Agri-fishery survey up in Capiz

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 11 (PIA6) – Capiceños are urged to provide support in the ongoing survey on agriculture and fisheries.

Capiz National Statistics Office head Engineer Frankie Dordas said that the Census on Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF), which already started last February 25, need public support in order to generate accurate and complete information from the grassroots.

He added that the CAF is a nationwide undertaking that is geared towards the collection and compilation of data on the country’s agriculture, aquaculture and fishery sectors.

Nationwide, NSO hired and trained about 22,000 team supervisors and 45,000 enumerators to undertake the different phases of field operations, he said.

In Capiz alone, Dordas revealed that a total of 654 personnel were hired, 438 of whom are census enumerators and the other 216 are team supervisors.

He explained that the survey team is currently conducting the listing of households and enumeration of agricultural, aquacultural and fishery operators in the 473 barangays in Capiz.

“The data being collected is based on 2012, that is, from January to December 2012,” Dordas said.

He added that expected to be gathered in said census are information on agriculture such as the characteristics of operator or hire manager, physical area of the holding, tenurial status, land utilization, irrigation facility, crops planted, and livestock and poultry raised.

Dordas pointed out that for aqua farms, the type, location and size of aqua farm and the species cultured will be asked.

“For fisheries, the enumeration will focus on the characteristics of fishing operators, category of fishing operation, tonnage of fishing boats or vessels used, and the kind and number of fishing gears,” he said.

According to him, the survey likewise include the community module which hopes to obtain information on agriculture or fisheries facilities and services, dominant terrain, and destructive natural calamity in the past five years in all the barangays in the country.

Considering the importance of generated data in planning and policy formulation, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has directed all local chief executives, including the barangay captains and DILG officials to provide support for the successful conduct of the said survey. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)