Legal basis
Legal basis of the European Union:
Sources and methods of data collection
- Data for the Agricultural Census 2020 are collected directly from census units and from administrative data sources. Census units are private family farms and business entities and parts of business entities that perform agricultural activities.
- Enumerators collect data on private family farms using the computer assisted personal interview, while data on business entities are collected using the computer assisted web interview, by entering data into the electronic census form.
- Information related to the processing and protection of data collected for statistical purposes (HR)
History
- The last independent and comprehensive Agricultural Census was carried out on the territory of the Republic of Croatia from 1 to 15 June 2003. Prior to that, the Agricultural Census was conducted in 1960, while in 1969, it was conducted as a sample survey. In 1971, 1981, 1991, and 2001, agricultural censuses were included in the Population Census.
- Since 2007, a sample-based structural survey of agricultural holdings has been conducted every three years (2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016).
- Agricultural Census 2003
- Farm Structure Survey 2007
- Farm Structure Survey 2010
- Farm Structure Survey 2013
- Farm Structure Survey 2016
- Structure of agricultural holdings ‒ databases
Methodology
- The Agricultural Census 2020 is a comprehensive statistical survey aimed at obtaining more accurate data on Croatian agriculture and identifying the importance of this activity for the Croatian economy.
- The Agricultural Census 2020 collects data on the following:
- land management and agricultural production methods
- methods of agricultural land use (land tenure)
- livestock, animal housing and manure management
- irrigation
- labour force in agriculture
- other gainful activities on agricultural holdings
- sale of agricultural products
- rural development measures
- adjustments to organic agricultural production and environmental protection aspects
- The collected data on the structure of agricultural holdings will be comparable at the European Union level and will provide the necessary statistical knowledge base for planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and audit of the related policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including the rural development measures, the environmental policy, the policy of adaptation to and mitigation of climate changes, land use and some sustainable development goals.
- COVERAGE
- The Agricultural Census should cover 98% of the total utilised agricultural area (without kitchen gardens) and 98% of livestock units of each Member State. It also includes land used by several agricultural holdings due to the application of common rights.
- BASIC TERMS
- Agricultural holding is a production management unit engaged in agriculture and operating as a company, craft or cooperative if it is registered for agricultural activities as well as a peasant farm or a private family farm. This survey covers all farms with more than 0.4 hectares of utilised agricultural land and more than 0.5 livestock size units.
- Utilised agricultural area is the total agricultural area that was used for crop production in the reference year. It covers arable land, kitchen gardens, meadows, pastures, nurseries, orchards, vineyards and land under osier willow.
- Arable land refers to the land that is regularly farmed and cultivated and is under crop rotation. The following plants are grown on arable land: cereals, pulses for dry grain, root and tuber crops, industrial crops, fodder crops, vegetables, flowers and horticultural plants as well as seeds and seedlings.
- Kitchen gardens are areas scheduled for growing of crops (mostly vegetables) that are intended for consumption by persons living in a household and mainly not intended for sale. Only occasional surplus of products grown on these areas is sold outside the household.
- Common land can be a pasture or other utilised agricultural area, which is jointly used as a state land by more than one farm for pasture.
- Land under permanent crops includes orchards, vineyards, olive groves, nurseries and osier willows.
- Poultry includes broilers, hens, turkeys, geese, ducks and other poultry.
- Regularly employed labour force are persons who worked on the weekly basis for the holding during the last 12 months ending on the reference day of the survey, irrespective of the number of hours they worked weekly, and persons who worked regularly during only a part of that time for some reason, e.g. because of education, sickness, disease, accident or death, commencement or termination of employment within the last 12 months or cessation of work due to natural disasters (floods, fires, etc.). Employed persons do not include seasonal workers, who do not have an employment contract.
Results
The Croatian Bureau of Statistics will publish the first results of the Agricultural Census by 30 November 2020, and the final results by 31 December 2021 at the latest, according to the dynamics defined in the
Calendar of Statistical Data Issues Croatian Bureau of Statistics.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Agricultural Census? The Agricultural Census is a comprehensive statistical survey, aimed at conducting at regular intervals all statistical activities that enable the integration of information on the number of agricultural holdings, their structure, methods of agricultural production, rural development measures, agri-environmental aspects and other related information in the Republic of Croatia for the purposes of official statistics.
- What is the purpose of the Agricultural Census? The aim of the Agricultural Census is to obtain as accurate data as possible on Croatian agriculture and to determine the importance of this activity for the Croatian economy. The obtained data will enable a better definition of the problem of agricultural activity at the state and local level, as well as better planning and appropriate support for its development. The collected data on the structure of agricultural holdings will be comparable at the European Union level and will provide the necessary statistical knowledge base for planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and audit of the related policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including the rural development measures, the environmental policy, the policy of adaptation to and mitigation of climate changes, land use and some sustainable development goals.
- What kind of data will be collected? Within the Agricultural Census, the data on the land trust, the manner of using agricultural land fund, the area of orchards, olive groves and vineyards, as well as the number of fruit trees and vines, irrigation, livestock, labour force in agriculture, other gainful activities, animal housing, manure management, machines and equipment, rural development measures and organic agricultural production will be collected.
- When will data be available to the public? The Croatian Bureau of Statistics will publish the first results of the Agricultural Census by 30 November 2020, and the final results by 31 December 2021 at the latest, according to the dynamics defined in the Calendar of Statistical Data Issues of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.
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