FEDERAL STATE SATISTICS SERVICE Use of the Russian Agricultural Census 2006 Data & Agricultural Census 2016 Approaches Deputy Director General of the Federal State Statistics Service Mr. Georgy Oksenoyt Subotica, 28-30 May 2014
The first national agricultural census in the new economic environment was held in Russia in July 2006 The importance of the Census ‒ The last agricultural census was conducted in Russia in 1920 ‒ Specialized agricultural censuses were periodically carried out (censuses of crops acreage, fruit plantations and vineyards, livestock) ‒ There were significant structural changes in agricultural sector of economy ‒ Restructuring of statistical monitoring of agriculture (enumeration censuses, sample surveys) The concept of the Census, its program and methodology were developed according to the recommendations of the UN FAO and other international organizations 2 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
Scope of the Census 2006 The Census covered: - 59,2 thousand agricultural organizations and businesses - 253,1 thousand farms - 32,0 thousand individual entrepreneurs - 22,8 million private subsidiary farms and other private holdings - 80.3 thousand gardening, horticulture, dacha non-profit associations, including 14 million individual land holdings 200 thousand temporary enumerators were involved in the Census 250 million questionnaire forms were processed and scanned 3 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
The results of the Census 2006 were published in 9 volumes (12 books) by constituents of Russia and contain the following data: • A number of census objects by farm types, legal forms, and activities • Labour force: ‒ a number of employees in organizations, farms and individual entrepreneurs by sex, age, level of education ‒ private households by a number of persons employed in agricultural work • Land: ‒ land area and structure by farm type ‒ actually used farmland area ‒ area of abandoned land • Areas of crops and perennial plants: ‒ a wide range of crops and perennial plants, their structure by farm types and species ‒ acreage planted with elite seeds and their share ‒ measures to improve soil fertility 4 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
continuation • Livestock (number of animals): - by farm types, age and sex groups, their structure - number of breeding farm animals and their share • Technical facilities, production facilities and infrastructure: - availability of agricultural machinery - availability of tractors and combine harvesters in the farm - presence of industrial buildings - availability of infrastructural facilities • Groups of farms by availability and use of resources and production capabilities: - an annual average number of employees - the size of land area - major crop acreage - livestock (main types of farm animals) - availability of tractors and combine harvester threshers The Census 2006 results were compiled not only on subfederal level but also by 27 thousand of urban and rural settlements 5 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
Main characteristics of the Census 2006 objects (as of 1 July 2006) Farms and individual Farms Total – all farm Agricultural enterprises entrepreneurs (private subsidiary farms types and other private holdings and non-profit associations) Number of enterprises (farms)- thd 59,2 285,1 22799,4 1) Land area – total, thd hectares 410264 29371 10965 450600 of which farmland 132292 24143 9550 165985 Area under crop – total, thd hectares 58773 12928 3157 74857 including: cereals and pulses 34350 9016 343 43708 industrial crops 6312 2469 32 8813 oilseeds 5334 2320 28 7681 potatoes 154 79 1888 2121 vegetables and melons 123 122 502 748 forage crops 17834 1242 392 19468 Livestock, thd animals bovine cattle 11226 980 11309 23514 swine 7938 596 8558 17092 sheep and goats 5155 4735 12571 22461 horses 476 127 742 1344 reindeer 921 22 721 1665 1) The data refer to the number of personal subsidiary farms and other individual holdings 6 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
continuation Farms and individual Farms Total – all farm types Agricultural enterprises entrepreneurs (private subsidiary farms and other private holdings and non- profit associations) Poultry stock – total, thd birds 244667 3056 143438 391160 including: hens 241195 2381 111415 354991 ducks 909 303 20503 21715 geese 799 193 9953 10945 turkeys 651 50 1416 2116 quails 1059 115 113 1286 ostriches 4 0,3 1 5 Average for 1 farm: Total land area, hectares 6929 103 0,4 Total area under crop, hectares 1725 110 0,1 Number of livestock, animals: bovine cattle 587 28 3 swine 956 33 3 sheep and goats 1470 292 7 reindeer 3514 15 86 7 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
Popularization of the Census 2006 results • I nternational Conference on the improvement of agricultural statistics based on the experience of the agricultural census - August 2008 front page publication of the article «Main results of the Russian Agricultural • Census 2006» in the central newspaper “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” of 10 September 2008 г. № 190 (4747) • press events (press conferences, briefings, roundtables); presentation on seminars, including international events, in the media, scientific communities, international organizations, national statistical offices, etc. promotional publications "Agricultural Census in Russia" and the booklet “The • Russian Agricultural Census 2006" • booklet in English "Main results of Russian Agricultural Census 2006" exhibitions at Rosstat, the Federation Council, the Government of the Russian • Federation, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia Rosstat’s website: www.gks.ru • Single Federal Statistical I nformation System: www.govstat.ru • 8 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
Dissemination of the Census 2006 results Rosstat official publications, including CD, were dispatched to: • President and the Presidential Administration • Prime Minister and the Central Office of the Government of the Russian Federation • Federal Assembly • State Duma • Federal ministries and agencies ( Ministry of Economic Development , Ministry of Finance , Ministry of Agriculture , Ministry of Regional Development , Ministry of Internal Affairs , Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Justice, the Federal Security Service , Ministry of Culture , Ministry of Education , Ministry of Health , Federal Registration Agency ) • Accounting Chamber • Central Bank • Heads of federal regions and their administrations • Association of Russian Peasant (Individual) Farmers and Agricultural Cooperatives (AKKOR), the Union of Gardeners of Russia • Russian Academy of Sciences, Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian scientific research institutes & research centers • Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A.Timiryazev, Moscow Economics & Statistics Institute • Libraries ( in the Presidential Administration, Russian Parliament, Rosstat ) • International organizations ( FAO , Eurostat, OECD , World Bank, IMF etc. ) • National statistical offices • Rosstat‘s regional offices 9 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
Use of the Census 2006 data State program for agricultural development and regulation of markets of agricultural products, raw materials and food For development of long term agriculture the Russian Federation development programs Food Security Doctrine Federal target program "Social development of rural regions" Providing business community with relevant information Ensuring implementation of international obligations on the exchange of information with international organizations Sharing the experience in conducting agricultural censuses with national statistical offices 10 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
continuation Information basis on the main characteristics and structure of agriculture A new set of statistical populations by all types of agricultural producers was developed The Russian Agricultural Census 2006 as the basis of the agricultural statistics Development and improvement of the sample survey system Recalculation of time series Review of methodological guidelines on agriculture 11 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
PREPARATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 2016 According to the Russian Government Decree “On the Russian Agricultural Census 2016”, the census will be taken from 1 July to 15 August 2016 12 FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE
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