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Seasonal Agriculture Survey 2015

Rwanda, 2014 - 2015
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RWA_2014_SAS_v01_M
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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    Survey ID number

    RWA_2014_SAS_v01_M

    Title

    Seasonal Agriculture Survey 2015

    Country
    Name Country code
    Rwanda RWA
    Study type

    Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]

    Series Information

    The Seasonal Agriculture Survey (SAS) is a study conducted annually by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda from November to September to gather up-to-date information for monitoring progress on agriculture programs and policies in Rwanda.

    The RSAS 2015 covered three agricultural seasons:

    • Agricultural Season A: starts in September of one calendar year and ends in February of the following calendar year;
    • Agricultural Season B: starts in March and ends in July of the same calendar year; and
    • Agricultural Season C: starts in August and ends with September of the same calendar year.
    Abstract

    The main objective of the Seasonal Agriculture Survey is to provide timely, accurate, reliable and comprehensive agricultural statistics that describe the structure of agriculture in Rwanda in terms of land use, crop production and livestock to monitor current agricultural and food supply conditions and to facilitate evidence based decision making for the development of Agriculture sector.

    In this regard, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda conducted the Seasonal Agriculture Survey (SAS) from November 2014 to October 2015 to gather up-to-date information for monitoring progress on agriculture programs and policies in Rwanda, including the Second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS II) and Vision 2020. This 2015 RSAS covered three agricultural seasons (A, B and C) and provides data on background characteristics of the agricultural operators, farm characteristics (area, yield and production), agricultural practices, agricultural equipments, use of crop production by agricultural operators and by large scale farmers.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    This seasonal agriculture survey focused on the following units of analysis:

    • Agricultural Operators and Large Scale Farmers

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.1 Edited anonymized dataset for public use

    Version Date

    2017-04-17

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of 2015 Seasonal Agriculture Survey concerned demographic and social characteristics of Agricultural Operators and Large Scale Farmers, and farm characteristics (area, yield and production; agricultural practices; small agricultural equipments; and use of crop production).

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage.

    Universe

    The RSAS 2015 targeted agricultural operators and large scale farmers operating in Rwanda.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources Government of Rwanda Technical partner
    National Agriculture Export Board Government of Rwanda Technical partner
    Rwanda Agricultural Board Government of Rwanda Technical partner
    Rwanda Natural Resources Authority Government of Rwanda Technical partner
    Rwanda Environmental Management Authority Government of Rwanda Technical partner
    National Bank of Rwanda Government of Rwanda Technical partner
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    The Government of Rwanda Funder
    World Bank Funding partner
    Ukaid Funding partner
    European Union Funding partner
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Local Government Ministry of Local Governance Survey campaign an Mobilisation

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The Seasonal Agriculture Survey (SAS) sample is composed of two categories of respondents: agricultural operators and large-scale farmers (LSF).

    For the 2015 SAS, NISR used as the sampling method a dual frame sampling design combining selected area frame sample segments and a list of large-scale farmers.

    NISR used also imagery from RNRA with a very high resolution of 25 centimeters to divide the total land of the country into twelve strata. A total number of 540 segments were spread throughout the country as coverage of the survey with 25,346 and 23,286 agricultural operators in Season A and Season B respectively. From these numbers of agricultural operators, sub-samples were selected during the second phases of Seasons A and B.

    It is important to note that in each of agricultural season A and B, data collection was undertaken in two phases. Phase I was mainly used to collect data on demographic and social characteristics of interviewees, area under crops, crops planted, rainfall, livestock, etc. Phase II was mainly devoted to the collection of data on yield and production of crops.

    Phase I serves at collecting data on area under different types of crops in the screening process, whereas Phase II is mainly devoted to the collection of data on demographic, social characteristics of interviewees, together with yields of the different crops produced. Enumerated large-scale farmers (LSF) were 558 in both 2015 Season A and B. The LSF were engaged in either crop farming activities only, livestock farming activities only, or both crop and livestock farming activities. Agricultural operators are the small scale farmers within the sample segments. Every selected segment was firstly screened using the appropriate materials such as the segment maps, GIS devices and the screening form. Using these devices, the enumerators accounted for every plot inside the sample segments. All Tracts were classified as either agricultural (cultivated land, pasture, and fallow land) or non-agricultural land (water, forests, roads, rocky and bare soils, and buildings).

    During Phase I, a complete enumeration of all farmers having agricultural land and operating within the 540 selected segments was undertaken and a total of 25,495 and 24,911 agricultural operators were enumerated respectively in Seasons A and B. Season C considered only 152 segments, involving 3,445 agricultural operators.

    In phase II, 50% of the large-scale farmers were undertaking crop farming activities only and 50% of the large-scale farmers were undertaking both crop and livestock farming and were selected for interview. A sample of 199 and 194 large-scale farmers were interviewed in Seasons A and B, respectively, using a farm questionnaire.

    From the agricultural operators enumerated in the sample segments during Phase I, a sample of the agricultural operators was designed for Phase II as follows: 5,502 for Season A, 5,337 for Season B and 644 for Season C. The method of probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling at the national level was used. Furthermore, the total number of enumerated large-scale farmers was 774 in 2015 Season A and 622 in Season B.

    The Season C considered 152 segments counting 8,987 agricultural operators from which 963 agricultural operators were selected for survey interviews.

    Response Rate

    The response rate for Seasonal Agriculture Survey is 98%.

    Weighting

    The sample weights were calculated for each district considering the total number of segments in each district and the sample size in the specific districts.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    There were two types of questionnaires used for this survey namely: screening questionnaire and farm questionnaires.

