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NEWS RELEASE
Census of Agriculture 2007
Preliminary Report
February 23, 2009
The conduct of the 2007 census was guided by the principles and recommendations
of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) World Programme
for the 2010 round of censuses, covering the period 2005-2014. Jamaica adopted
the recommendation of the FAO to use a modular approach that aimed at minimizing
cost while still meeting the needs for a wider range of data. This approach
comprises a core census module to collect data on a limited range of key
structural items and supplementary modules after the core census module to
provide more detailed structural data. The plan adopted for Jamaica, is for
STATIN to conduct the core module and the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct
sample surveys to collect the more detailed data in the years following the
census. The census will provide the frame for the selection of the samples
required to conduct the survey modules.
The subjects covered in the report are related to the farms; number and area for
parishes and size group, land use and main activity and for the individual
holders; age, sex and educational attainment. The report also contains an
appendix presenting the list of items recommended by the FAO for consideration
for the supplementary modules. Two additional reports presenting final data will
be published by August 2009.
The Census of Agriculture 2007 Preliminary Report is now available in both
printed and electronic forms, and may be obtained at our Distribution
Office, 7 Cecelio Avenue Kingston 10.
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