National Institute of Statistics of Albania -INSTAT

Land and Crops Statistics Sector

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Annual Crop Statistics cover cereals, industrial plants, other crops on arable land, vegetables, fruits, citrus, olive, and vineyards. These statistics provide detailed information on the sown area, production area, harvested area, production of crops under arable land, as well as production of permanent crops and vegetables.

The classification used in the Agriculture Statistics refers to the classifications and definitions according to the relevant EU regulations.

- EU (EC) No 543/2009 on Crops Statistics. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32009R0543&from=EN)

- NACE Rev.2 - Statistical classification of economic activities (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/KS-RA-07-015)

Agriculture Statistics cover cereals, industrial crops, other field crops, vegetables, fruits, citrus fruits, olives, and vineyards.

Agricultural Economic Unit (AEU): The Agricultural Economic Unit is a single, technical-economic unit, designated in a unique direction, from the field and though in non-continuous parcels, in which agricultural and livestock production is conducted by a single person or group of persons, for the realization of agricultural - livestock activities.

Land use: The total area of the agricultural unit (farm) is the total area of the land consisting of the sum of the agricultural area used (UAA) and other lands.

The agricultural area used (UAA) consists of arable land, permanent crops, kitchen gardens used by the holding, and permanent grassland.

Arable land: Arable land (plowed or tilled) regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation. Crop rotation is the practice of alternating annual crops grown on a specific field in a planned pattern or sequence in successive crop years. Normally the crops are changed annually, but they can also be multi-annual. To distinguish arable land from permanent crops or permanent grassland, a threshold of five years is used. The area cultivated with field plants is the area planted with these kinds of plants in a given agricultural year. Here we speak of an area with main crops (primary). The main crops (primary) normally have a greater economical value than the other cultures and occupy the land in the most part of the year. The main crops are wheat, spring cultures like the grain maize, potatoes, the legume, industrial plants, the alfalfa, etc.

Permanent crops: Permanent crop area is an area of land with fruit trees, olives, citrus, and vineyards. Here are included the only areas with permanent crops in blocks.

Kitchen gardens: Areas devoted to the cultivation of agricultural products intended for self-consumption by the holder and his household, normally separated off from the rest of the arable land, and recognizable as kitchen gardens.

Permanent grassland: Land used permanently (for five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops, through cultivation (sown) or naturally (self-seeded), and that is not included in the crop rotation on the holding. The land can be used for grazing or mown for silage, hay, or used for renewable energy production.

Other land consists of forest-occupied land, unused agricultural land, and nonagricultural land.

The unutilized agricultural area: The unutilized agricultural area is the land area sufficiently able for agricultural production but for some reason, it hasn’t been used in the given agricultural year.

The forest area: The forest is a land area larger than 1 dynm, with pile-shaped forest trees covering over 30% of it and with the potential to reach over 3 m height, which represents a complex and multifunctional ecosystem with impacts on the surrounding environment.

Non-agriculture area: Other land is land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.

Harvest year: means the calendar year in which the harvest begins.

Area under cultivation: Area under cultivation means the area that corresponds to the total sown area, but after the harvest, it excludes ruined areas (e.g. due to natural disasters). The area under cultivation included main and secondary area of crops.

Production area of permanent crops: Production area’, in connection with permanent crops, means the area that can potentially be harvested in the reference harvest year. It excludes all non-producing areas, such as new plantations that have not yet started to produce, extensive production or abandoned.

The observed statistical unit is the Agricultural Economic Unit (AEU).

Statistical populations are all Agricultural Economic Unit in Albania. Crop yield data is collected from the most representative farms at the municipal level.

Agricultural Statistics cover the entire territory of the Republic of Albania.

Agriculture statistics date back to 1998.

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Data sources: Please indicate the data sources which were used for the reference year on which is reported

Population

Survey method (only for census and surveys)

Administrative data (This question block is only for administrative data)

Expert estimations (This question block is only for expert estimates)

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Agriculture data is provided by the administrative source, at national level, and by municipality. Statistical information is available on time.

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Data on agriculture yields are collected from the most representative farms at the municipal level. The data collected is sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, where vegetable production specialists make estimates comparing field data collected with farm data over the years.

The completeness of Agricultural Statistics for 2019 is judged by comparing the quality and quantity of the indicators covered by INSTAT with those required by the regulations followed. The level of completeness of the indicators at the aggregated level is in full compliance with the regulation: "REGULATION (EC) No. 543/2009 on crop statistics" and as such all indicators required by EUROSTAT are reported. The detailed level of these indicators produced by INSTAT is realized through expert evaluation methods in the field. The completeness level of the indicators produced by INSTAT considering also the detailed level required under the regulations is approximately 80%.

Information on Agriculture Statistics is collected from administrative sources, subject to enforcement of the legal basis and applicable Memorandums of Understanding. Overall, data have been checked with those of previous years to identify any significant changes in data performance. In case of changes, INSTAT notifies the MARD to inform about the findings in order to correct this data if necessary or to be officially confirmed.

Sampling method and sampling error

Sampling error - indicators

Coefficient of variation (CV) for the area (on the MS level)

Over-coverage - rate

Common units - proportion

Unit non-response - rate

Item non-response - rate

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Revision policies of the Agriculture Statistics are made in accordance with the revision policy as well as the error handling policy set by INSTAT.

For more refer to:

- Revision policy

- The errors treatment policy

If the authorities that send information on Agriculture Statistics to INSTAT will report changes in the information provided through tables, this data will be updated and published in the forthcoming publication accompanied by an explanatory note to the user.

Time lag - first result

Time lag - final result

The data of Agriculture Statistics are disseminated according to the publication calendar. The publication of Agriculture Statistics has been punctual in time to 100% of publications carried out over the time. 

Agricultural production                         12/31/2019                         6/19/2020                         6/19/2020                        0

Planted Area                                        9/30/2019                           6/19/2020                        6/19/2020                        0

Data on Agriculture Statistics are all inclusive; they are produced at national level and by municipality level. Statistics are compared by geographical distribution and regionalization of agricultural products.

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Length of comparable time series

Differences between ACS and other data sources (%)

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The internal consistency of the data is checked before being finalized. The relationships between variables and coherence across different series are also checked.

Data tables - consultations

Users can submit other specific Agriculture Statistics requests through a dedicated Data Requests session.

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 Data on agriculture yields are collected from the most representative farms at the municipal level. The data collected is sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, where vegetable production specialists make estimates comparing field data collected with farm data over the years.