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Armenia AGRIS: Survey of Agricultural Holdings 2020

Armenia, 2020 - 2021
Agricultural Surveys
Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, Food and Agricultural Organization
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  • Documentation
  • Data Description
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  • Identification
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  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Data Processing
  • Data access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

Identification

IDNO
ARM-ARMSTAT-AGRIS_SAH-2020-v1
Title
Armenia AGRIS: Survey of Agricultural Holdings 2020
Country
Name Country code
Armenia ARM
Abstract
- The agricultural integrated survey is conducted to collect statistical information on the agriculture in the Republic of Armenia.

- AGRIS is based on FAO International Statistical Experience

- AGRIS questionnaires and tools (CAPI application, manual, other documents) were developed to collect internationally comparable statistics

- AGRIS content and tools are adapted to reflect the nature and policy of Armenia's agriculture

- The survey on agricultural production in Armenia in 2020 has in total 5 waves of data collection (visits).

The potential of AGRIS

1. AGRIS data

- will be the basis for the development, implementation and evaluation of agricultural policy
- will improve market efficiency
- will support research implementation

2. AGRIS can be the base for an effective agricultural statistical system

3. AGRIS is available and manageable
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Version

Version number
v1.0 - merged but not cleaned data
Version Date
2021-10
Version Notes
Microdata will not be disseminated.

Scope

Topic Classification
Topic Vocabulary
AGRIS World Bank
Agricultural Production World Bank
Economy World Bank
Labour World Bank
Production Methods and Enviornment World Bank
Machinery Equipment and Assets World Bank

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Kotayk Armavir Tavush Shirak
Unit of Analysis
Agricultural households
Universe
Farm holdings

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators
Agency Name Affiliation
Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia Government of Armenia
Food and Agricultural Organization United Nations
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Partial Funding
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Role
International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education Foundation (ICARE) Survey operations

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The design followed the principles and recommendations of the Handbook on the Agricultural Integrated Survey (AGRIS). A link tothe Handbook is provided under Technical Documents.

Framing: The sampling strategy is based on the Multiple Frame Sampling (MSF) approach using the two agricultural frames of the Agricultural Census 2014:
· List Frame 1: Agricultural holdings of the household sector
· List Frame 2: Agricultural holdings of the non-household sector

For details of the sampling design please refer to the Sampling Strategy and Plan attached as a Technical Document.
Deviations from the Sample Design
Terms of using replacement list:

Addresses from replacement list should be used only in sequential order and in the following cases:

The household cannot be found at a given address.

The enumerator visited the address at least 3 times and was unable to meet with members of the household.

The household refuses to take participate the survey.

For large holdings no replacement is available.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date End date Cycle
2020-01 2020-01 Inception - 10 working days
2020-08 2020-08 Semi-annual - 10 working days
2021-01 2021-01 Annual - 10 working days
Time periods (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date End date Cycle
2020-01-01 2020-03-31 Quarterly: production
2020-04-01 2020-06-30 Quarterly
2020-01-31 2020-06-30 Quarterly: labor
2020-07-01 2020-09-30 Quarterly
2020-12-31 Quarterly
Mode of data collection
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Supervision
International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education Foundation (ICARE)
Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia

There were 4 groups: total of 7 controllers, 19 supervisors, and 111 enumerators.

Supervisors checked the filled questionnaires' integrity and credibility.

Controllers attended to the work schedule.
Type of Research Instrument
The Agricultural Integrated Survey is conducted by the interviewers via Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (Survey Solutions, SuSo) using exclusively the following digital questionnaires:

Inception questionnaire
Quarterly questionnaire
Annual questionnaire

The questionnaires were completed by interviewer during the visits to holdings in the course of the year, through direct interviews with the holder of the holding or another adult (at least 18 years old) member of the holding who is well-informed of the holding's agricultural activities.

The inception questionnaire consists of a cover page, survey preparation and the following 6 sections:
- General information on the holding
- Land use by parcels as of 1st January, 2020
- Stocks of agricultural products produced on the holding (as of 1st January, 2020
- Livestock numbers
- Buildings on the holding
- Agricultural cooperatives

The quarterly questionnaire consists of a cover sheet, general information on the holding and the following 6 sections:
- Crop area sown and production during the last two quarters (1st of January - 30th of June 2020)
- Use of Fertilizers and Pesticides/Herbicides
- Livestock and Poultry
- Production and processing of crop and animal products during the last two quarters (1st of January - 30th of June 2020)
- Labour on the holding
- Economic information about expenditures of agricultural holdings for agricultural production carried out during the last two quarters (1st of January - 30th of June 2020)

The annual questionnaire consists of a cover sheet, general information on the holding and the following 10 sections:
- Crop area sown and production during the last two quarters (1st of July - 31st of December 2020)
- Use of crop product durinig the last year
- Use of Fertilizers and Pesticides/Herbicides
- Livestock and Poultry
- Production and processing of crop and animal products during the last two quarters
- Use of pasture during 2020 (1 Jan - 31 Dec 2020)
- Labour on the holding
- Economic information about expenditures of agricultural holdings for agricultural production carried out during the last two quarters
- Access to agricultural production warehouses (From January 1st to December 31st 2020)
- Economic profiles of the holding (From January 1st to December 31st 2020)


The questionnaires were jointly developed by ARMSTAT, FAO and ICARE. Discussions were aimed at matching indicators available in the sections to the national peculiarities, particularly crop list and farm animals' gender and age group.

Data Processing

Cleaning Operations
Supervisors and controllers checked and edited the filled questionnaires.

The computer software helped in checking arithmetic and logic of the responses.

Data access

Confidentiality Declaration
As per the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Official Statistics, the personalized data collected for statistical purposes may not be used by any agency or international organization for investigation, preliminary investigation, control, judicial examination, making administrative decisions or other similar processes.

Contacts

Contact
Name Affiliation Email
Arsen Avagyan Agriculture and Food Security Statistics Department agriculture@armstat.am

Metadata production

Document ID
DDI-ARM-ARMSTAT-AGRIS_SAH-2020-v01
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Agriculture and Food Security Statistics Division AFSSD Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia Documenter
Date of Production
2021-10-13
Document version
Version 1.0 - The first metadata documentation for Armenia AGRISurvey 2020.
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