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In April 2010 in Latvia Agricultural Census and Survey of Agricultural Production Methods started, which CSB will carry out in accordance with EU legislation. Agricultural Census will be carried out in all Member states of the European Union.
Agricultural Census should be carried out in every ten years in order to provide the wide information on agricultural situation to the users of statistical information (state institutions, scientific institutions, education institutions, non-governmental institutions and society). Results acquired in Agricultural Census will be used for analysis of situation in Latvia, and for further planning of EU Common agricultural policy, as well as or objective substantiation of new direct payment funding revision criteria determination in Latvia discussions with the European Commission on distribution of direct payments.
Progress of Agricultural Census 2010 is supported by the Ministry of Agriculture: Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre (LRATC) and Rural Support Service (RSS).
Agricultural Census starts in April and will continue until the mid-September. It has been planned to survey 90 thousand farms, of which information on agricultural production methods used in farms will be acquired from 20 thousand farms.
The interviewers of the CSB will start the collection of Agricultural Census information in April 2010 in premises of RSS regional agricultural departments (RAD) and sectors. Farmers, who are applicants of EU area payments, when submitting the application to the Rural Support Service, are asked to give information to the CSB interviewers for the needs of Agricultural Census, thus saving own time and financial means of the country. In order to be able to get ready for the interview, together with area payment application forms farmers will receive the examples of Agricultural Census questionnaire forms and informative letter.
Farmers, who when filling in the application forms will consult LRATC regional rural development specialists, in the same time will be able to submit the Agricultural Census information.
Farmers may send census questionnaires also directly to the CSB at street Lāčplēša 1, Riga, LV 1301.
Farms, from which information will not be received in spring, will be visited by the LRATC interviewers and surveyed in July and August, as well as until the mid-September the interviewers of the CSB Telephone Interviews Centre will survey the farms by telephone.
Starting with July it will be possible to fill in the questionnaire form of the Agricultural Census in the CSB webpage in electronic form.
In order to reduce the respondent burden it has been envisaged to acquire part of the information form administrative data bases: Agricultural Data Centre Animal Register and Rural Support Service (RSS) Integrated Administration and Control Systems.
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