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Integration of Agricultural Statistics into National Statistics System in Brazil

Flavio Pinto BolligerAgricultural Coordinator - IBGE

Meeting of the FAO/OEA-CIE/IICA Working Group on Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean (25th Session)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-12 November 2009

Survey Directorate Agriculture Coordination

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the coordination of registers, samples, surveys and operating procedures must be observed to optimize the use of resources

(a) on surveying common aspects of different objects of investigation

guaranteed standardization of concepts

(b) on surveying related matters or chain activities

to establish mechanisms that guarantee coherence of the statistics produced

(c) in a coincidence or overlap in the target population

Integration needs

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Integration of agricultural statistics

Strategy - emphasis to lack of coordination among institutions operating integration

This presentation:

PART 1 - Thematic integration

PART 2 - Pratical integration: register infrastructure

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Thematic integration

Key characteristics of our main agricultural continuous surveys, in Brazil (established, in principle, last century):

• done without direct inquiries to the producer (commission of informants )

• production oriented (few variables)

Integration done by national accounts:

• Agriculture Census base-year

• Continuous surveys annual data extrapolation

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New model for business surveys

1996 suspended the economic census and instituted the Central Corporate Register (CEMPRE) and new bases for structural survey in industry, civil construction, commerce

and services

2003 The new series of Brazilian national accounts, is referenced by annual surveys of industry, commerce and services.

An equivalent is missing from agriculture, except with regard to the program of censuses.

Agriculture out of “business surveys” !

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Agriculture specificity: the strong bias of family farming!

A large part of the agricultural production depends on family units and the income of a large number of families is basically or largely due to their agricultural undertaking/holding

IBGE performs a widespread household survey program that will be included in the Integrated Household Survey Framework (SIPD), centered on a master sample.

Analytical and methodological aspects deriving from the overlapping units (farm and household) imposes integration between agricultural surveys and household social survey system.

Thus, direct investigation of the agricultural holding presupposes the assembly of a widespread integrated statistical approach.

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IBGE is undertaking a major transition in its infrastructure and survey instruments.

Follows Census 2007, including Agricultural Census 2006:

• National Address List for Statistical Purposes (CNEFE);

• Frame of Enumeration Areas with Agricultural Information;

• Register of Agricultural Holdings And Farmers – Cepa

Operational integration

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Instrumentalizing integration and frame maintenance

For Demographic Census 2010, CNEFE is being associated with digital

maps

In the pilot test of an Ongoing Census characteristics of

Agricultural Holdings are being registered

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85,147 enumeration areas with agricultural activity:

62,600 in rural zone ---> (98% of area of Brazil) 22,600 in urban area or rural agglomerate

Average of 61 holdings/sector

And rural enumeration area with:

Average of 151 km2 total land surface (15,000 ha) Median of 47 km2 (< 5,000 ha) of land surface

Main characteristic: integral cover of target population by area sampling

Frame of Enumeration Areas with Agricultural Information (area frame)

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REGISTER OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS AND FARMERS – CEPA(list frame)

Enumeration base (Agricultural Census 2006):

~5.2 million of registered agricultural holdings;

~1.2 million with complementary farmer list information (non-dweller);

Integrate with Central Corporate Register (CEMPRE)

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Residência do produtorÁrea

UrbanaZona Rural

Total

No Estabelecimento Agropecuário (a) 2,2 74,7 77,0Fora do Estabelecimento Agropecuário 13,4 9,6 23,0 No mesmo município 10,6 9,0 19,5 Em outro município 2,9 0,6 3,5

Total 15,7 84,3 100,0

Distribuição percentual dos Estabelecimentos Agropecuários segundo local de moradia do produtor ou responsável- Brasil, 2006

Fonte: IBGE - Censo Agropecuário 2006

(a) No caso de moradia no estabelecimento foi aqui considerada como área urbana as situações correspondentes a áreas urbanizadas e zona rural inclui povoados, núcleos e outros aglomerados rurais

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Families(natural person)

Companies(corporate body)

Households(dwelling concept)

Local units

Holdings

Investigation Institutes and Units

land properties buildings housing

Liab

ility

Pla

ce +

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se

A H

AH – Agricultural Holdings

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Integration of list frames - CEMPRE & CEPA

CEMPRE CEPA

Common Identities and Units:

Non-agro companies

Agric. companies

Bu

sin

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es

Non-agric. LUs

Agric. LUs

CEMPRE

Company Agricultural

Holding

Family Agro holding &

family administratio

n

Pro

du

cersCompany

Entrepreneur,

to own account, family

CEPA

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List updating

• Main source: Annual List of Employee Information and Wages (RAIS), an administrative register run by the Ministry of Labor.

• RAIS 2008:

– 82,000 local units of agricultural activity – 288,000 other agricultural businesses with employees

Total 369,000 agricultural production units.

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Integration of registers

CEMPRE CEPACNPJ

RAIS and others

CNPJ tax reg.Name & Address

Enumeration Areas Frames

Lat/LongAddress.

CNEFE

List of Territorial Structures

Address

EA Code

Lat/Long – AddressEA Code

Maps

Lat/Long –Digital graphic connections

State/County/District Code

Ag Holding

Household

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Survey Model: a dual frame application

strategy split the target population

• Considering the standards of administrative registered in Brazil, there is no possibility of doing without a an area frame sample in the survey of the agricultural sector.

• It is necessary to overcome its limitations for a more efficient sampling of the larger and specialized units.

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Survey Model: a dual frame application

List Frame (corporate and employer farms)

Area Frame(family farms)

Enumeration area sample

Farm sample.

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Obrigado

Flávio BolligerCoordenador de Agropecuária

Diretoria de Pesquisas do IBGEflavio.bolliger@ibge.gov.br

Tel.: +55 21 2142 4530