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Teagasc: National Farm Survey
An Overview
Agricultural Statistics Liaison Group (ASLG)Date: Wednesday October 12th, 2011Time: 1.30pmVenue: Department of Agriculture, Kildare Street, Dublin
Overview
The Background & Objectives
The Team
The Process
The Data & The Outputs
The Future
NFS – Background & Objectives
Established due to the requirement under REGULATION No 79/65/EEC OF THE COUNCIL of 15 June 1965
Long running – First started in 1972
Has run consecutively for 39 years
Provide Statutory Irish Data to EU Commission (FADN)
Determine Output, Costs, Incomes By Farm System(6), Size(7) & Regions
Provide Database of Micro Data on Irish Agriculture for Research, Policy analysis & Stakeholders
Measure Variation in Technical and Financial performance for Farm Management/Advisory Purposes
The Team
Rural Economic Development Program (REDP) Agricultural Economics & Farm Surveys Department Operate the National Farm Survey Dr. Thia Hennessy – Head of National Farm Survey
16 Data Collectors 4 Internal Staff
1 Admin 1 Researcher 2 Technical Staff
Process 1,200 Farm Accounts Annually
Carry out 1 Additional Survey each year
The Process
Farms are visited 2-3 times per year An accounts book is completed Complete additional surveys Submitted for validation and processing by internal staff Farm Management Reports are generated Populations from CSO Produce the NFS Final Report Year end evaluate/optimise the sample Request replacement farms from the CSO Farmers participation is voluntary Undertake not to publish individual farmers data – guarantee of confidentiality Increased collaboration with DAFF
AIM systems / SFP Applications Data / Payments Data Finalise FADN data
The Data & The Outputs
National Farm Survey Report, Estimates & Final Results
Database of Micro Data on Irish Farms
EU - FADN
REPS Report
Standard Gross Output Data
Organic Data-DAFF
Input data on costs for CSO
Investment/ Machinery Hire / Quota Leased / Regional Tables
Data for Teagasc Advisory - Management Data
Data for Teagasc Research - Outlook Conference
Family Farm Income (FFI)
Principal measure of income used by the NFS
calculated by deducting all farm costs from gross output
family labour is not included as a cost
return to family labour, management and investment
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
€/f
arm
€17,771
€12,190
€16,939
FADN
The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is an instrument for evaluating the
income of agricultural holdings and the impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP). Ireland has a statutory obligation to provide data on Irish farm output, costs and
incomes to FADN Consists on an Annual Survey completed by each member state Only source of harmonised micro-economic data Representative 3 dimensions, Region, Size and type of farming Most important source of information on European farms Currently sample is comprised of 80,000 holdings Represent 6.4 million farms in EU-25
Represents 90% total UAA Represents 90% of total Agricultural Production
Data Requirements
Require approximately 1000 variables per farm
Physical & Structural Data
Crop Area, Animal numbers, labour force
Economic & Financial Data
Production, Stocks, Sales & Purchases, Costs, Assets, Liabilities, Quotas, Subsidies etc..
The FADN Farm Return is more limited in its coverage of farming activities than our own National survey
The Future
NFS Re-Structuring Plan
Reduction in Data Collectors from 16 to 11
Increase in the minimum threshold for inclusion in the sample
Increase from €4K SO to €8K SO
Reduction in the sample numbers of farms included
Sample Coverage
Collaboration with other Data holders e.g. Co-operatives etc
Agriculture still important to economy
Allows monitoring of sector
Provides basis for evaluating policy
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