Economic accounts for agriculture (aact)

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Compiling agency: INSEE, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques

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1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
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Annexes (including footnotes)

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1. Contact

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1.1. Contact organisation

INSEE, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Division Industrie et Agriculture

Section Comptes et conjoncture agricoles

1.5. Contact mail address

2. Statistical presentation

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2.1. Data description

Main characteristics

2.1.1 Describe shortly the main characteristics of the statistics

The Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA) provide detailed information on income in the agricultural sector. The purpose is to analyse the production process of the agricultural industry and the primary income generated by this production. The accounts are therefore based on the industry concept. The EAA accounts are detailed data on value of output (producer prices and basic prices), intermediate consumption, subsidies and taxes, consumption of fixed capital, rent and interests, capital formation etc. The values are in current as well as in constant prices. Agricultural Labour Input (ALI) and Unit Values (UV) are an integrated part of the overall concept of Economic Accounts for Agriculture.

Reference period

2.1.2 Reference period of the data collection	2017
2.1.3 Is the reference period based on the calendar year starting January 1st and ending December 31st?	Yes
2.1.4 If No, please specify

National legislation

2.1.5 Is there a national legislation covering these statistics?	Yes
If Yes, please answer all the following questions.
2.1.6 Name of the national legislation	Establishment decree of CCAN (Commission des Comptes de l'Agriculture de la Nation)
2.1.7 Link to the national legislation
2.1.8 Responsible organisation for the national legislation	Ministry of Agriculture
2.1.9 Year of entry into force of the national legislation	1964
2.1.10 Please indicate which variables required under EU regulation are not covered by national legislation, if any.
2.1.11 Please indicate which national definitions differ from those in the EU regulation, if any.
2.1.12 Is there a legal obligation for respondents to reply?

Additional comments on data description

In fact the decree describes, not the Economic Accounts themselfes, but the management (who is a member, how often and at which time meetings take place, which information is shared during the meeting..) of the Authority in front of which Accounts have to be presented

2.2. Classification system

The EAA is an integral part of the European system of accounts and therefore for their compilation the Eurostat's general classification of economic activities, NACE Rev. 2, is used.

2.3. Coverage - sector

EAA cover the Agricultural sector.

2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

One of the principal objectives of the EAA is to measure agricultural income and changes therein.
The three agricultural income indicators can be described as follows:
Indicator A: index of the real income of factors in agriculture per AWU
Indicator B: index of real net agricultural entrepreneurial income, per non-salaried AWU
Indicator C: net entrepreneurial income of agriculture

2.5. Statistical unit

In order to analyse flows generated by the production process and the use of goods and services, it is necessary to select units which emphasise relationships of a technico-economic kind. This requirement means that as a rule institutional units must be partitioned into smaller and more homogeneous units with regard to the kind of production. Local kind-of-activity units (local KAUs) are intended to meet this requirement as a first but practically-oriented operational approach

2.6. Statistical population

The agricultural holding, which is the unit currently used for statistical studies of agriculture (censuses, surveys of the structure of agricultural holdings), is the local KAU most appropriate to the agricultural industry.In addition to agricultural holdings, the agricultural industry comprises units made up of groups of producers (e.g. cooperatives) which produce wine and olive oil and specialised units which provide machines, material and labour for the performance of contract work.

2.7. Reference area

2.7.1 Geographical area covered	The entire territory of the country.
2.7.2 Which special Member State territories are included?	Overseas departments are incuded apart from Mayotte

2.8. Coverage - Time

1980-2017

2.9. Base period

2014

3. Statistical processing

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3.1. Source data

Overall summary

3.1.1 Total number of different data sources used	0
The breakdown is as follows:
3.1.2 Total number of sources of the type "Census"	0
3.1.3 Total number of sources of the type "Sample survey"	0
3.1.4 Total number of sources of the type "Administrative source"	0
3.1.5 Total number of sources of the type "Experts"	0
3.1.6 Total number of sources of the type "Other sources"	0

Census

If there is a specific census conducted in your country to collect data exclusively for the EAA please describe it in this part. For other data sources please use table 3.1 in the annexed Excel file. If metadata already exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.1.7 Name/Title
3.1.8 Name of Organisation responsible
3.1.9 Main scope
3.1.10 List used to build the frame
3.1.11 Any possible threshold values
3.1.12 Population size
3.1.13 Additional comments

