Technological Innovations in the Census of Agriculture
Unparalleled changes in technology such as remote sensing, mobile devices (e.g. tablets, smartphones), Web questionnaires, online dissemination of results (e.g. infographics, social media) as well as electronic data archiving and anonymization of micro-data, are increasingly transforming the way cou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Czech Statistical Office
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/61266315/32019718q4377.pdf/5608417b-74b7-4746-90a7-ca510be91591?version=1.0 |
| Summary: | Unparalleled changes in technology such as remote sensing, mobile devices (e.g. tablets, smartphones), Web questionnaires, online dissemination of results (e.g. infographics, social media) as well as electronic data archiving and anonymization of micro-data, are increasingly transforming the way countries conduct agricultural censuses and sample surveys. Their use facilitate both data collection and data dissemination by enhancing reliability, timeliness, readability and comprehensibility of census results. This is discussed in Volume 2 of the new FAO guidelines on the World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020) and summarized in this paper. |
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| ISSN: | 0322-788X 1804-8765 |