Survey Information
Survey Name:
Census of Agriculture
Business Area:
Register Section/Data Section, Agriculture Division.
Survey Purpose:
To compile census data on crops, livestock, farm machinery, farm labour and miscellaneous agricultural items
Legislative Basis:
Council Decision 72/279/EEC of 31 July 1972, Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988, Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26 March 1990, Council Directive 93/24/EEC of 1 June 1993, Council Directive 93/25/EEC of 1 June 1993, Council Regulation (EU) 2467/96 of 17 December 1996, Council Directive 97/77/EC of 16 December 1997
Periodicity:
Every ten years approximately
Target Population:
All farms (i.e. any enterprise that produced agricultural products for profit)
Sampling Frame:
A census register was created, using administrative records supplied by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Teagasc and Bord Glas.
Survey Size:
All farms in the country. In 2000 this was 141,000 farms (in 1991 it was 170,000)
Principal Variables Collected:
area farmed, pasture, principal crops, principal livestock categories, farm work force, labour input, farm machinery, miscellaneous
Principal External Users:
Government, Eurostat, Agriculturalists, Researchers
Contact Points
Business Area Specialists:
Hilda McCarthy
Fiona O'Callaghan
The business specialists above can be contacted by e-mail using their firstname.lastname@cso.ie