Governement of Peru","abbreviation":"","role":"Funding"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI)","affiliation":"","email":"infoinei@inei.gob.pe","uri":"http:\/\/www.inei.gob.pe"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Agricultural Census [ag\/census]","series_info":"The first Agricultural Census (AC) in Peru was conducted in 1961 (jointly with the Census of Population and Housing), followed by the ACs conducted in 1972 and 1994. The fourth AC, to which the metadata review and data presented here refer, was carried out in 2012."},"study_info":{"topics":[{"topic":"Agriculture & Rural Development","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Land (policy, resource management)","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Water","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Livestock","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Access to Finance","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Labor","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Gender","vocab":"FAO","uri":""}],"abstract":"The main objective of the census is to have updated information on the structure of the agricultural sector in terms of number of agricultural units, type of agriculture, size, spatial distribution, characteristics of tenure, land use and technology employed; at the national and political-administrative divisions in the country. \n\nSpecific objectives:\n\na. To obtain information that allows to know the basic characteristics of the units and the agricultural producers who run them.\n\nb. Know the characteristics of the producers, men and women, their access and control of productive resources and their participation in peasant organizations and institutions. The project will also contribute to the study of rural poverty.\n\nc. To know the participation of the members of the household in agricultural work.\n\nd. Know the existing population of livestock in the country, by species and category, in the different levels of aggregation (district, province, department and national).\n\ne. Obtain information necessary for the elaboration of sample frames that serve as The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is responsible for the design and implementation of agricultural surveys.\n\nf. Contribute to the Integrated System of Agricultural Statistics (SIEA) for improving and analysing agricultural information.\n\ng. To have basic information for updating the National Accounts.\n\nh. Allow national and international comparability of the information obtained.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2012-10-15","end":"2012-11-15","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Peru","abbreviation":"PER"}],"geog_coverage":"National coverage","analysis_unit":"Households","universe":"The statistical unit was the agricultural unit (AU), defined as \"the land or set of lands used totally or partially for agricultural production, including livestock, conducted as an economic unit, by an agricultural producer, regardless of size, tenure regime or legal status\". AUs were classified according to their juridical status.","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data [cen]","notes":"The scope of the study includes agriculture, livestock, access to credit and labour force."},"method":{"data_collection":{"time_method":"Reference periods:\n\u00b7\tagricultural year 2011\/2012 (from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012), for temporary crop plantings, agricultural practices and employment, etc.\n\u00b7\tthe last 12 months, for technical assistance and credit received by holdings, training, etc.","sampling_procedure":"(a) Frame\nThe frame was built in the first phase of the census activities. Complete and\/or sample enumeration methods\n\n(b) The census was a complete enumeration exercise carried out in two phases:\n\u00b7\tThe first phase focused on the location of operators (names and addresses) for every parcel found in the field and land owners with or without agricultural activity, as well as on the location of the lands.\n\u00b7\tIn the second phase, one paper questionnaire was filled out for each identified holding. The collection of data on land use was done on a parcel basis.","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","cleaning_operations":"(a) DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING\nScanning technology was used for census data capture.\n\n(b) CENSUS DATA QUALITY\nFrom the total agricultural units enumerated in the AC, 98.5 percent of questionnaires were fully completed, while 1.5 percent included incomplete information.","research_instrument":"A single questionnaire was used in the AC 2012 collecting:\n\n\u00b7\tThe agricultural producer\n\u00b7\tAgricultural unit \n\u00b7\tLand use \n\u00b7\tLand tenure regime\n\u00b7\tDestination of agricultural production \n\u00b7\tSowings carried out in the agricultural unit \n\u00b7\tMain agricultural practices\n\u00b7\tIrrigation\n\u00b7\tExistence of livestock, birds, other animals and hives \n\u00b7\tMain livestock practices \n\u00b7\tUse and origin of energy\n\u00b7\tUse of agricultural machinery and equipment\n\u00b7\tAgricultural credit \n\u00b7\tTraining, technical assistance and\/or business advice\n\u00b7\tEmployment of labour in the agricultural unit\n\u00b7\tAgricultural infrastructure \n\u00b7\tSome views of the agricultural producer \n\u00b7\tCharacteristics of the agricultural producer's household \n\u00b7\tThe role of women in agricultural production\n\nThe questionnaire covered 15 of the 16 core items recommended in the 2010 WCA. See questionnaire in external materials section."},"analysis_info":{"data_appraisal":"Preliminary results were published in December 2012. In July 2013, the final results were disseminated by means of a printed report and CD-ROMs. Safe access to census microdata was also provided. Links to the AC results are available in the web portals of each institution that participated in the Advisory Committee, as well as of the decentralized offices of the MoA. The census results were disseminated at the national and subnational (departmental, provincial, district, etc.) levels."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"See https:\/\/proyectos.inei.gob.pe\/CenagroWeb\/?id=banner#%5C","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"conditions":"CONTACT:\n\nInstituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) \nAddress: Av. Gral. Garzon 654 - 658, Jesus Maria Lima-Peal \n\nTelephone: (+51) 652 0000 2032640\n\nSee also https:\/\/proyectos.inei.gob.pe\/CenagroWeb\/?id=banner#%5C","disclaimer":"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"}}},"schematype":"survey"}