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Tree-Horticulture

Tree Horticulture Survey, 2006

West Bank and Gaza, 2006
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PSE-PCBS-THS-2006-V1.0
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
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  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
PSE-PCBS-THS-2006-V1.0
Title
Tree Horticulture Survey, 2006
Translated Title
مسح البستنة الشجرية، 2006
Country
Name Country code
Palestine PSE
Study type
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Series Information
Only once time.
Abstract
The main objective of this survey is to provide a comprehensive picture about the tree horticulture sector in the Palestinian Territory, and so provide the interested people and policy makers and planner with reliable data that is needed to develop this strategic sector.

The other objectives for this survey are:
1. Define the demographic properties of the tree horticulture holders.
2. Define the demographic properties of the tree horticulture holdings
3. Define the pattern of land use for the tree horticulture holdings.
4. Define the tree horticulture crops.
5. Define the production and productivity of the horticulture trees in the Palestinian Territory.
6. Define a marketing tree horticulture crops.
7. Define of applications in the tree horticulture holdings.
8. Define available indicators related to the tree horticulture holdings employment.
9. Define the damages of the tree horticulture sectors due to the Israeli measures
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Agricultural holding

Version

Version Description
V1.0: Basic raw data, obtained from data entry (before editing).
Version Date
2012-05-30

Scope

Notes
1. Section One: identification data of the agricultural holder and holding
2. Section Two: demographic properties of the agricultural holders, concerning sex, age and other related indicators.
3. Section Three: regarding agricultural holding, the type, legal status, main source of irrigation water, main source of extension, and other related indicators.
4. Section Four: regarding land use, the total area of the agricultural holding, the treatment of chemical and organic fertilizers, pesticides and treatment area, and other related indicators
5. Section Five: regarding the tree horticulture crops, the type, area and other related indicators
6. Section Six: regarding the production of tree horticulture crops, rainfed or irrigated, and other related indicators.
7. Section Seven: the number of horticulture trees by age.
8. Section Eight: the costs of production requirements for the trees horticulture.
9. Section Nine: the marketing of tree horticulture crops.
10. Section Ten: the agricultural applications for tree horticulture holdings.
11. Section Eleven: agricultural labor, in terms of sex, status, and other related indicators.
12. Section Twelve: damage to agricultural as aresult of Israeli attacks, in terms of size, number, and other relevant indicators
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
plant and animal distribution [9.4] CESSDA Link
Keywords
Keyword Vocabulary URI
Agricultural Holding Statistical Definitions and Glossary Link
Tree Horticulture Holding Statistical Definitions and Glossary Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
All of the Palestinian Territory
Universe
Agricultural Holding

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
Producers
Name Role
Agricultural Holder Helping in data giving
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) financial
The Core Funding Group CFG financial
The Representative Office of Norway NOR financial
The Representative Office of the Netherlands NDL financial
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) financial
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
The Palestinian National Authority financial
The Representative Office of Norway CFG financial
The Representative Office of the Netherlands CFG financial
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation CFG

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The sample is a one-stage stratified simple random sample. The sample size is 5,024 agricultural holdings in all of the Palestinian Territory, and it is large enough to obtain reliable estimates on a regional level (north, middle, south of the West Bank) in addition to Gaza Strip. The sampling frame consisted of enumerated agricultural holdings in the agricultural holdings enumeration activity which was implemented by PCBS in 2004. The agricultural holdings meet the criteria of the agricultural holding had been separated, according to the definition of type of agricultural holding

Sample Size
The sample size is 5,024 agricultural holdings in all of the Palestinian Territory, and it is large enough to obtain reliable estimates on a regional level (North, Middle, South of the West Bank, and Gaza Strip) in addition to crop type.
Deviations from the Sample Design
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Response Rate
·Response rate 92.5%
Weighting
The preliminary weights of the survey were calculated while drawing the sample. After conducting the survey the weights were adjusted to deal with the non-response cases that emerged during the data collection process. When computed the estimations of the survey indicators, compute the weights was done, where it has a weight for each analysis unit suit with the selection probability of the unit.

Adjusting weights is important to reduce bias resulting from the non-response cases. Also adjusting gives consideration to the number and area of the agricultural holdings in the Palestinian Territory, and their distribution according to size groups and the main activity of the agricultural holding. Therefore, the results, estimates and percentages of this survey represent the reality in the Palestinian Territory

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2006-08-23 2006-10-02
Time periods
Start date End date
2005-10-01 2006-09-03
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Field work visits by both fieldwork and project management staff
Data Collection Notes
The training course of the fieldwork team was held for sex days during the period 12-17\08\2006 and another training course was held during the period 01-03\09\2006, where the data collection period of the project was 23\08\2006- 02\10\2006
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestinian National Authority

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The tree horticulture questionnaire was designed depending on the recommendations of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), also benefiting from the international experience in field of design the questionnaires, in addition, the pilot was conducted during the period 08/07- 11/07/2006 to check the project documents including the questionnaire, in which the questionnaire was changed and developed to suit the tree horticulture sector in the Palestinian Territory.