Sample survey

If there is a specific survey conducted in your country to collect data exclusively for the EAA please describe it in this part. For other data sources please use table 3.1. If metadata already exist just provide the name of the data source.(e.g. FSS, Crop production, Animal production, Prices in Agriculture)
3.1.14 Name/Title
3.1.15 Name of Organisation responsible
3.1.16 Main scope
3.1.17 List used to build the frame
3.1.18 Any possible threshold values
3.1.19 Population size
3.1.20 Sample size
3.1.21 Sampling basis
3.1.22 If Other, please specify
3.1.23 Type of sample design
3.1.24 If Other, please specify
3.1.25 If Stratified, number of strata
3.1.26 If Stratified, stratification criteria
3.1.27 If Other, please specify
3.1.28 Additional comments

Administrative source

If there is a specific administrative source in your country witch provide data exclusively for the EAA please describe it in this part. For other administrative sources please use table 3.1. If metadata already exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.1.29 Name/Title
3.1.30 Name of Organisation responsible
3.1.31 Contact information (email and phone)
3.1.32 Main administrative scope
3.1.33 Geospatial Coverage
3.1.34 Update frequency
3.1.35 Legal basis
3.1.36 Are you able to access directly to the micro data?
3.1.37 Are you able to check the plausibility of the data, namely by contacting directly the units?
3.1.38 How would you assess the proximity of the definitions and concepts (including statistical units) used in the administrative source with those required in the EU regulation?
3.1.39 Please list the main differences between the administrative source and the statistical definitions and concepts
3.1.40 Is a different threshold used in the administrative source and statistical data?
3.1.41 If Yes, please specify
3.1.42 Additional comments

Experts

If there is a specific expert source in your country witch provide data exclusively for the EAA please describe it in this part. For other expert sources please use table 3.1. If metadata already exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.1.43 Name/Title
3.1.44 Primary purpose
3.1.45 Legal basis
3.1.46 Update frequency
3.1.47 Expert data supplier
3.1.48 If Other, please specify
3.1.49 How would you assess the quality of those data?
3.1.50 Additional comments

Other sources

If there is more than one other statistical activity, please describe the main one below and the additional ones in table 3.1 of the annexed Excel file
3.1.51 Name/Title
3.1.52 Name of Organisation
3.1.53 Primary purpose
3.1.54 Data type
3.1.55 If Other, please specify
3.1.56 How would you assess the quality of those data?
3.1.57 Additional comments

Annexes:
Annexe 3

3.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

3.3. Data collection

Census

If there is a specific census conducted in your country to collect data exclusively for the EAA please describe the method of data collection in this part. For other data sources please use table 3.3. If metadata alredy exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.3.1 Name/Title
3.3.2 Methods of data collection
3.3.3 If Other, please specify
3.3.4 If face-to-face or telephone interview, which method is used?
3.3.5 Data entry method, if paper questionnaires?
3.3.6 Please annex the questionnaire used (if very long: please provide the hyperlink)
3.3.7 Additional comments

Sample survey

If there is a specific survay conducted in your country to collect data exclusively for the EAA please describe the method of data collection in this part.For other data sources please use table 3.3. If metadata alredy exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.3.8 Name/Title
3.3.9 Methods of data collection
3.3.10 If Other, please specify
3.3.11 If face-to-face or telephone interview, which method is used?
3.3.12 Data entry method, if paper questionnaires?
3.3.13 Please annex the questionnaire used (if very long: please provide the hyperlink)
3.3.14 Additional comments

Administrative source

If there is a specific administrative source in your country to collect data exclusively for the EAA please describe the metod of data collection in this part.For other data sources please use table 3.3. If metadata alredy exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.3.15 Name/Title
3.3.16 Extraction date
3.3.17 How easy is it to get access to the data?
3.3.18 Data transfer method
3.3.19 Additional comments

Experts

If there is a specific expert source in your country witch provide data exclusively for the EAA please describe the metod of data collection in this part. For other expert sources please use table 3.3. If metadata alredy exist just provide the name of the data source.
3.3.20 Name/Title
3.3.21 Methods of data collection
3.3.22 Additional comments

3.4. Data validation

3.4.1 Which kind of data validation measures are in place?	Manual
3.4.2 What do they target?	Other
3.4.3 If Other, please specify	Meetings with Ministry of Agriculture are held in order to ensure * for the first estimates: consistency between data avalaible in both offices * for the second estimates : consistency between regional and national statistics

