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Agricultural Census 1991

Fiji, 1991
Fiji Islands
Agricultural Planning and Statistics Division
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Identification

Survey ID Number
FJI_1991_AgC_v01_M
Title
Agricultural Census 1991
Country
Name Country code
Fiji FJI
Study type
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
Series Information
Fiji's first agricultural census was taken in 1968, the second in 1978 (both with technical assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN Development Program), while the last one, to which present notes and data refer, was conducted in 1991.

Organization: The Census was organized and conducted under the responsibility of the Statistics Unit of the Agricultural Planning and Statistics Division of the Ministry of Primary Industries and Cooperatives. Financial and technical assistance was given by the UN Development Program, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB). Field work was carried out by 72 enumerators and 20 supervisors; photointerpreters, data processing experts, and clerical staff should also be mentioned.
Abstract
Agriculture Census involves the collecting of key structural data by complete enumeration of all agricultural holdings using sampling frames. The Agriculture Census is a government activity, undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture which will include the enumeration of all farming programmes by Village, Tikina and Province regarding land tenure, livestock and day to day activities by the household.

Objectives of Agriculture Census are:
i) To provide objective criteria for planners and decision makers regarding agricultural and rural development
ii) Re-strengthening the On-Going Agriculture Statistics program
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Farm

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National
Universe
All farms existing in Fiji on the census day were covered; the urban sector (cities and towns) and lands totally under forests or one hundred percent not suitable for agriculture, were excluded from the coverage.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Agricultural Planning and Statistics Division Ministry of Primary Industries and Cooperatives
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
UN Development Program UNDP Financial and technical assistance
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO Financial and technical assistance
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau AIDAB Financial and technical assistance

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The Area Sampling Frame methodology was used. The Segment (SM) was the primary sampling unit. The complete list of SMs was used as frame.

Methods: A stratified two-stage sample survey was carried out. The 895 Enumeration Areas (EAs), 646 rural and 249 urban, used for the 1986 Population Census, were classified into 9 main strata and 21 sub-strata, according to importance, intensity and type of agriculture (land use). The EAs were divided into segments (SMs), i.e. pieces of land with physically defined boundaries of different sizes. 1220 SMs out of 14413 in rural sector, and 50 SMs out of 1933 in peri-urban areas, were systematically sampled all over the country; all farms (reporting units) in the sample SMs were investigated, following a weighted-segment method, by enumerators through direct interview.
Weighting
Not specified

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1991-06-10 1991-08-10
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Helpdesk Economic Planning & Statistics Division, Ministry of Primary Industries [email protected] http://www.agriculture.org.fj
World Bank Microdata Library [email protected]

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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_FJI_1991_AgC_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Role
World Bank, Development Economics Data Group DECDG Documentation of the study
Date of Metadata Production
2013-09-11
DDI Document version
Version 01 (September 2013)
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