2024 Integrated Agricultural Survey (IAS)

First Edition

Data contained in this file related to section 10 - LIVESTOCK IN STOCK, section 11 - CHANGES IN STOCK and section 14 - MILK PRODUCTION, with weights.

The data contained in this file was derived data on stock of animals raised by the household, the change in number (stock) of animals and production, consumption, and sales (quantities and values) of the milk collected by the household.

In this file, the data contained pertains to LAND USE. How the agricultural land owned by the household was utilized during the refernce period. Land Use information was derived from Section 04 9Parcel Roster), section 05 (Field roster), section 06 (Crop Roster). Section 04 collected information on parcels the household used for agricultural purposes during the reference agricultural season. ALL PARCELS were recorded regardless of the land use type; and regardless of the land tenure type. The following types of land were included:

1. Parcels owned by the household that were operated/used by the household for agricultural purposes (to grow crops, raise livestock, fish farming or kept fallow).
2. Parcels operated/used by the household for agricultural purposes, regardless of who owned the land (e.g. Rented-in or borrowed-in).

Not Included were parcels rented-out or borrowed out.

In the specific case of household partnership, all the parcels that were jointly operated by the partner households regardless of who owned the land were registered. A Parcel could be made up of ONE or MORE fields.

Information on what crops were grown during the refernce period by the household is also contained in this file and also whether or not the crops grown were permanent crops or temporary.

This file contains data derived from section 14 - Milk Production. This section covered production, consumption, and sales (quantities and values) of the milk collected by the household. Point to note: Data was captured for cow's milk only, if the household reported raising cattle in Section14, LIS01, of the questionnaire for small and medium scale households.

The process of a cow giving birth to a baby is called calving. Calving rate is defined as the number of calves born per 100 cows mated, serving as a measure of fertility on a herd basis . It is a key measure of livestock reproductive efficiency, showing the percentage of females (cows, sows) that successfully give birth, calculated as (Number of Calves Born / Number of Females Exposed) x 100.

Data in this file was derived from section 11 of the questionnaire - Change in Livestock. This section captured detailed data on the change in number of animals in the past 12 months prior to the survey, recording all entries (births, purchases, gifts received etc.) and exits (sales, deaths, losses, slaughtering, donations etc.). Data was collected at the level of the livestock GROUP.

This file contains only data on the number of Cattle.

This file contains data derived from section 10, Livestock in Stock which covered the stock of animals raised by the household, regardless of who owned them. It asked about animals currently kept, as well as those kept over the LAST 12 months prior to the survey. Data in this section was collected at the livestock-group (type of animal) level and included cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys and main types of poultry (village chickens, broilers, layers, exotic chicken, ducks, Turkeys, Guinea fowls, pigeons and quails).

This file conatins data derived from section 06 of the questionnaire - CROP ROSTER. This section recorded information on all temporary (seasonal) crops that were cultivated in 2023/2024 agricultural season and all permanent crops (including fruit trees) that were on the farm at the time of the interview.

The sections also collected information on:

- Main crop planted in the field
- Area planted of that crop
- Whether the crop was planted in mixture with other crops in the same field
- Was this [Crop] under a greenhouse or a high shelter during the [2023/2024 Agricultural season]?
- Total quantity of seed or seedlings planted


File includes data for both temporary and permanent crops, including vegetables.

This file contains data related to section 02 of the questionnaire. This part of the questionnaire mainly collected basic information of the household head and a few questions relating to other household members were also collected. Details for the household heads in partnership with other household heads (partnership in terms of agriculture activities) were collected up to question D03.

The following data was collected in section 02:

a. Name, Sex of the household head, year in which the household head was born, Marital status of the household head, school attendance, highest level attained
b. Whether the head of household or any other household members had ever received any agricultural training and was it formal, informal or vocational training.
c. The total number of usual household members aged 15 years or older and how many were aged under 15 years by sex

The file also has data that was collected on:

- Growing of crops - If any member of the household grew any crop within the refernce period
- Raising of livestock - If any member of the household raised any within the reference pepriod
- Beekeeping
- if any member of the household was engaged in any forestry activity within the reference period

Data in this file was derived from data from section 18 - forestry Production. The purpose of this section was to capture data on the collection and use of wood and nonwood forest products by the household in the last 12 months prior to the survey, for own use or sale. This particular sectionwais only to be asked during the survey if the Household had responded that any of their household members had cut down any forest tree(s) or collected any wood or non-wood forest products.

The survey focused on particular forest product categories as indicated in the questionnaire:

WOOD-BASED
- Firewood
- Charcoal
- Other woods

NON-WOOD BASED
- Mushrooms
- Honey
- Wild fruits
- Medicinal plants
- Mopani worms, edible insects
- Wild game, wild birds
- Sand, Rocks, stone, mud
- Grass
- Other Forest Products not mentioned abve.

This data file contains data derived from section 18 - Labour.

The section included questions on:Households may engage people to help out in agricultural activities and other activities of the farm. Section 19 of the questionnaire intended to establish whether household members (above 12 years old and below 12 years old), of free exchange workers, or hired persons (permanent, temporary or casual workers) where engaged to work on the farm on various activities listed.


