1. Principles and definitions of conducting Agriculture Census in Armenia

2. Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) of the United Nations has a huge contribution in organizing and carrying out Agriculture Census (AC) all over the world. Every decade the organization develops programs related to implementation of International AC, where the following is reflected:
necessary definitions
principles
standards etc
The purpose is to ensure the usage of common and comparable agriculture methodology on the international level.

3. Create databases on agriculture structure, existing
The purpose of AC
Create databases on agriculture structure, existing
resources and their utilization
Update statistical data system on agriculture
Create Agriculture Register of entities engaged in agricultural activities
Improve sample survey statistical tools
Improve quality of current statistics
Identify trends of changes of agriculture infrastructure.

4. AC data will be used to create systems for the following
monitoring indexes
Poverty monitoring
Food security monitoring
Keep gender statistics
Other

5. List of necessary activities for preparation and implementation of AC in Armenia
Development of AC strategy in Armenia
Create working group (committee) for organization and supervision of AC activities
Preparation and approval of legal acts for conducting and organizing AC
Development of AC campaign program, TV, radio, slogan, posters, leaflets, messages, web site, social networks etc
Preparation of budget for organization and implementation of AC

6. Development of Plan for AC preparation and implementation (AC lists, organizational plans for marzes, approval and preparation of complete structural plan, etc)
Recruitment of staff for AC and signing contracts
Preparation of pilot AC, conducting pilot AC and data summary
Implementation of AC, data collection, control tours, acceptance of materials
Coding of AC questionnaires, data entry
AC data (aggregated) publication and dissemination.

7. Normative - Legal basis of AC
RA law on “State Statistics” was admitted on
RA law on “Agriculture Census” was admitted on
The goal of the adoption of this law is to regulate relations on preparation, organization and conduction of agricultural food producer’s census in the Republic of Armenia, processing, summarizing, publishing, storing and use of derived results.

8. The law stipulates:
Objectives of AC
Principal requirements of AC
Units of AC and their obligations
Bodies conducting AC and their obligations
Financing of AC
Liability for the violation of Law on AC
According to the law, the AC is carried out for statistical purposes only, every ten years, the data is collected directly from the natural and legal persons producing agricultural food products, data provision is obligatory, collected data is being processed, aggregated and published.

9. AC Units
Legal and natural persons, who are considered to be the owners, users and tenants of agricultural lands and/or livestock (or for the production of agriculture products).
List of units involved in AC
All the legal persons dealing with agriculture
Individual (agricultural) households
Individual entrepreneurs
Individual farms of members of horticultural associations
Individual farms of urban population dealing with agriculture

10. AC data collection
All the legal persons dealing with agriculture- census, by filling out questionnaire
Individual (agriculture) households and individual entrepreneurs – census, through questionnaire
Individual farms of members of horticultural associations and urban population dealing with agriculture - sample, questionnaire, survey

11. AC questionnaire
General description of Unit
Land Resources
Number of Livestock
Agriculture machinery and equipments
Agriculture buildings and premises
Labor force
Sales of agricultural product
Other

12. The AC management in Armenia will be implemented at three levels:
Managing AC in Armenia
The AC in Armenia will be organized and carried out according to the list of necessary activities prepared for AC.
The AC management in Armenia will be implemented at three levels:
National
Marz (regional)
Field

13. National level Preparation and approval of necessary legal acts
Ensure the financial and logistical aspects of the census
Ensure the collaboration with governmental bodies related to the organization, implementation and monitoring of census
Management of methodological issues regarding the organization and implementation of AC
Automatic processing of AC results, publication and storage
Other

14. Marz (regional) level
Management and coordination of necessary activities for preparation and implementation of AC
Create lists of AC units
Preparation of plans for organizing and conducting AC in the administrative units, according to the lists and materials of maps
Selection and training of enumerators
Renting of necessary premises and transportation means for the organization and implementation of AC
Collection of AC questioners, checking and presentation to NSS RA (national level)
Others

15. Field level Verification of lists of AC units
Data collection about AC units, filling out questioners, and providing necessary information regarding the process of AC implementation on a regional level
Agreement on relevant references (approval) regarding the carried out activities (services provided)
It is assumed that the number of AC units will be about , (of which agriculture households , auxiliary farms of population , collective-horticultural farms and commercial enterprises-100)

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