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DDI_FIN_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Office of Chief Statistician
Census team, Statistics Division
Nesstar Publisher
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Agricultural Census, 2010
AC 2010
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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Tike)
Information Centre
Nesstar Publisher
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
The first Agricultural Census (AC) in Finland was conducted in 1910. Since then agricultural censuses have been conducted almost every ten years. The latest ACs were carried out in 1959, 1969, 1990 and 1999/2000. The tenth and last AC was carried out in 2010.
Agriculture & Rural Development
Forests & Forestry
Food (production, crisis)
Land (policy, resource management)
Livestock
Finland
National coverage
Households
The statistical unit in the AC 2010 was the agricultural holding. Two types of holdings were distinguished: "farms" and "horticultural enterprises" that were "engaged in commercial agricultural or horticultural production". A farm is defined as a holding/business that has a utilized arable land area of at least 1 ha or at least one animal unit of livestock. The farms do not include horticultural enterprises that are solely engaged in greenhouse production. A horticultural enterprise is a holding engaged in horticultural production intended for sale (for example, greenhouse enterprises).
Census/enumeration data [cen]
The scope of the study is agriculture including forestry, plantations,irrigation methods, beehives, landscapes and livestock.
Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
The majority of the data for the AC 2010 were taken directly from two statistical registers, the Farm Register and Horticultural Enterprise Register. The missing data (such as labour force, education and training, other gainful activities, renewable energy, irrigation) were collected using either the AC or the SAPM questionnaires. Information for the AC and the SAPM was collected using the CAWI and CATI methods.
Preliminary census results on different topics were published in five batches, from June to December 2011, on the website of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The results of the AC were published using Tilastolaari's dynamic reporting service. The final results of the AC were published in May 2012 and those of the SAPM in September 2012. Detailed census data can be found at on the Luke website.
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