- Engagement workers to grow and/or harvest crops in the last 12 months?
- Whether workers] worked on livestock raising and livestock production in the last 12 months?
- Number of workers that worked on any crop or livestock activities in the last 12 months were male or female?
- Whether workers collected or produced wood or non-wood forestry products for the household in the last 12 months?
- Whether workers worked on other activities on the farm in the last 12 months?
- Other activities on the farm the workers were involved in the past 12 months?

This file contains data derived from section 14 - Milk Production. This section covered production, consumption, and sales (quantities and values) of the milk collected by the household. Point to note: Data was captured for cow’s milk only, if the household reported raising cattle in Section14, LIS01, of the questionnaire. Information in this dataset includes data from both the small and medium scale households as well as the Large Scale farming households or establishments on whether the household or establishment produced any cow milk within the reference period.

The file contains derived data on:

- Number of months in the last 12 months the household could get milk from cows
- Number of months milk production was typically high, moderate or low in the last 12 months
- Litres of milk the household produced per day in a typically high, moderate and low months
- Litres of milk the household sold per day in a typically high, moderate and low production months
- Average price per litre of the raw milk sold in a typically high, moderate and low production months
- Amount of milk the household consumed per day in a typically high, moderate and low production months
- Average unit price of the raw milk sold in a typically high, moderate and low production months
- Who in the household mainly milked the cows in the reference period
- Who primarily decided how revenue from the sales was or would be used
- Where the household mainly sold the milk
- Who determined the price of sale

This file contains data derived from section 14 - Milk Production. This section covered production, consumption, and sales (quantities and values) of the milk collected by the household. Point to note: Data was captured for cow's milk only, if the household reported raising cattle in Section14, LIS01, of the questionnaire.

This dataset provides data on the Number of livestock by type from both the SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE agricuture households as well as from the LARGE SCALE farming households or establishment questionnaires.

Data contained in this file relates to section 10 - LIVESTOCK IN STOCK. This section covered the stock of animals raised by the household, regardless of who owned them. It asked about animals currently kept, as well as those kept over the LAST 12 months prior to the survey. Data in this section was collected at the livestock-group (type of animal) level and included cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys and main types of poultry (village chickens, broilers, layers, exotic chicken, ducks, Turkeys, Guinea fowls, pigeons and quails). Also recorded here were some other animals (rabbits) or insects (silkworms, etc.) that the household raised or kept for consumption of their meat or use of their products. Note that beekeeping is covered in a separate section, section 15.

This data file contains information derived from section 09 of the questionnaire- INPUT USE. This section collected data about the types of fertilizers and pesticides used across ALL Parcels by the household during the 2023/2024 Agricultural Seasonl. The section was ONLY ASKED ABOUT the input types reported in Sections 07A, B and C (Temporary Crop production, Permanent Crop Production and Vegetable Crop Production). In CAPI, the appropriate inputs were automatically populated into the questionnaire.

In section 09, information was collected on inputs used ACROSS ALL Parcels and/or CROP(s) during the 2023/2024 Agricultural season.

This dataset contains data derived from section 03 - RECORD KEEPING - of the questionnaire. This section asked about the farming transaction records of the houssehold - whether or not the household kept a record of the transactions that they do on the farm.

The section also collected data on how these records were mainly kept if at all, how these records were managed in relation to the agriculture activities done, what information was recorded and what the main purpose was of the farming activities done by the household, was it mainly for home consuption or mainly for sale.

The 2024 IAS collected information on various agriculture activities like crop production, livestock production, land use etc. from the small and medium scale agricultural households.

This dataset contains information related to section Section 10 of the survey questionnaire (Livestock in Stock). This section covered the stock of animals raised by the household, regardless of who owned them.

It asked about animals that were currently kept at the time of data collection, as well as those that were kept over the LAST 12 months prior to the survey. Data in this section was collected at the livestock-group (type of animal) level and included cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys and main types of poultry (village chickens, broilers, layers, exotic chicken, ducks, Turkeys, Guinea fowls, pigeons and quails). Also captured here were some other animals (rabbits) or insects (silkworms, etc.) that the household raised or kept for
consumption of their meat or use of their products. Note that beekeeping was covered in a separate section (section15).

This file contains data related Section 11. Change in Stock

This section contains detailed data on the change in number of animals in past 12 months prior to the survey, recording all entries (births, purchases, gifts received etc.) and exits (sales, deaths, losses, slaughtering, donations etc.). Data was collected on all animals except poultry (which were collected in section 12 - Change in Stock - Poultry). Data was collected at the level of the livestock GROUP.

The change in stock is equal to:

BORN + PURCHASED + GIFTS/RECEIVED – SALES – DEATHS – LOSSES – SLAUGHTERED – GIVEN AWAY

It is worth noting here that this will not necessarily be equal to the number they had on the day of the interview as reported in question LIS03, as it also depended on how many livestock per livestock group they had at the beginning of the reference period (12 months ago). The change is stock can be negative (more animals exited the farm than those that entered in the last 12 months prior to the survey). It can be positive if more animals had entered than exited the farm in the last 12 months prior to thr survey. It CANNOT, however, be more than the number the household currently owned.

For example: if the household currently kept 4 cattle (LIS03=4) then the change in stock could not be greater than 4 because this would mean that the initial stock of the livestock would be negative. If the change in stock was 6, then some of the numbers reported (either here or in the previous section) were incorrect.