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Large Scale Farm Report - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and ...

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INTRODUCTION3The main topics covered were:• Number of Holdings <strong>and</strong> Holding/<strong>Farm</strong> Characteristics• L<strong>and</strong> Access / Ownership / Tenure• L<strong>and</strong> Use• Annual Crops <strong>and</strong> Vegetable Production (Vuli <strong>and</strong> Masika seasons)• Perennial Crop <strong>and</strong> Fruit Tree Production• Main Use of Secondary Products• Agro-processing <strong>and</strong> By-products• <strong>Farm</strong> Implements <strong>and</strong> Assets• On-farm Investments• Erosion Control / Water harvesting Facilities• Use of Credit for Agricultural Purposes• Tree <strong>Farm</strong>ing / Agro-forestry• Crop Extension Services• Marketing• Services provided to Out growers• Livelihood constraints• Input Use <strong>and</strong> Costs by Crop• Livestock (Population, Intake <strong>and</strong> <strong>Of</strong>f-take, Diseases – pests <strong>and</strong> control)• Livestock Extension• Staff <strong>and</strong> Labor use• Seasonal farm gate prices <strong>and</strong> community tree plantations1.3 Census MethodologyThe main focus at all stages of the census execution was on data quality <strong>and</strong> this is emphasized in this section. The mainactivities undertaken include:• Census organization• Tabulation plan preparation• Design of census questionnaires <strong>and</strong> other instruments• Field pre-testing of the census instruments• Training of trainers, supervisors <strong>and</strong> enumerators• Information Education <strong>and</strong> Communication (IET) campaign• Data collection• Field supervision <strong>and</strong> consistency checks• Data processing:- Scanning- Structure formatting application- Batch validation application- Manual data entry application- Tabulation preparation using SPSSTanzania <strong>Agriculture</strong> Sample Census – 2003

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