He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculturera and Fisheries (MGAP), in conjunction with the INE, They detailed that the General Agricultural Census It has already surveyed 57% of the country’s productive area, a notable advance after the failed survey in 2022.
The objective is to collect updated information from the sector to then make decisions and implement specific policies to strengthen the agro after a year marked by drought, as explained by the government.
The head of the MGAP, Fernando Mattos, He reviewed that in the first instance of the survey, in 2022, approximately 30% of the total productive area was reached, while today it exceeded 9 million hectares, 57%.
When specifying how this improvement was achieved, Mattos highlighted the use of technology, contrasting that “the modality was in person and the census taker had to go to the establishments, sometimes without finding the informant”, which is why he highlighted the joint work with the INE and the Agricultural Statistics Office (DIEA).
“After the delivery stage of foot and mouth vaccines, where they were held face-to-face censuses, significant progress was obtained in completed questionnaires, mainly in the livestock sector”, the minister valued and thanked the Campo Unidos union members for their support.
Finally, he observed that “the departments at South of the country are the ones who are furthest behind” and expressed: “The south has smaller properties, but it is the one with the largest number of surveys to be carried out, so efforts need to be redoubled to reach all the producers of Colonia, San José, Montevideo, Canelones and Maldonado, which will result in a great contribution to the objective”.
Meanwhile, the director of the DIEA, Pablo Couto, He appealed to the commitment of all productive sectors “to meet the objective of having an updated agricultural census, which will allow the analysis of the different sectors of the sector based on an updated sampling frame.”
How to complete the census?
In turn, the technical director of the INE, Diego Aboal, He highlighted that 22,500 censuses were exceeded and the focus is now on the south. The easiest way to complete the census is in the Official site, where it can be completed in just 15 minutes. Another possibility is through 08001908, Leaving the contact numbers so that census takers can communicate and carry out the census in this way.
At the same time, thanks to the records held by the MGAP, producers are being contacted by telephone in order to carry out the census interview. It is worth noting that the identity of the census takers It can be verified on the INE and Census websites.
Source: Ambito