    A screening questionnaire was used to collect information that enabled identification of an Agricultural Operator or Large Scale Farmer and his or her land use.

    Farm questionnaires were of two types:

    a) Phase I Farm Questionnaire was used to collect data on characteristics of Agricultural Operators, crop identification and area, inputs (seeds, fertilizers, labor, …) for Agricultural Operators and large scale farmers.

    b) Phase 2 Farm questionnaire was used in the collection of data on crop production and use of production.

    It is important to mention that all these farm questionnaires were subjected to two/three rounds of data quality checking. The first round was conducted by the enumerator and the second round was conducted by the team leader to check if questionnaires had been well completed by enumerators.

    For Season C, after screening, an interview was conducted for each selected tract / Agricultural Operator using one consolidated Farm questionnaire.

    All the survey questionnaires used were published in both English and Kinyarwanda languages.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2014-11-05 2015-01-31 Season A
    2015-03-08 2015-06-18 Season B
    2015-09-10 2015-10-02 Season C
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
    Supervision

    The survey used 120 enumerators organised around 30 field teams and 20 team leaders giving a ratio of one team leader to 4 enumerators.

    At the bottom of the hierarchy, there are enumerators who would be assisted by a team leader also known as a controller. His/her main function is to introduce the enumerators to the various key people from the sector to the village leaders up to operators in the Secondary Sampling Unit (known as Segment), and assist enumerators during the whole course of the survey.

    A higher level supervision staff from NISR visited the field teams during each phase of data collection to ensure quality control. Responsibilities of a team leader is to manage the interviewers to ensure successful completion and quality of data collected in a given time period for the fieldwork.

    He/she was expected to record information about the fieldwork by completing the fieldwork forms, which track the status of completion of the work in the field, document problems in the field and solutions taken to resolve these problems, and track the data entry process. Specifically, his/her tasks included:

    1. Introduce the survey and interviewers at local level where the survey is administered.
    2. Review questionnaires and check that it has been correctly filled in.
    3. Monitor and attend some interviews and make comments on the worker's performance.
    4. Meet frequently with each member of the group to discuss, improve and organize work.
    5. Check the availability of all the necessary items before going on field.
    6. Help workers to solve the problems they encounter in dealing with respondents who are not responsive to questions or refuse to be interviewed.
    7. Manage the team's work schedule, including tracking questionnaires completed in the field, questionnaires assigned to the data entry team, and questionnaires that require correction by interviewers.
    8. Make sure all the big farmers are identified and surveyed.
    9. Communicate with NISR/MINAGRI staff, regarding field issues, as necessary.
      He/she was responsible for helping the interviewers to identify the segments and tracts that have been allocated to them, resolving any problems with reluctant operators observing interviews and making checks by visiting the operators after the survey to verify data.
    Data Collection Notes

    The 2015 SAS used 120 enumerators grouped in 30 field teams and 30 team leaders, i.e one team leader to 4 enumerators. All field work staff in 2015 possessed a degree in Agronomy Science and were trained before starting data collection. Higher level supervision staff from NISR visited the field teams during each phase of data collection to ensure quality control.

    Enumerators and team leaders had adequate materials composed of Enumerator's Instruction Manual, Screening Questionnaire, Farm Questionnaires, measuring tapes, ruler, pens, pencils, calculator, weighing scales, Global Positioning System (GPS), Personal Data System (PDA), maps, rain coats, boots, umbrella, first aid equipment, etc. Each team was assigned a vehicle.

    Before proceeding to the field, enumerators and their team leaders checked if they had all required materials for their fieldwork. All staff was required to arrive early on the field (Segment or LSF). Upon arrival in the field, the enumerators and their team Leaders took the related geographical coordinates that were used by supervisors to know the real starting time of the fieldwork.

    The next step was the segment delineation or LSF and taking of geographical coordinates for the identified landmarks to allow supervisors to check if the segment was delineated appropriately and to ensure the collected data related to the plots inside the appropriate segment or LSF.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data editing took place at different stages. Firstly, the filled questionnaires were repatriated at NISR for office editing and coding before data entry started. Data entry of the completed and checked questionnaires was undertaken at the NISR office by 20 staff trained in using the CSPro software. To ensure appropriate matching of data in the completed questionnaires and plot area measurements from the GIS unit, a LOOKUP file was integrated in the CSPro data entry program to confirm the identification of each agricultural operator or LSF before starting data entry. Thereafter, data were entered in computers, edited and summarized in tables using SPSS and Excel.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    All farm questionnaires were subjected to two/three rounds of data quality checking. The first round was conducted by the enumerator and the second round was conducted by the team leader to check if questionnaires had been well completed by enumerators. And in most cases, questionnaires completed by one enumerator were peer-reviewed by another enumerator before being checked by the Team leader.

    Access policy

    Location of Data Collection

    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

    Archive where study is originally stored

    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
    https://microdata.statistics.gov.rw/index.php/catalog/77
    Cost: None

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning http://microdata.statistics.gov.rw/ info@statistics.gov.rw
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes This is edited data file for public use.
    Access conditions

    To access this statistical data, the user agrees NISR microdata access terms and conditions.

    Citation requirements

    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.

    "National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Rwanda Seasonal Agriculture Survey 2015. Ref. RWA_2014_SAS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    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.

    Copyright

    (c)2015, National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Director General NISR info@statistics.gov.rw
    Data Portals Management Officer NISR rwanda.nada@statistics.gov.rw

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_RWA_2014_SAS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda Minisrty of Finance and Economic Planning Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2017-04-17

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2 (September 2020). Edited version based on the original version (ddi-rwa-nisr-rsas-2016-V1.1) that was produced by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda.

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