The questionnaire for the Tree Horticulture Survey 2006 consists of eleven sections as follows:
1. Section One: identification data of the agricultural holder and holding
2. Section Two: demographic properties of the agricultural holders, concerning sex, age and other related indicators.
3. Section Three: regarding agricultural holding, the type, legal status, main source of irrigation water, main source of extension, and other related indicators.
4. Section Four: regarding land use, the total area of the agricultural holding, the treatment of chemical and organic fertilizers, pesticides and treatment area, and other related indicators
5. Section Five: regarding the tree horticulture crops, the type, area and other related indicators
6. Section Six: regarding the production of tree horticulture crops, rainfed or irrigated, and other related indicators.
7. Section Seven: the number of horticulture trees by age.
8. Section Eight: the costs of production requirements for the trees horticulture.
9. Section Nine: the marketing of tree horticulture crops.
10. Section Ten: the agricultural applications for tree horticulture holdings.
11. Section Eleven: agricultural labor, in terms of sex, status, and other related indicators.
12. Section Twelve: damage to agricultural as aresult of Israeli attacks, in terms of size, number, and other relevant indicators

Data Processing

Data Editing
Preparation of Data Entry Programme:
At this stage the data entry program was prepared using the ACCESS package. Data entry screens were designed. Also, rules of entry were established in a manner that guarantees successful entry of questionnaires and queries to check data after each entry. These queries examine the variables on the questionnaire level.

- Organization and Management of Data Entry:
The Information Systems and Computer Directorate prepared the data entry program; the directorate also supervised the data entry process and applied the required validation rules to edit the data. The directorate was also responsible to select and train the data entry personnel.

- Data Entry Personnel Training:
Before the start of the data entry, data entry personnel were trained on the use of the data entry program and then how to enter data into the computerized database.

- Editing of the Entered Data:
There are specific rules for data editing which connect the different indicators of the questionnaires logically with each other, so that errors in any questionnaire are treated immediately and data re-entered to get clean data.

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
Statistical Errors
Data of this survey affected by statistical errors due to use the sample, Therefore, the emergence of certain differences from the real values expect obtained through censuses. It had been calculated variation of the most important indicators exists and the facility with the report. and the dissemination levels of the data were particularized at the regional level in the West Bank (North, Middle, South) and Gaza Strip, due to the sample design and the variance calculations for the different indicators.

Non-Statistical Errors
Non-statistical errors are probable in all stages of the project, during data collection or processing. This is referred to as non-response errors, response errors, interviewing errors, and data entry errors. To avoid errors and reduce their effects, great efforts were made to train the fieldworkers intensively. They were trained in how to carry out the interview, what to discuss and what to avoid, carrying out a pilot survey and practical and theoretical training during the training course.
Data Appraisal
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Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Division of Users Services Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps
Confidentiality
General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000 Article (17) 1. All individual information and data submitted to the Bureau for statistical purposes shall be treated as confidential and shall not be divulged, in whole or in part, to any individual or to a public or private body, or used for any purpose other than for preparing statistical tables. 2. The Bureau shall endeavor to issue official statistical publications in aggregate tables, which do not disclose individual data, in conformity with the confidentiality of statistical data.
Access conditions
License Agreement for the Use of Micro Data in PCBS
items(10,11,12) as following:


1. pledges the utilization of "data" or any copies thereof shall be limited to the purposes agreed upon including not granting any third parties any access to these data. Restrictions applies to any data duplication or transformed setting for purposes other than meeting the requirements of the statistical programs used in data analysis.

2. Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .

3. pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; nevertheless, this does not apply on subjecting data to any processes or procedures aiming to derive new variables. The first party does not bear any professional, administrative or financial responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of changes in the variables values.
Citation requirements
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Tree Horticulture Survey, 2006,V1.0(5-2012) . Ramallah - Palestine.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
PCBS provid data collected for purely statistical purposes, and therefore does not assume any responsibility for legal or professional from any claim or analysis or interpretation or misuse of this data.
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Tree Horticulture Survey, 2006

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-THS-2006-V1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestinian National Authority Collection, processing and dissemination data
Date of Metadata Production
2012-05-30
DDI Document version
V1.0Version 1.0 (May / 2012)
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