Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia

The aim of this paper is to describe the organisation of the Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia, to disclosethe methods of data acquisition used, as well as to present a short analysis of the provisional results of the census. The papersubstantiates the necessity of agricultural censuses and indica...

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Main Author: Anita Raubena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lietuvos statistikų sąjunga, Lietuvos statistikos departamentas 2011-12-01
Series:Lithuanian Journal of Statistics
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/statisticsjournal/article/view/13934
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description The aim of this paper is to describe the organisation of the Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia, to disclosethe methods of data acquisition used, as well as to present a short analysis of the provisional results of the census. The papersubstantiates the necessity of agricultural censuses and indicates opportunities for the use of information acquired in thecensus. In the research made within the framework of this paper the methods of induction and deduction as well as statisticalanalyses, including grouping, processing and comparing are used. Provisional results of the Agricultural Census 2010 showthat agricultural holdings in Latvia are consolidating – they have became larger and economically more viable: their sownareas are growing as well as the average number of livestock per holding. In 2010 on average per holding there were 33.8 haof land, of which 21.5 ha were utilized agricultural land. The average size of herd per holding growing cattle was 11 cattle, ofwhich 5 were dairy cows.
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spelling doaj.art-c1e89e164fb441748067c1a50bf2bc132022-12-21T22:10:30ZengLietuvos statistikų sąjunga, Lietuvos statistikos departamentasLithuanian Journal of Statistics1392-642X2029-72622011-12-0150110.15388/LJS.2011.13934Agricultural Census 2010 in LatviaAnita Raubena0Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia The aim of this paper is to describe the organisation of the Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia, to disclosethe methods of data acquisition used, as well as to present a short analysis of the provisional results of the census. The papersubstantiates the necessity of agricultural censuses and indicates opportunities for the use of information acquired in thecensus. In the research made within the framework of this paper the methods of induction and deduction as well as statisticalanalyses, including grouping, processing and comparing are used. Provisional results of the Agricultural Census 2010 showthat agricultural holdings in Latvia are consolidating – they have became larger and economically more viable: their sownareas are growing as well as the average number of livestock per holding. In 2010 on average per holding there were 33.8 haof land, of which 21.5 ha were utilized agricultural land. The average size of herd per holding growing cattle was 11 cattle, ofwhich 5 were dairy cows. https://www.journals.vu.lt/statisticsjournal/article/view/13934Agricultural Censusagricultural holdingsfarm structure survey
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Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia
Lithuanian Journal of Statistics
Agricultural Census
agricultural holdings
farm structure survey
title Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia
title_full Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia
title_fullStr Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia
title_short Agricultural Census 2010 in Latvia
title_sort agricultural census 2010 in latvia
topic Agricultural Census
agricultural holdings
farm structure survey
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/statisticsjournal/article/view/13934
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