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Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

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IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation ProgrammeThe Survey was initiated in late November <strong>and</strong> completed by the end <strong>of</strong> December.During the farm visits, data were collected on farm household demographiccharacteristics, livestock, areas planted in various crops, in<strong>for</strong>mation on single,multiple <strong>and</strong> mixed plantings <strong>of</strong> crops, farm practices, fertilizer <strong>and</strong> equipment hirecosts, ownership <strong>of</strong> vehicles, farm equipment <strong>and</strong> appliances, <strong>and</strong> the production,sales <strong>and</strong> prices received <strong>for</strong> selected crops.The Survey was conducted by approximately 400 enumerators residing in or near thesample segments <strong>for</strong> which they were responsible <strong>for</strong> data collection.Immediately after the receipt <strong>of</strong> the first survey data, additional manual edit checkswere completed by central <strong>of</strong>fice staff in which districts <strong>and</strong> the data were entereddirectly from the <strong>for</strong>ms into microcomputers using a customized data entry package.The data were then run through a comprehensive computer edit system used <strong>for</strong>detecting data entry, coding <strong>and</strong> enumerator errors. Necessary corrections weremade on the <strong>for</strong>ms <strong>and</strong> to the data set in the computers. The “cleaned” data werethen summarized in tabular <strong>for</strong>ms. Preliminary tables describing the results <strong>of</strong> thesurvey were completed in February.Since 2004 the collected data was substantially increased, which made possible theestimation <strong>of</strong> national accounts. The added data are provided on:- The working days in farms from households specified <strong>for</strong> agriculture, livestock<strong>and</strong> fruit trees;- The working days out <strong>of</strong> the farm <strong>and</strong> income from these activities;- Data on the balance use production;- The expenditures in value specified <strong>for</strong> agriculture, livestock, agriculturalmechanic <strong>and</strong> other activities in the farm;- Income from the processing products;- Income <strong>for</strong> agro tourism development;- Data on growing <strong>of</strong> the plants;- Data on investments inside the farm <strong>and</strong> their financial <strong>sources</strong>;- Annual average prices <strong>for</strong> each agriculture product.The coefficient <strong>of</strong> expansion (CE) is composed by three partsCoefficient <strong>of</strong> expansion <strong>of</strong> segmentCEsegmentMmWhere M is the total number <strong>of</strong> segment on prefecture x on strata x;<strong>and</strong> m is selected number <strong>of</strong> segment on prefecture x on strata x31/236

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