SSO

Department for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing and farm register

Dame Gruev 4, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

Organic farming is defined as a method of production where the greatest emphasis is placed on environmental protection, and the production avoids or greatly reduces the use of synthetic chemical inputs, such as fertilizers, pesticides, additives and medical products. Organic production includes livestock production, and the production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their use in animal feed is also prohibited. Organic farming differs from other methods of agricultural production in the application of regulated standards (production rules), mandatory control schemes and a specific marking scheme.
Organic statistics collect data on:
- Number of organic operators such as producers (agricultural holdings, aquaculture production units), processors, importers, exporters and other operators (wholesalers, retailers, etc.)
- Organic crop area under conversion and fully converted
- Organic crop production from fully converted area
- Number of organic livestock
- Volume of organic products of animal origin
- Volume of organic aquaculture production
- Number of operators processing products issued from organic farming (based on NACE classification)......and etc. 

From 2020 onwards as well the data on organic production have also been enriched with data on yields.

National clasiffication of activities NKD Rev.2.

 https://www.stat.gov.mk/Nacionalni_Klasifikacii2_en.aspx?rbr=1

Agricultural holdings that dispose of agricultural land under conversion or have already received a certificate of organic production from the relevant national certification bodies.

Farming is considered to be organic if it complies with 'Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91'.

Organic farming differs from other agricultural production methods in the application of regulated standards (production rules), compulsory control schemes and a specific labelling scheme.

Agricultural holdings. 

All individual agricultural holdings and legal entities which performe organic agricultural production and for that activity have approval by the control/certification authority (authorized by the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and watereconomy).

Republic of North Macedonia

Data are available from 2013 onwards.

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Data are expressed in: Number, hectares and tonnes

Calendar year

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

Law on State Statistics ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia" No. 54/1997, 21/2007, 51/2011, 104/2013, 42/2014, 192/2015, 27/16, 83/18, 220/18, 31/20) (https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZakonZaStatistika_en.aspx)
Programme of Statistical Surveys 2018-2022 ("Official Gazette of RM" No. 22/18.)

EUROPEAN LEGISLATION

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32008R0889

Memorandum of Understanding is signed with the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water economy for ecxhange of data.

1. The protection of individual data is regulated by the Law on State Statistics (https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZakonZaStatistika_en.aspx). 

2. The basic principles and activities undertaken to ensure data confidentiality are described in the Policy on Statistical Confidentiality

(https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/PolicyOnStatisticalConfidentiality.pdf).

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All users have equal access to statistics at the same time: this means that publication dates are announced in advance and no user has access to official statistics before they are published. The statistics are published in the Makstat database on the website of the State Statistical Office.

Annual

Annual release

https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?rbrtxt=149

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Makstat database

https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Zemjodelstvo__OrganskoProizvodstvo/125_Zem_Mk_oRast_ml.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef

https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Zemjodelstvo__OrganskoProizvodstvo/130_Zem_Mk_DobitocnoOrgPro_ml.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef

https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Zemjodelstvo__OrganskoProizvodstvo/135_Zem_Mk_PcelSemOrgProMed_ml.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef

AC1. - Number of views of the data tables = 286.

The use of microdata by external users is possible only for research purposes and is done in accordance with the Law on State Statistics (Article 41, Article 42 and Article 43). Access to anonymised microdata is defined by an internal procedure of the State Statistical Office "Access to anonymised microdata for scientific research purposes" (https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZaNas_en.aspx?id=22).

Time series of annual data: from 2013 have been sent to Eurostat via eDAMIS.At the request of users, data are also prepared in a form according to their needs.

AC2. - Number of views of the metadata <2.

The area defined comprises main areas: Utilised agricultural area excluding kitchen, arable land, permanent grassland and permanent crops.

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The quality of the processes and products in the State Statistical Office is ensured by adhering to the European Code of European Statistics (https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZaNas.aspx?id=2) and the Quality Assurance Framework within of the European Statistical System (ESC Quality Assurance Framework - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/64157/4392716/ESS-QAF-V2.0-final.pdf). The quality criteria are also determined in the Law on State Statistics in Article 4b and Article 4c https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZakonZaStatistika_en.aspx

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The data from the organic production survey are used by agricultural policy makers, the business community, agroeconomists, agronomists, farmers, organic producers, the non-governmental sector and other organizations.

Starting from 2009, the State Statistical Office conducts a User Satisfaction Survey every three years.

Data are available from 2013 onwards. The SSO ensures around 80% of the indicators which are required by the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007.

Number of data sent to Eurostat = (5 data sets * 1 year) = 5.
Number of data to be sent to Eurostat = (5 data sets * 1 year) = 5.
R1. - Completeness of data in Eurostat = (5/5 sets * 100) = 100%.

The survey methodology and the data collection method ensure good coverage and accuracy of the data.

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See concepts below

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 Т+ 6 months

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 There is a geographical comparability of nationally disseminated data. In terms of geographical comparability with other European countries, comparability is also provided because the data are collected in accordance with European regulations.

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Since 2013 onwards according to NACE Rev.2 and there is no interruption of the time series. The length of the comparable time series is 7 reference periods.

CC2. - Length of comparable time series = 7 reference periods.

Comparison with data from other data sources should be performed with caution. This is because the organic data set is based on administrative data, usually cover all production units certified and under conversion to organic at country level.

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Internal data coherence is ensured, the data is controlled and analyzed in the production process. Comparison with data from other data sources should be performed with caution. This is because the organic data set is based on administrative data, usually cover all production units certified and under conversion to organic at country level.

There are no data collection costs or burden on reporting units as they are downloaded directly (electronically) from an administrative source.

Data revision is made in accordance with the Statistical Data Revision Policy of the SSO: (https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZaNas_en.aspx?id=25).

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The data are collected through an administrative data source, provided from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy in accordance with the provisions of the Memorandum signed between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy and the State Statistical Office. The research is based on full coverage (total number of organic producers in the Republic of North Macedonia that have approval from a control / certification body authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy).

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Data on organic agricultural production are collected from an administrative source. The data are obtained by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy in electronic format.

Data validation is performed in accordance with the defined control criteria. Initial data validation is performed when obtaining the database of organic agricultural producers. Validation rules defined by Eurostat have also been applied. The data are compared and analyzed before their publication, on an aggregate level with the data published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy.

The aggregated data are obtained by summarizing the individual data by types of agricultural products and by types of livestock at the level of the Republic of Macedonia. The imputation method was not used in the data processing.

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