{"type":"survey","doc_desc":{"title":"ARM_2014_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS","idno":"DDI_ARM_2014_AC_v01_M_v01_A_OCS","producers":[{"name":"Office of Chief Statistician","abbreviation":"OCS","affiliation":"Food and Agriculture Organization","role":"Metadata Producer"}],"prod_date":"2019-10-04","version_statement":{"version":"Version 01 (October 2019). This version is identical to FAO Version (ARM_2014_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS) except for the following fields that were edited by the World Bank: DDI ID, Study ID, DDI Version Description, Questionnaires, Locations of Data Collection and Citation Requirement."}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"ARM_2014_AC_v01_M_v01_A_OCS","title":"Agricultural Census 2014","alt_title":"AC 2014"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"National Statistical Service","affiliation":"Republic of Armenia"}],"series_statement":{"series_name":"Agricultural Census [ag\/census]","series_info":"The 2014 AC is the first Agricultural Census conducted in Armenia. The Agricultural Census will be conducted once in every 10 years in compliance with international rule and standards."},"study_info":{"abstract":"The purpose of conducting an Agricultural Census (AC) in the Republic of Armenia is to obtain information about the structure of agriculture in the country, establish an integral survey system of statistical data on agriculture, create a statistical register for rural households, and ensure comparability with international statistical data. \n\nThe data collected during the census will be used to create systems of monitoring indices for poverty monitoring, food security monitoring, agricultural programming and relevant policy development, maintenance of gender-based statistics, improvement of the quality of the current statistics, delivery of more comprehensive information to consumers etc. The data will also enable improvement of the current statistics in the sphere of agriculture, establish a complete system on statistical information about agriculture, create statistical registers for entities engaged in agriculture, develop the sampling tools for statistics and ensure their compliance with the current standards and criteria, identify trends in changes of agricultural infrastructures and specify a more detailed composition and structure of agriculture as an entrepreneurship.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2014-10-11","end":"2014-10-31","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Armenia","abbreviation":"ARM"}],"geog_coverage":"National Coverage","analysis_unit":"Agricultural holdings","universe":"Universe includes individual (rural) households, individual agricultural holdings of urban population, individual holdings of members of horticultural associations, communities, all agricultural holdings with legal status, private entrepreneurs, and, collective holdings (penitentiary institutions, military units, social care institutions for the elderly and disabled, educational institutions, and scientific experimantal units).\n\nThe Agricultural Census has also considered the units which implemented the following types of agricultural activities (irrespective of whether the agricultural activities were their major or secondary type of activity):  \n- Cultivation of agricultural crops (grain crops and leguminous crops, technical crops, potato, vegetable crops, melon crops, forage crops, fruit and berries, grapes).\n- Cultivation of flowers, mushroom, saplings, seedlings, etc. \n- Livestock and poultry breeding. \n- Production of plant cultivation and cattle-breeding products.\n- Activities related to maintaining the agricultural lands in favourable agricultural and environmental conditions, etc. \n\nThe Agricultural Census did not consider the units which have only the following: \n- Stables, areas designated for horse riding, \n- Slaughter- houses or points of animal sale. \n\nThe units engaged only in the following activities were not considered either: \n- Hunting and forestry.","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data [cen]","notes":"The scope of the 2014 Agricultural Census include:\n1. Lands of Household\n2. Sown Area of Agricultural Crops\n3. Areas of Perennial Plantings\n4. Sources and Methods of Irrigation\n5. Means of Plant Protection and Fertilizers\n6. Livestock and Poultry\n7. Pisciculture\n8. Agriculture Buildings and Facilities\n9. Labour Force\n10. Use and Processing of Agricultural Products\n11. Agritourism\n12. Loans and Subsidies\n13. Agricultural Cooperation\n14. On-Farm Record Keeping"},"method":{"data_collection":{"time_method":"As of October 10, 2014: \n\u2022 agricultural lands\n\u2022 areas of perennial plantings\n\u2022 number of livestock and poultry\n\u2022 availability of buildings\/facilities for keeping the livestock and poultry and storing the agricultural production\n\u2022 availability of own operational agricultural machinery\/equipment\n\nPeriod of 01.08.2013 - 31.07.2014: \n\u2022 sown areas of agricultural crops\n\u2022 actually irrigated areas of perennial plantings \n\u2022 sources and methods of irrigation\n\u2022 means of plant protection and fertilizers \n\u2022 fish farming \n\u2022 utilization of agricultural machinery\/equipment\n\u2022 utilization of horses or other draft animals for agricultural activities \n\nPeriod of 11.10.2013 - 10.10.2014: \n\u2022 availability of buildings\/facilities for keeping the agricultural machinery and equipment\n\u2022 gender and age of labour force, engagement in the holding's agricultural activities, level of education \n\u2022 participation of the head and other members of the holding in agricultural training courses \n\u2022 involvement of the holding members (workers) in the holding's agricultural activities\n\u2022 utilization and processing of agricultural production\n\u2022 sale of processed production\n\u2022 delivery of agritourism services by the holding\n\u2022 sources of loans and subsidies received for agricultural purposes \n\u2022 membership in an agricultural cooperative \n\u2022 maintaining on-farm record keeping on production of agricultural produce and incurred costs","sampling_procedure":"The Agricultural Census (AC), 2014 was carried out by conducting a full enumeration of the Census Units. However, only 10% of the total is shared through the microdata file.","coll_mode":"Face-to-face paper [f2f]"}},"data_access":{"dataset_availability":{"access_place":"Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia","access_place_uri":"https:\/\/www.armstat.am\/en\/?nid=15","original_archive":"Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia\nhttps:\/\/www.armstat.am\/en\/?nid=15"},"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"The authorized body of the 2014 Agricultural Census (AC), will ensure the confidentiality of initial (individual) data in line with sub-paragraph 3, paragraph 1, Article 6 of the law of the Republic of Armenia on Agricultural Census.\nOnly summary data are processed and published.","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia","affiliation":"","email":"","uri":"https:\/\/www.armstat.am\/en\/?nid=15"}],"cit_req":"Use 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\n\nExample: Armenia National Statistical Service. Armenia - Agricultural Census (AC) 2014. Ref. ARM_2014_AC_v01_M_v01_A_OCS. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date]."}}},"data_files":[],"variables":[],"variable_groups":[]}