3.5. Data compilation

3.5.1 Describe the data compilation process	France compliles EAA data in current prices and in prices of previous year Real values data are compiled using national GDP-deflators Indicators A, B and C are compiled using data in real-terms values and labour input data
3.5.2 Additional comments

3.6. Adjustment

Not relevant

4. Quality management

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4.1. Quality assurance

4.1.1 Is there a quality management system used in the organisation?	No
4.1.2 If yes, how is it implemented?
4.1.3 Has a peer review been carried out?	No
4.1.4 If Yes, which were the main conclusions?
4.1.5 What quality improvements are foreseen?
4.1.6 If Other, please specify
4.1.7 Additional comments	A task force will be established within a few months. Its recommendations may concern quality management

4.2. Quality management - assessment

Development since the last quality report

4.2.1 Overall quality	Improvement
4.2.2 Relevance	Stable
4.2.3 Accuracy and reliability	Improvement
4.2.4 Timeliness and punctuality	Stable
4.2.5 Comparability	Stable
4.2.6 Coherence	Stable
4.2.7 Additional comments	During the last year, a reengineering on work files has been carried out. As a result relialibity improved

5. Relevance

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5.1. Relevance - User Needs

5.1.1 If certain user needs are not met, please specify which and why	In addition to indicators A, national users wish EAA broken down by size and an evaluation of farm household income. It should be noted that comparisons between farms types can be done using Farm Accountancy Data Network
5.1.2 Please specify any plans to satisfy needs more completely in the future	EAA are not convenient to fill these needs
5.1.3 Additional comments	Communications efforts were made in order to help EAA users not to misuse EAA indicators : a press release is issued simultaneously with data publication and a special notice to users was added at the beginning of the report

5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

5.2.1 Has a user satisfaction survey been conducted?	No
If Yes, please answer all the following questions
5.2.2 Year of the user satisfaction survey
5.2.3 How satisfied were the users?
5.2.4 Additional comments	Eurostat is the main user of EAA. Besides they are used (adding further activities) to compute national accounts of agriculture. Both are satisfied with provided data. Furthermore according to the number of EAA references in medias, it can be said that others users (farming associations, agricultural researchers and journalists ) are satisfied as well. Feedback from users who have asked for explanations is positive

5.3. Completeness

5.3.1 Data completeness - rate	Given the way EAA are computed, a completeness rate can't be estimated
5.3.2 If not complete, which characteristics are missing?
5.3.3 Additional comments	Considering that data cover all French agriculture productions, it can be said that the data completeness rate is about 90 %

6. Accuracy and reliability

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6.1. Accuracy - overall

6.1.1 How good is the accuracy?	Good
6.1.2 What are the main factors lowering the accuracy?	Other
6.1.3 If Other, please specify	not identified
6.1.4 Additional comments	As EAA have many and various sources, accuracy is very difficult to assess. No overall indicator can be provided

6.2. Sampling error

Not relevant

6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

6.3. Non-sampling error

Not relevant

6.3.1. Coverage error

6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

6.3.2. Measurement error

6.3.3. Non response error

6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

6.3.4. Processing error

6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate

6.3.5. Model assumption error

6.4. Seasonal adjustment

EAA are annual

6.5. Data revision - policy

Data are revised according to the announced schedule

First estimates : November N

"Compte prévisionnel" : December N

Second estimates : January N+1

"Compte provisoire" : July N+1

Final Data : september N+1

"Compte semi-définitif" : July N+2

"Compte définitif" : July N+3

6.6. Data revision - practice

6.6.1 Data revision - average size	The revision rate depends on years and which estimates are compared with each other. For each version of EAA an Excel table providing the revision rate is included in the report
6.6.2 Were data revisions due to conceptual changes (e.g. new definitions) carried out since the last quality report?	No
6.6.3 What was the main reason for the revisions?	New data were received or up-dated
6.6.4 How do you evaluate the impact of the revisions?	Important
6.6.5 Additional comments	As said, the impact of data revisions depends of which versions of EAA are compared with each other

7. Timeliness and punctuality

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7.1. Timeliness

7.1.1 When were the first results for the reference period published?	December N
7.1.2 When were the final results for the reference period published?	November N+1
7.1.3 Reasons for possible long production times?

