The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Benguet will be conducting  the 2022 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) Household and Barangay Interviews in September to October 2023. The CAF  is a nationwide undertaking geared towards the collection and compilation of basic information on the agriculture and fisheries sectors of the country and shall be used in national and local development planning. In the 2022 CAF, all households in the sample barangay will be listed and interviewed to determine the presence of household members who were operators - those who managed or operated a crop, livestock/poultry and /or fishing activity during the period 01 January to 31 December 2022. Once identified, operators will be interviewed to collect data on the basic characteristics of their agricultural, aquaculture, and/or fishing activities using the Core Questionnaires. Moreover, a community-based questionnaire will be administered in all barangays. The questionnaire will collect information on the facilities, input dealers, and service providers related to agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries that are present/available in the barangay. The natural calamities experienced in the barangay during the past five years will also be gathered.  

The 2022 CAF is envisioned to achieve the following objectives:

1. Determine the structural characteristics of agriculture and fishery sector in the country;
2. Provide sampling frame for the conduct of periodic agricultural and fishery surveys;
3. Provide basic data on agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing characteristics for use in the government’s national and local development planning; and
4. Provide data on the agricultural, aquaculture and fishery facilities and services in the barangay.

With this, PSA-Benguet encourages everyone, especially the selected sample households, to please support and cooperate in the conduct of the said statistical activity.

Under Section 26 of Republic Act 10625, the household supplied information will be held strictly confidential and the report cannot be used for purposes of taxation, investigation or enforcement procedure, nor will be published except in the form of statistical summaries in which no reference to any individual person shall appear.

Once again, the office would like to extend its utmost gratitude for the unending support of the public to all the different surveys and censuses undertaken by the office.

IMELDA L. BUYUCCAN

Chief Statistical Specialist