Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season 2009-2010 (2002 E.C)
Ethiopia, 2009
Identification
ETH_2009_AgSSB_v01_M
Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season 2009-2010 (2002 E.C)
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
The Central Statistical Authority (CSA) has been conducting Agricultural Sample Surveys on annual basis since 1980-1981 (1973 E.C.) to produce some of the statistical data that can be used in planning and policy making activities. The survey was interrupted in 1992-1993 (1985 E.C.) and 1993-1994 (1986 E.C.) because during these two years the CSA was fully engaged in undertaking the preparatory activities for the 1994 Population and Housing Census. However, after, undertaking the 1994 Population and Housing Census, the annual agricultural survey was resumed in 1994-1995 (1987 E.C.), and also conducted for the year 1995-1996 (1988 E.C.). It has since been conducted in 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2008-2009.
For the past three decades, the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) has been conducting annual agricultural sample survey under which four integrated sample surveys designed for the collection of agricultural information on the performances of the sector were launched all over the country and used to disseminate the survey results to ultimate users on annual basis. The 2009/10 (2002 E.C.), Belg Season Crop Production Sample Survey, for which this report is meant for, is among the four integrated sample surveys launched on annual basis under the umbrella of the agricultural sample survey all over the country.
The objectives of the 2009/10 (2002 E.C.), Belg Season Crop Production Sample Survey is to produce basic quantitative information on cropland area, production and yield of major Belg season crops, as well as to provide quantitative information on the extent and use of different farm management practices on belg season crops such as fertilized crop land area and quantity of fertilizer used by crop and fertilizer type, irrigated crop land area, area under improved seed, pesticide treated cropland area, etc.
The adequate and timely supply of this information to ultimate users is therefore, important for use as a primary input in the process of policy formulation, designing developmental agricultural projects and programmes.
Event/transaction data [evn]
Household, holder, crop.
Version
v01: Edited and data, first version, for internal use only.
Scope
The scope of annual Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season includes:
- Area identification and characteristics of agricultural holder's.
- Assessment of crop conditions (for Belg Season).
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | World Bank |
| Food (production, crisis) | World Bank |
| Land (policy, resource management) | World Bank |
Coverage
The 2009-2010 (2002 E.C) annual Agricultural Sample Survey (Belg season) covered the entire rural parts of the country except the non-sedentary population of three zones of Afar & six zones of Somali regions. Accordingly the survey took in to account of all parts of Harari, Dire Dawa, and actually 59 Zones / Special weredas (that are treated as zones) of other regions.
Agricultural households from the sampled areas.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Ethiopia | Funding the study |
Sampling
SAMPLING FRAME
The list containing EAs of all regions and their respective households obtained from the 1999 E.C Cartographic Census Frame was used as the sampling frame in order to select the Primary Sampling Units (EAs). Consequently, all sample EAs were selected from this frame based on the design proposed for the survey. The second stage sampling units, households, were selected from a fresh list of households that were prepared for each EA at the beginning of the survey.
SAMPLE DESIGN
In order to select the sample a stratified two-stage cluster sample design was implemented. Enumeration areas (EAs) were taken to be the primary sampling units (PSUs) and the Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs) were agricultural households. The sample size for the 2009/10 agricultural sample survey was determined by taking into account of both the required level of precision for the most important estimates within each domain and the amount of resources allocated to the survey. In order to reduce non-sampling errors, manageability of the survey in terms of quality and operational control was also considered. Except Harari, and Dire Dawa, where each region as a whole was taken to be the domain of estimation; each zone of a region / special wereda was adopted as a stratum for which major findings of the survey are reported.
SELECTION SCHEME
Enumeration areas from each stratum were selected systematically using probability proportional to size sampling technique; size being number of agricultural households. The sizes for EAs were obtained from the 1999 E.C cartographic census frame. From the fresh list of households prepared at the beginning of the survey 30 agricultural households within each sample EA were selected systematically.
To be covered by the survey, a total of around 1,200 Enumeration Areas (EAs) were selected. However, due to various reasons that are beyond control, in 96 EAs the survey could not be successful and hence interrupted. Thus, all in all the survey succeeded to cover 1104 EAs throughout the regions.
Survey instrument
The 2009-2010 annual Agricultural Sample Survey used structured questionnaires to collect agricultural information from selected sample households.
List of forms in the questionnaire:
- CPSS Form 2002/3B: It contains form for listing holder information and crop productivity compared to last year.
