Agricultural Census 2003
Thailand, 2003
Identification
THA_2003_AgC_v01_M
Agricultural Census 2003
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Thailand | THA |
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
The National Statistical Office conducted the First Agricultural Census in 1950, the Second in 1963, the Third in 1978 and the Fourth in 1993. To obtain timely statistics of agricultural structure data for policy-making, monitoring and evaluation of the agricultural development projects and in accordance with the recommendations of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Fifth Agricultural Census was thus conducted in 2003.
The National Statistical Office conducted the Fifth Agricultural Census in 2003 in order to collect the data on structure of agriculture obtained from the agricultural holdings throughout the country.
The objectives of the Agricultural Census were as follows:
- To collect data on agricultural structures such as number and area of holdings, land use, land tenure, planted area of crops, number of inland fishery establishments, water area under fresh water culture, number of livestock, the use of fertilizer and pesticide, machinery and equipment, etc.
- To provide data for small administrative units.
- To provide a frame for other agricultural surveys.
- To study changes of agricultural structures in 10 years.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
- Agricultural household (holder)
- Agricultural holding
- Holding: A holding is an economic unit of agricultural production (cultivating crops, rearing livestock and culturing fresh water) under single management comprising all livestock kept and all land used wholly or partly for agricultural production purposes, without regard to title or legal form. The holding's land may consist of one or more parcels, located in one or more separate areas of the same province. The holding area includes farmyard, land occupied by farm buildings and holder's house located on the holding.
- Holder: A holder refers to a civil or juridical person who exercises management control and takes major decisions over the agricultural holding operation. The holder has technical and economic responsibility for the holding and may undertake all responsibilities directly, or delegate responsibilities to a hired manager. A hired manager participating in economic and financial responsibilities in addition to managing the holding is considered a holder.
- Area of Holding: Area of holding is the combined area of all the holding's parcels in the province, including land owned by the holder, rented from others and land under other tenure forms. (Land owned by the holder but rented to others are excluded).
Scope
The 2003 Thailand Agricultural Census covered the following topics:
- Identification particulars
- Holding area by land use and tenure and document of owner land
- Livestock
- Cultivation of rice
- Cultivation of para rubber
- Cultivation of permanent crop and forest
- Cultivation of field crop
- Cultivation of vegetable crop, herb, flower and ornamental plant
- Fresh water culture
- Fertilizer and pesticide
- Employment on holding
- Machinery and equipment
- Demographic characteristics of holder household's members
- Educational and membership of agricultural activity groups
- Income from agriculture during last 12 months
- Debt for agriculture
Coverage
National
The census covered the whole country: all holdings cultivating crops, rearing livestock and culturing fresh waters, were covered.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistical Office (NSO) | Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Thailand | Funding |
Sampling
A Stratified Two - Stage Sampling was adopted for the advanced report. Regions were constituted strata. The primary and secondary sampling units were enumeration districts and holdings respectively.
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Stratification
Group of provinces in each region were constituted strata. There were altogether 4 strata, i.e., Central, North, Northeast and South . -
Selection of Primary Sampling Unit
A number of sample enumeration districts were selected systematically in each stratum with a sampling fraction of 1 in 5. The total number of sample enumeration districts was 4,581 from 22,950 -
Selection of Secondary Sampling Unit
Holdings were ultimate sampling units. Data of every holdings enumerated with the long form in every sample enumeration district were proceeded. Then these sample holdings were selected systematically with a sampling fraction of 1 in 5.
The overall sampling fraction was 1 in 100 .
Survey instrument
The Agricultural Census data was collected using a questionnaire that consists of 15 sections.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2003-05-13 | 2003-06-10 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistical Office | Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand |
The face to face interview was the method of date collection for the 2003 Agricultural Census. The field work was carried out during May 13 to June 10, 2003. Around 2,500 enumerators were recruited from village health volunteers and 5,000 supervisors were recruited from local officer of Department of Agricultural Extension. The enumerators were sent out to interview all heads of household using listing form to find out agricultural holders. Approximately 5.8 million agricultural holders were interviewed for detailed information using enumeration form subsequently.
Data Access
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
National Statistical Office of Thailand. Thailand Agricultural Census 2003. Ref. THA_2003_AgC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistical Office (NSO) | Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand | services@nso.go.th | http://web.nso.go.th/ |
Metadata production
DDI_THA_2003_AgC_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| World Bank, Development Data Group | The World Bank | Preparation of the metadata |
2014-04-02
Metadata version
Version 01 (April 2014).