Nepal Commercial Floriculture Survey 2015-2016
Nepal, 2015 - 2016
Central Bureau of Statistics
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Identification
Survey ID Number
NPL-CBS-NCFS-2015-v01
Title
Nepal Commercial Floriculture Survey 2015-2016
Translated Title
Nepal Byawasayik Puspakheti Sarwekshan 2015
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Study type
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Abstract
To fill data gaps in current agricultural statistics, the growing share of commercial floriculture was identified to be measured through the nationally representative survey. The Nepal Commercial floriculture Survey 2015 was conducted for the first time in Nepal.
The survey was designed with the following objectives:
(i) To estimate the contribution/share of commercial floriculture on national economy.
(ii) To provide statistical information on status, types of commercial floriculture and utilization and distribution of floriculture products.
(iii) To provide statistical information on employment status in commercial floriculture sector; and
(iv) To generate statistics required for the development of commercial floriculture to planners, policy makers and researchers.
The survey was designed with the following objectives:
(i) To estimate the contribution/share of commercial floriculture on national economy.
(ii) To provide statistical information on status, types of commercial floriculture and utilization and distribution of floriculture products.
(iii) To provide statistical information on employment status in commercial floriculture sector; and
(iv) To generate statistics required for the development of commercial floriculture to planners, policy makers and researchers.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Floriculture firm
Version
Version Description
v1: Final Data for internal use only.
Version Date
2016-05-15
Scope
Notes
The scope of the survey was covered in the following topics of vegetable farming:
1. Introductory Description
2. Area and Use of Land
3. Description of Employment and Current/Capital Expenditure
3.1 Family and Permanent/Temporary Workers engaged in Vegetable Farming
3.2 Description of Capital Expenditure on Commercial Floriculture
3.3 Current Expenditure on Commercial Floriculture
4. Production and Income
4.1 Floriculture production and uses
4.2 Other Income from Floriculture
5. Financial Description
6. Miscellaneous
1. Introductory Description
2. Area and Use of Land
3. Description of Employment and Current/Capital Expenditure
3.1 Family and Permanent/Temporary Workers engaged in Vegetable Farming
3.2 Description of Capital Expenditure on Commercial Floriculture
3.3 Current Expenditure on Commercial Floriculture
4. Production and Income
4.1 Floriculture production and uses
4.2 Other Income from Floriculture
5. Financial Description
6. Miscellaneous
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | World Bank |
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Commercial |
| Floriculture |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National and District level
Universe
All commercial floriculture firms. All operational firms where floriculture is dome in at least in 8 Aana (0.025437 hectares) in Mountains and Hills or 10 Dhur (0.016925 hectares) in Tarai of land were termed as floriculture firm.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | National Planning Commission Secretariat, Government of Nepal |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Floriculture Association Nepal | Technical support in questionaire design |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Government of Nepal | GoN | Conduction of survey |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
It was complete ennumeration of floriculture firms, but a sample was taken from former Ichangu VDC for loose flower.
Response Rate
100 percent
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2015-11-15 | 2016-04-15 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2014-07-17 | 2015-07-15 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
An intensive supervision over the field work was carried out by the supervisory staff comprising district level officers and supervisors. In addition, field supervision was carried out to various districts by the officers and supervisors of agriculture statistics section of CBS and Agricultural Statistician of the project. Supervision was done basically for checking to control non-sampling errors likely to occur due to enumerators or respondents or both. After completing the work of enumeration in assigned number of wards in a team, enumerators submitted the filled-in questionnaires to the supervisor or team leader for editing and checking. On the basis of the work done by enumerators in the sleeted wards, the team leader provided the progress report of the survey in the respective SO and to CBS through phone. The report of the supervisory staff confirmed that the quality of data collected by the field staff by and large was quite good.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Statistical Offices | SO | Central Bureau of Statistics |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The commercial floriculture survey questionaire consists of seven sections as follows;
1. Introductory Description: It has questions on geographical location of the enumeration area, information on the propiter such as name, caste/ethnicity, sex, educational status
2. General Information: This section covers the information on registration status, starting year of firm, type of ownership, main production.
3. Description of Employment
4. Land and its utilization: This section covers number and area of parcles, irrigation status, owmership, utilization.
5. Production and sell: The information on production and sell of seasonal flower's plant, Perinial flowers's plant, Ornamental flower's plant, cur flower, loose flower, seeds, carpet grass were gathered in
this section.
6. Current and capital expenditure: This section covers information on current and capital expenditure in various headings.
7. Status of debt: This section provide information on status of debt, objective of loan and type of loan provider.
8. Miscellaneous: This section provide information on export, import, tunnel and greenhouse, growth rate, perception of propiter.
1. Introductory Description: It has questions on geographical location of the enumeration area, information on the propiter such as name, caste/ethnicity, sex, educational status
2. General Information: This section covers the information on registration status, starting year of firm, type of ownership, main production.
3. Description of Employment
4. Land and its utilization: This section covers number and area of parcles, irrigation status, owmership, utilization.
5. Production and sell: The information on production and sell of seasonal flower's plant, Perinial flowers's plant, Ornamental flower's plant, cur flower, loose flower, seeds, carpet grass were gathered in
this section.
6. Current and capital expenditure: This section covers information on current and capital expenditure in various headings.
7. Status of debt: This section provide information on status of debt, objective of loan and type of loan provider.
8. Miscellaneous: This section provide information on export, import, tunnel and greenhouse, growth rate, perception of propiter.
Data Processing
Data Editing
Filled-in questionnaires were scrutinized for editing, consistency checking and recoding as needed before going to the data entry procedure.
Other Processing
The Nepal Commercual Floriculture Survey 2015-16 data entry programme was prepared by the Agriculture Statistics Section of CBS. The programme was prepared in CSPro 4. The data entry was done at the centre (CBS) after collectiong the filled-in questionnaires from. Staff in the Agriculture Statistics Section of CBS enter the data at the desktop for more than a month. The supervision of the data entry was done by the directors of the Agriculture Statistics Section. The verification of the data entry was made exporting the data into STATA MP 10.1 package.
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal | dg@cbs.gov.np | www.cbs.gov.np |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of Publication, Distribution and Library Section | Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal | archive@cbs.gov.np | http://cbs.gov.np/ |
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by article 8 of Statistics Act 1958.
Restriction on publication of information and details
Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details.
Access conditions
The dataset has been anonymized and is available for internal use only, i.e. not accessible for public use.
Citation requirements
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal. Nepal Commercial Floriculture Survey 2015-16. The data or information is obtained from http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset and information.
Copyright
(c) 2016, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-NPL-CBS-NCFS-2015-v01
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | CBS | National Planning Commission Secretariat, Government of Nepal | Documentation of the Study |
Date of Metadata Production
2017-07-09
DDI Document version
verson 01 (July 2017): Original documentation of the study.