{"type":"survey","doc_desc":{"title":"TZA_1995_AGRC_v01_M","idno":"DDI_TZA_1995_AGRC_v01_M","producers":[{"name":"Development Economics Data Group","abbreviation":"DECDG","affiliation":"The World Bank","role":"Documentation of the DDI"}],"prod_date":"2013-02-05","version_statement":{"version":"Version 01 (February 2013)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"TZA_1995_AGRC_v01_M","title":"Agricultural Census 1995","alt_title":"AGRC 1995"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"National Census Committee","affiliation":"Minister of Agriculture"},{"name":"Regional Census Committee","affiliation":"Regional Agriculture and Livestock Development Office"},{"name":"National Census Technical Committee","affiliation":"Government Statistician\/Census Commissioner"},{"name":"Regional Census Technical Committee","affiliation":"Regional Statistical Officer"}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"The World Bank","abbreviation":"","role":"Technical and Financial Assistance"},{"name":"Food and Agriculture Organization","abbreviation":"","role":"Technical and Financial Assistance"},{"name":"United Nations","abbreviation":"","role":"Technical and Financial Assistance"},{"name":"SIDA\/Statistics Sweden","abbreviation":"","role":"Technical and Financial Assistance"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Agricultural Census [ag\/census]","series_info":"The first agricultural census in Tanzania was conducted in 1950 and repeated in 1960 and in 1971\/72. The subsequent agricultural censuses, which were conducted in 1993\/94 and in 1994\/95, were preceded by a pilot census which took place in 1992. Data presented here refer to the 1994\/95 census. Between 1972 and 1992, the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Agriculture conducted a number of sample surveys. Livestock censuses were conducted in 1971, 1978, 1984 and 1993\/94-1994\/95. The censuses of 1978 and 1984 were complete enumeration while those of 1971 and 1993\/94-1994\/95 were sample censuses."},"version_statement":{"version_date":"1994-10-30"},"study_info":{"time_periods":[{"start":"1994-10-01","end":"1995-09-30","cycle":"Agricultural Year\/Reference Year"}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"1993-09-01","end":"1995-09-30","cycle":"Enumeration Period"}],"nation":[{"name":"Tanzania","abbreviation":"TZA"}],"geog_coverage":"The census covered rural areas only. Urban areas and large scale farms were considered outside the scope of the census.","analysis_unit":"The selected statistical unit was the Agricultural Household, defined as any household operating at least 25 square meters of land or owing\/keeping at least one cattle or five goats\/sheep\/pigs or fifty chickens\/ducks\/turkeys.","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data [cen]","notes":"The survey covered the following themes:\n- Total Number and Area of Holdings\n- Sex and Age of  farm holders\n- Main activity of farm holders\n- Household size of farm holders\n- Farm Population\n- Employment of persons aged 10 and over\n- Temporary crops on arable land\n- Livestock\n- Machine\/Equipment owned by the holder\n- Use of non residential buildings","study_scope":"The survey covered the following themes:\n- Total Number and Area of Holdings\n- Sex and Age of  farm holders\n- Main activity of farm holders\n- Household size of farm holders\n- Farm Population\n- Employment of persons aged 10 and over\n- Temporary crops on arable land\n- Livestock\n- Machine\/Equipment owned by the holder\n- Use of non residential buildings"},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"The selection of the 540 villages throughout the country as Primary Sampling Units (PSU) was based on the National Master Sample, which was designed for conducting sample surveys for Tanzania Mainland. Official lists of households in the villages, representing the Secondary Sampling Units (SSU), were maintained by the villages secretaries.\n\nThe census was conducted on a sampling basis. Strata were developed, out of which villages were selected systematically using probability proportional to size procedure (PPS); this selection was done by stratum and from each stratum two to eight villages (PSUs) were independently selected up to a total of 540; in each of the 540 villages a sample of 15 agricultural households (SSUs) was selected for interview by the district supervisors, using systematic random sampling procedure; 8100 agricultural households were interviewed in the whole country (mainland).","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","act_min":"Field activities involved supervision at three levels: Headquarters, Regional and District; 540 enumerators and 96 district supervisors were involved in field operations."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"cit_req":"Data source:\n\u00b7 National Sample Census of Agriculture 1993\/94 and 1994\/95, Tanzania Mainland, Report, Volume I, March 1996.\n\u00b7 National Sample Census of Agriculture 1994\/95, Tanzania Mainland, Report, Volumes II and III, March - April 1996.\n\nMailing address:\n\u00b7 Ministry of Agriculture - Statistics Unit - Tamba Garden Street - P.O. Box 9192, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania - Tel. 00255 51 27231; Fax 00255 51 28428.\n\u00b7 Bureau of Statistics - Planning Commission - P.O. Box 796, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.\n\nUse of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:\n- the Identification of the Primary Investigator\n- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)\n- the survey reference number\n- the source and date of download","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."}}},"data_files":[],"variables":[],"variable_groups":[]}