{"doc_desc":{"title":"AZE_2015_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS","idno":"DDI_AZE_2015_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 Division","abbreviation":"ESS","affiliation":"Food and Agriculture Organization","role":"Metadata producer"}],"version_statement":{"version":"AZE_2015_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"AZE_2015_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS","title":"Agricultural Census, 2015","alt_title":"AC 2015"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"State Statistical Committee (SSC)","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Ministry of Agriculture","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Ministry of Economy","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Ministry of Finance","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"State Committee on Property Issues","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Azerbaijan State Agrarian University","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Institute of Economy of National Sciences Academy","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"},{"name":"Scientific-Research Institute on Agriculture Economy","affiliation":"","role":"Technical assistance"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"State Statistical Committee","affiliation":"","email":"gunduzm@azstat.org ","uri":"http:\/\/www.stat.gov.az"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Agricultural Census [ag\/census]","series_info":"The 2015 Agricultural Census (AC) was the second comprehensive agricultural census to be conducted in Azerbaijan. The first AC was carried out in 1921. Between these two comprehensive ACs, only specialized agricultural censuses were conducted, such as livestock censuses or censuses of sown areas of crops, orchards and vineyards."},"study_info":{"topics":[{"topic":"Agriculture & Rural Development","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Land (policy, resource management)","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Water","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Infrastructure","vocab":"FAO","uri":""},{"topic":"Labor","vocab":"FAO","uri":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2015-06-01","end":"2015-06-30","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Azerbaijan","abbreviation":"AZE"}],"geog_coverage":"National coverage","analysis_unit":"Households","universe":"The statistical unit was the agricultural holding, defined as an economic entity engaged in the production of crop and livestock products. The AC covered both holdings in the household sector and in the non-household sector.","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data [cen]","notes":"The scope of the study includes:\n\n\u00b7\tLand property, rent relations and land using\n\u00b7\tSown area of agricultural plants\n\u00b7\tPerennial plants  \n\u00b7\tLand areas treated with fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture year\n\u00b7\tIrrigation methods applied in farm \n\u00b7\tNumber and breed of livestock and poultry\n\u00b7\tFish farming in lakes and ponds\n\u00b7\tEquipment for processing of agricultural products\n\u00b7\tExisting of agricultural buildings and structures\n\u00b7\tExisting of agricultural equipment and machines\n\u00b7\tEmployees working in agriculture"},"method":{"data_collection":{"time_method":"Reference periods:\n\u00b7\tagricultural year 2014\/2015 for use of fertilizers and pesticides, etc.;\n\u00b7\tthe 12 preceding months, for receipt of credit.","sampling_procedure":"1. Methodological modality for conducting the census\nThe classical approach was used in the AC 2015.\n\n2. Frame\nStatistical registers and administrative records were used to build the frame.\n\n3. Complete and\/or sample enumeration methods\nThe AC 2015 was conducted by complete enumeration of agricultural holdings.","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","cleaning_operations":"(a) DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING\nThe data from census questionnaires were entered into the AC database manually by operators in regional offices of the SSC, using the MySQL program.\n\n(b) CENSUS DATA QUALITY\nA mechanism for the monitoring and supervision of census fieldwork was established. It included supervision of fieldwork by supervisors, daily checks of the quality of the census questionnaires filled by enumerators and, if necessary, repeated visits to farms the data relating to which were in doubt. In addition, a PES was conducted to assess the AC's results.","research_instrument":"Two questionnaires were used in the AC 2015: \n\na. one for holdings in the non-household sector (Form 1) \nb. one for those in the household sector (Form 2)\n\nThe 16 core items recommended by FAO to be collected in the WCA 2010 were covered, namely:\n\n0001 Identification and location of agricultural holding\n0002+ Legal status of agricultural holder\n0003 Sex of agricultural holder\n0004 Age of agricultural holder\n0005 Household size\n0006 Main purpose of production of the holding\n0007 Area of holding according to land use types\n0008 Total area of holding\n0009 Land tenure types on the holding\n0010 Presence of irrigation on the holding\n0011 Types of temporary crops on the holding\n0012 Types of permanent crops on the holding and whether in compact plantation\n0013 Number of animals on the holding for each livestock type\n0014 Presence of aquaculture on the holding\n0015+ Presence of forest and other wooded land on the holding\n0016 Other economic production activities of the holding's enterprise\n\nSee questionnair in external materials.","coll_situation":"Data collection from the agricultural holdings in the household sector was undertaken using the face-to-face interviewing method and a printed questionnaire (the PAPI method). Self-interviewing using paper questionnaires was applied to collect census data from holdings in the non-household sector."},"analysis_info":{"data_appraisal":"Preliminary census results were published in 2016. The final results were disseminated in 13 volumes in 2016. The census results were disseminated at the national and subnational level."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"See https:\/\/www.stat.gov.az\/","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"conditions":"CONTACT:\n\nState Statistical Committee,\nthe Republic of Azerbaijan \nAddress: AZ 1136 Inshaatchilar Avenue 81, Baku, Azerbaijan \n\nTelephone: (+99) 4125387357\n\nSee also https:\/\/www.stat.gov.az\/","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"}