{"doc_desc":{"title":"NZL_2017_APC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS","idno":"DDI_NZL_2017_APC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO","producers":[{"name":"Statistics New Zealand","abbr":"","affiliation":"New Zealand Government","role":"Metadata producer"},{"name":"Statistics Division","abbr":"ESS","affiliation":"Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations","role":"Metadata adapted for FAM"}]},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"NZL_2017_APC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS","title":"Agricultural Production Census 2017"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"New Zealand Government, Statistics New Zealand","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Ministry for Primary Industries","abbr":"New Zealand Government","affiliation":"","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Statistics New Zealand","affiliation":"New Zealand Government","email":"info@stats.govt.nz","uri":"https:\/\/www.stats.govt.nz"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Agricultural Census [ag\/census]","series_info":"New Zealand has participated in the World Census of Agriculture Programme since the 1930 round. From 1955-1956 until 1987, a full postal agricultural census was conducted annually. Full censuses were also conducted in 1990 and 1994. Thereafter, quinquennial censuses were conducted in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017."},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Structure of agriculture","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Land use","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Crops","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Livestock and poultry","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Forestry","vocab":"","uri":""}],"abstract":"The aim of the Agricultural Production Census 2017 was to collect information about livestock farming, crop growing, fruit, vegetables, wine grapes, forestry and farm practices. The collected agricultural data contributes to the compilation of National Accounts.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2017-07-01","end":"2018-05-07","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"New Zealand","abbreviation":"NZL"}],"geog_coverage":"The Agricultural Production Census 2017 covered the entire country.","analysis_unit":"Agricultural holdings","universe":"The following statistical units were defined for the Agricultural Production Census 2017:\n- Kind-of-activity unit (KAU): business or part of a business that engages in only one kind of productive activity or in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added.\n- Enterprise unit: the overall business or organization.\n- Unit of interest: the unit whose data was collected. It comprises \"one or more blocks of land, managed as a single operation, which is engaged in agricultural or forestry production as a primary or secondary activity\". For approximately 99 percent of the population, the unit of interest equates to the KAU. The remainder, specifically enterprises owning and\/or managing more than one \"unit of interest\", were identified prior to posting the questionnaires. The former enterprises were contacted to determine the best way for them to provide Statistics New Zealand with the survey information required that could both minimize respondent burden and avoid duplication.\n\nCut-off threshold and other exclusions:\nOnly holdings listed in the Business Register maintained by Statistics New Zealand where considered. The Business Register, which lists the country's businesses based on their registration for Goods and Services Tax (GTS) with the Inland Revenue Department, includes the following units engaged in livestock, crops, horticulture and forestry activities:\n- units registered for the GST and filing a non-zero GST return that have indicated involvement in an agricultural activity \n- businesses with more than NZD 30 000 of GST sales or purchases, or that are an employer having a main activity other than agriculture but that has indicated some secondary agricultural activity\n\nThe compulsory registration level for GST is NZD 60 000 so there is a partial and unquantifiable coverage of units below this level.","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data [cen]","notes":"The census scope covered all businesses engaged in livestock, crops, horticulture and forestry production activities, or that owned land intended for those activities during the year ending 30 June 2017.\n\nThe questionnaire collected data on:\n1. Location and land details\n2. Land use\n3. Forestry\n4. Livestock including poultry\n5. Supplementary feed crops\n6. Grain and seed crops\n7. Farm practices\n8. Cultivation and direct drilling\n9. Pasture renewal"},"method":{"data_collection":{"time_method":"Reference day: \n- 30 June 2017 for total area of the farm by land use categories, for livestock, etc.\n\nReference period:\n- From 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 for changes in landownership and new land acquisitions, cropped area, and number of offspring born alive, such as calves, lambs and fawns\n- From 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, for forestry items","sampling_procedure":"The frame included all units that were identified on the Business Register maintained by Statistics New Zealand as having an agricultural activity. The Agricultural Production Census 2017 was based on a complete enumeration of the agricultural businesses registered for GST.","coll_mode":["Mail Questionnaire [mail]"],"research_instrument":"Data was collected using one questionnaire which covered 11 out of the 23 essential items recommended in the WCA 2020.","sources":[{"name":"","origin":"","characteristics":""}],"coll_situation":"The Agricultural Production Census 2017 was a postal survey (mail-out\/mail-back). The concerned farmers and growers were asked to complete and return questionnaires within 14 days of receipt. A complete return was requested for anyone carrying out farming, horticultural or forestry activities.\n\nCensus operations involved 24 office staff: ten processors, eight data collectors, four analysts, one IT and one supervisor.","cleaning_operations":"Data collection was done with online forms and paper forms suitable for optical scanning. Values were imputed for holdings whose questionnaires were not returned or completed. The method of imputation for missing data was random hot deck imputation. Data with high imputation levels were suppressed and were indicated by \u201cS\u201d in the tables.\n\nThe published information maintained the confidentiality of individual respondents, and it was implemented using an input perturbation method, which involved adding noise to data at an individual farm level."},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"The proportion of eligible businesses that responded to the Agricultural Production Census 2017 for the final release was 85.5 percent. These businesses represent 88.3 percent of the total estimated value of agricultural operations."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conditions":"The data request procedure and the data request form are available at \"Apply to use microdata for research\" at  https:\/\/www.stats.govt.nz\/integrated-data\/apply-to-use-microdata-for-research\/.\n\nFor additional information on data access and use, please contact the Statistics New Zealand.\nEmail: info@stats.govt.nz\nWebsite: https:\/\/www.stats.govt.nz"}}},"schematype":"survey"}