Agricultural Census 2010 in Hungary

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lengyel, György

Affiliations: Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Budapest, Hungary. E-mail: gyorgy.lengyel@ksh.hu

Abstract: The agricultural censuses (AC) and farm structure surveys are the main data sources for designing, implementing and monitoring Common Agricultural Policy in the European Union. They have an important role in the system of agricultural statistics. They give an overall picture of the structure of agriculture in a given country, allowing its wide range analysis and provide one of the most used means for setting up the sampling frames for agricultural statistical surveys. Agricultural censuses have a long history in Hungary. The latest one was held in 2010. This presentation describes the legal background, the main differences compared to earlier censuses and some special topics as well. The use of administrative data sources is presented both during the preparation and processing phase together with the problems and solutions related to their use. The steps taken in order to assure data quality are also shown. The presentation contains information on data processing with special emphasis on the work done to be able to disseminate preliminary data 6 month after the reference day. The conversion of information on the location of the holding into geo-coordinates is presented in more detail.

Keywords: Agricultural census, administrative data sources, data quality, geo-coordinates

DOI: 10.3233/SJI-140799

Journal: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 47-51, 2014