7.2. Punctuality

7.2.1 Were data released nationally according to a pre-announced schedule (Release Calendar)?	Yes
7.2.2 If Yes, were data released on the target date?	Yes
7.2.3 If No, reasons for delays?
7.2.4 Number of days between the national release date of data and the target date

8. Coherence and comparability

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8.1. Comparability - geographical

To be assessed by Eurostat

8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not relevant

8.2. Comparability - over time

8.2.1 Length of comparable time series	37 years
8.2.2 Have there been major breaks in the time series?	No
8.2.3 If Yes, please specify the year of break and the reason
8.2.4 Additional comments

8.3. Coherence - cross domain

8.3.1 With which other national data sources have the data been compared?	Farm Accountancy Data Network
8.3.2 Describe briefly the results of comparisons	The results were quite satisfactory overall
8.3.3 If no comparisons have been made, explain why
8.3.4 Additional comments

8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not relevant

8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

Use of EAA-data in NA calculations

Are EAA used by NA as data source for Group 01	Degree of implication	Please describe briefly the reasons
Output	Main source used	Because of differences between industry in EAA and NA agricultural branch
Intermediate consumption	Main source used	Because of differences between industry in EAA and NA agricultural branch
Fixed capital consumption	Secondary source used	For non agricultural goods (about 90 % of the GFCF), NA used their own estimation methods
Compensation of employees	Only source used
Taxes	Only source used
Subsidies	Only source used
Rents	Only source used
Interest	Only source used
Gross fixed capital formation	Only source used
Labour input	Not used	NA don't use directly EAA data but make their own estimations from the same data source

Use of NA-data in EAA calculations

Are NA used as data source for EAA	Degree of implication	Please describe briefly the reasons
Output	Not used	In fact for final estimates, data are compliled simultaneously for EAA and NA. For the first and second estimates, due to the time schedule, EAA don't use NA
Intermediate consumption	Not used	In fact, data are compliled simultaneously for EAA and NA. But we used information concerning interest rate of calculate SIFIM
Fixed capital consumption	Not used
Compensation of employees	Not used
Taxes	Not used
Subsidies	Not used
Rents	Not used
Interest	Not used
Gross fixed capital formation	Not used
Labour input	Not used

8.6. Coherence - internal

The process (in fact the way, the different work files are linked together) insures the internal coherence

9. Accessibility and clarity

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9.1. Dissemination format - News release

9.1.1 Do you publish a news release?	Yes
9.1.2 If Yes, please provide a link	A press release isn't consistently provided. Even if there is one, no link is available

9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

9.2.1 Do you produce a paper publication?	Yes
9.2.2 If Yes, is there an English version?	No
9.2.3 Do you produce an electronic publication?	Yes
9.2.4 If Yes, is there an English version?	No
9.2.5 Please provide a link	For both paper and electonic publications (strictly similar since the electronic publication consists in downloading paper publication) , an english summary is included https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3580260 (see page 4 for English summary) and https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3579056

9.3. Dissemination format - online database

9.3.1 Data tables - consultations	Not available
9.3.2 Is an on-line database accessible to users?	Yes
9.3.3 Please provide a link	https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3288072?sommaire=3288090

9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

9.4.1 Are micro-data accessible to users?	No
9.4.2 Please provide a link

9.5. Dissemination format - other

9.6. Documentation on methodology

9.6.1 Are national reference metadata files available?	No
9.6.2 Please provide a link
9.6.3 Are methodological papers available?	Yes
9.6.4 Please provide a link	https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2571441
9.6.5 Is a handbook available?	No
9.6.6 Please provide a link

9.7. Quality management - documentation

9.7.1 Metadata completeness - rate	Zero
9.7.2 Metadata - consultations	Not relevant
9.7.3 Is a quality report available?	No
9.7.4 Please provide a link

10. Cost and Burden

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10.1 Efficiency gains if compared to the previous quality report	Other
10.2 If Other, please specify	EAA process uses only existing data, therefore EAA creates no additional burden.
10.3 Burden reduction measures since the previous quality report	Other
10.4 If Other, please specify	Not relevant (see 10.2)

11. Confidentiality

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11.1. Confidentiality - policy

11.1.1 Are confidential data transmitted to Eurostat?	No
11.1.2 If yes, are they confidential in the sense of Reg. (EC) 223/2009?
11.1.3 Describe the data confidentiality policy in place

11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

11.2.1 Describe the procedures for ensuring confidentiality during dissemination	EAA contents no confidential data
11.2.2 Additional comments

12. Comment

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Annexes