Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season 2004-2005 (1997 E.C)
Ethiopia, 2004
Identification
ETH_2004_AgSSB_v01_M
Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season 2004-2005 (1997 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, and 2003-2004.
In order to minimize the existing data gap, therefore, for the past three decades, the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) has been conducting the 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 on annual basis. Hence, through conducting these surveys, CSA has been disseminating the results obtained from these surveys to ultimate users annually. The 2004-2005 (1997 E.C) Belg Season Crop Production Sample Survey 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 2004-2005 (1997 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 onthe 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 under improved seed, pesticide treated cropland area, etc.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household, holder, crop
Version
v1.1: Edited and non anonymized dataset, for internal use only.
Scope
The scope of annual Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season includes:
- Area identification and characteristics of agricultural holder's. This included household's geographic locations, holder's age, holder's sex, educational status, and type of holding.
- Area under temporary crops and agricultural practices and area measurement result
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | World Bank |
| Food (production, crisis) | World Bank |
| Land (policy, resource management) | World Bank |
Coverage
The 2004-2005 (1997 E.C) annual Agricultural Sample Survey (Belg Season) covered the entire rural parts of the country except three zones of Afar regional state and six zones of Somali regional state where its inhabitants are predominantly pastoralists. Accordingly the survey took into account of all parts of Harari, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, and 58 additional Zones / Special Weredas (that are treated as zones) of other regions. Besides, the survey could not also be accomplished in all the zones of Gambella region.
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
Sample Design
A stratified two-stage cluster sample design was used to select the sample. Enumeration areas (EA's) were taken to be the primary sampling units (PSU's) and the secondary sampling units (SSU's) were agricultural households. Sample enumeration areas from each stratum were sub-samples of the 2001/2 (1994 E.C) Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Enumeration. They were selected using probability proportional to size systematic sampling; size being number of agricultural households obtained from the 1994 Population & Housing Census and adjusted for the sub-sampling effect. Within each sample EA a fresh list of households was prepared and 25 agricultural households from each sample EA were systematically selected at the second stage. The survey questionnaire was finally administered for those 25 agricultural households selected at the second stage. Information on area under crops, Belg season production of crops, agricultural practices, crop damage, and quantity of agricultural inputs used were obtained from the 25 households that were ultimately selected.
Remark: As of the 2001/2 Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Enumeration, Addis Ababa City Administration had a total of 35 enumeration areas. However, during the 2004 Urban Economic Establishments Census it was found that some of the rural enumeration areas (EAs) were to be part of the urban areas of the city. Consequently only 24 enumeration areas were left as the rural EAs of the City Administration. Therefore, the 2004/5 (1997 E.C) annual Agricultural Sample Survey (Belg Season) covered all the 24 EAs with certainty. Hence, there could be great variation among estimates of area & crop production of the 2004/5 (1997 E.C) and that of the previous years.
Initially, a total of 2,016 enumeration areas were selected to be covered by the survey, and the survey was successfully carried out in all sampled (100 %) EA’s. As regard to the ultimate sampling unit, it was planned to conduct the survey on 50,400 agricultural households and 50,131 (99.47 %) households were actually covered by the Belg season Agricultural Sample Survey.
Survey instrument
The 2004-2005 annual Agricultural Sample Survey used structured questionnaires to collect agricultural information from selected sample households.
List of forms in the questionnaire:
- CPSS Form 1997/8A: It contains form for listing holder information and crop productivity compared to last year.
- CPSS Form 1997/8B: It contains forms for crop productivity compared to last year.
Note: The questionnaire is presented in the 2004-2005 Agricultural Sample Survey, Area and Production of Belg Season Crops Volume V report.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2004-06-23 | 2004-07-07 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
Field Organization:
The Central Statistical Authority (CSA) branch statistical office heads, field supervisors and enumerators, other supporting staff and drivers were all involved in the field operation activities of the 2004/05 (1997 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, protractor, ruler, measuring tape, balance scale, iron peg, ropes, sample bags…etc) at the completion of training. To assist with the fieldwork and data collection activities all available four wheel drive vehicles were used for supervision and collection of completed questionnaires.
Training of Field Staff:
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 have been given training for one week at CSA's headquarters in Addis Ababa. Many of those trained in the first stage conducted similar training for field supervisors and enumerators for 10 days in CSA's 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, method of crop cutting, as well as correct interviewing procedures, … etc. The enumerators' and supervisors' training also included a field practice to reinforce the concepts discussed in the classroom with regard to field measurement and crop cutting data collection.
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.
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 seventeen 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 data entry of all questionnaires was completed in thirty-one days.
Data appraisal
Estimation procedure for totals & ratios and their sampling errors are given in Appendix I and estimates of standard errors and Coefficient of Variations for selected estimates are also presented in Appendix II of the 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 (www.csa.gov.et 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 http://www.csa.gov.et).
"Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA). Agricultural Sample Survey, Belg Season 2004-2005 (AgSSB 2004), v1.1, 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 | data@csa.gov.et | http://www.csa.gov.et |
| World Bank Microdata Library | microdata@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ETH_2004_AgSSB_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | Production and documentation of the study |
| International Household Survey Network | Review of the metadata | |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Review of the metadata |
2009-05-18
Metadata version
Version 02 (October 2013). Edited version based on Version 1.1 (December 2010) DDI (DDI_ETH_2004_ASSBS_v1.1_M) that was done by Central Statistical Agency, Ethiopia and reviewed by Accelerated Data Program, International Household Survey Network.