- CPSS Form 2002/3C: It contains forms for crop productivity compared to last year.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2009-05-23 | 2009-06-07 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
Field Organization
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) Branch Statistical Office heads, field supervisors and enumerators, other supporting staff and drivers were all involved in the field operation activities of the 2009/10 (2002 E.C.) Belg season Crop Production Sample survey. To accomplish the data collection activities, all field enumerators were equipped with the necessary survey equipment (i.e. compass, programmable calculator, measuring tape, …etc). To assist with the field work and data collection activities all available four-wheel drive vehicles were used for supervision and collection of completed questionnaires.
Training of Field Staff
At the beginning of the survey year, the field staff-training program was carried out in two stages. The first stage consisted of trainees from the head office, branch statistical office heads, statisticians and some of the field supervisors for one week at CSA's headquarters in Addis Ababa. Those trained in the first stage conducted similar training for field supervisors and enumerators for12 days in the 24 Branch Statistical Offices, which are distributed all over the country. During the second stage training, the field staff were given detailed classroom instruction on the objectives and uses of the Agricultural Sample Survey (AgSS), concepts, and definitions of terms used, the method of area measurement, interviewing procedures, … etc. The enumerators and supervisors training also included a field practice to reinforce the procedures discussed in the classroom with regard to field area measurement, use of the programmable calculator and crop-cutting techniques.
Methods of Data Collection.
Except cropland area of major Belg Season crop, the data of which collected objectively using compasses and measuring tape, the information on production of major Belg Season crops and agricultural practices (uses of fertilizer, pesticide, improved seed and irrigation) were subjectively collected by interviewing the holders of sampled households. Appendix II illustrates the total number of EAs and households reporting for the 2009/10 (2002 E.C.), Belg crop production by region.
Data processing
Editing, Coding and Verification
To insure the quality of the collected survey data an editing, coding, and verification instruction manual was written, and 16 editors, data coders and verifiers were trained for one day to edit, code and verify the data using the aforementioned manual as a reference and teaching aid. The enumerator completed edited and coded questionnaires sent to the head office were thoroughly verified by trained verifiers on a 100% basis before the questionnaires were sent to the data entry unit. The editing, coding, verification and manual cleaning of all questionnaires was completed in 24 days.
Data appraisal
Estimation procedure of totals, ratios, sampling error and the measurement of precision of estimates (CV) are given in Appendix I and II of the 2009-2010 Agricultural Sample Survey, Area and Production of Belg Season Crops Volume V report.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | http://www.csa.gov.et | csa@csa.gov.et |
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is committed to achieving excellence in the provision of timely, reliable and affordable official statistics for informed decision making in order to maximize the welfare of all Ethiopians. This is achieved through the collection and analysis of censuses, surveys and the use of administrative data as well as the dissemination a range of statistical products and providing assistance and services to users.
A microdata dissemination policy is established by CSA to address the conditions and the manner in which anonymized microdata files may be released to users for research purposes. It also strives to identify the different levels of anonymization for different categories of data use. This policy is available at CSA website (http://www.csa.gov.et).
CSA will release microdata files for use by researchers for scientific research purposes when:
The Director General is satisfied that all reasonable steps have been taken to prevent the identification of individual respondents.
The release of the data will substantially enhance the analytic value of the data that have been collected For all but purely public files, researchers disclose the nature and objectives of their intended research, It can be demonstrated that there are no credible alternative sources for these data, and
The researchers have signed an appropriate undertaking.
Terms and conditions of use of public data files are the following:
The data and other materials provided by CSA will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of CSA.
The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the CSA.
No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by CSA, or among data from the CSA and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from CSA will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to CSA.
The original collector of the data, CSA, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Cost Recovery Policy:
It is the policy of CSA to encourage broad use of its products by making them affordable for users. Accordingly, CSA attempts to ensure that the costs of creating anonymized microdata files are built-in to the survey budget.
At the same time, CSA attempts to recover costs associated with the provisions of special services that benefit only a specific group. Information on the price of each dataset is available at CSA website (www.csa.gov.et )
"Central Statistical Authority of Ethiopia (CSA), Agricultural Sample Survey Belg 2009-2010 (AgSSB 2009), v01, provided by the National Data Archive. http://www.csa.gov.et"
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Administrator | Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | data@csa.gov.et | http://www.csa.gov.et |
| World Bank Microdata Library | microdata@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ETH_2009_AgSSB_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | Production and documentation of the study |
2008-12-20
Metadata version
Version 02 (October 2013). Edited version based on Version 1.1 DDI (DDI_ETH_2009_ASSBS_v1.1_M) that was done by Central Statistical Agency, Ethiopia and reviewed.