Start from today, until 31 July
2023, BPS-Statistics Indonesia carries out Agriculture Census 2023 (ST2023) in
all over region in Indonesia. ST2023 is the 7th Agriculture Census carried
out by BPS, since the first one in 1963. The Agriculture Census is conducted
every ten years (in year ending 3) as mandated by the National Law Number 16 of
1997 about Statistics, and also refers to the Food Agriculture Organisation
program.
The launching of ST2023 was
officially inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko
Widodo on Monday, 15 May 2023 at Istana Negara, Jakarta. Jokowi stated that
agriculture is a strategic sector which involving many people and lives,
whether in the production or in the consumption. Jokowi emphasized that the accurate
agriculture data is crucial in making the effective and useful policy. In the
launching session, Jokowi also conveyed his support for ST2023 and hope that
the result of the census will be precise, up-to-date and trustworthy. The
president invited all parties and individuals to support the success of ST2023.
BPS also received support from ministries, agencies, local governments,
universities, mass media, and agriculture organisations.
BPS-Principal
Secretary, Atqo Mardiyanto on the ST2023 Parade Ceremony on Tuesday, May 30
2023 emphasized the strategic role of ST2023 result. The census was expected to
be able to provide comprehensive picture of agriculture condition in Indonesia
unto the smallest region in the country. Atqo highlighted that the ST2023
results will also be used as the agricultural survey sample frame and as a
benchmark of current agricultural statistics. "The ST2023 data is expected
to be an internal reference to prepare the strategic policies for the
agricultural sector, thereby increasing the quality of design formulated
policies," said Atqo.
ST2023 aims to
provide agricultural data structure, specifically for the smallest
administrative units; provide data that can be used as benchmarks current
farming statistics; and providing a sample frame for agricultural surveys.
ST2023 will cover seven sub-sectors, which are food crops, horticulture,
plantations, animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry, and agricultural services.
In ST2023, the activities of agriculture business in all over Indonesia will be
recorded, individual business units and corporate business units. A total of
196.000 enumerators were recruited and deployed by BPS to record data on
agriculture business actors throughout all province and region in Indonesia. In
the implementation, ST2023 uses the multimode data collection innovation, which
included 3 ways of capturing data: PAPI (Paper Assisted Personal Interviewing),
CAPI (Computed Assisted Personal Interviewing), and CAWI (Computer Assisted Web
Interviewing).
ST2023 is
designed with international standard of statistics involving guidelines from
FAO. This is to ensure that the ST2023 will result more comparable, accurate
and updated data. ST2023 also captures and involves some of current strategic
agricultural issues in Indonesia, such as urban farming, millennial farmers,
agricultural modernization, and also income farmers as a proxy for farmer
welfare. The active participation of all agricultural business actors is highly
expected in the success of ST2023. Please welcome and support the ST2023
enumerator which will come to your resident on 1st June 1 until 31
July 2023. Let's Record the Agriculture Data for Food Security and Farmer
Welfare in Indonesia.
