Data Collection
Data Collection Dates
| Start | End | Cycle |
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| 2017-02-17 | 2017-02-28 | Quarter 1 |
| 2017-05-19 | 2017-05-31 | Quarter 2 |
| 2017-08-21 | 2017-08-31 | Quarter 3 |
| 2017-11-20 | 2017-11-30 | Quarter 4 |
Time Periods | Start | End | Cycle |
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| 2017-01-01 | | Quarter 1 (preliminary) | | 2017-04-01 | 2017-06-30 | Quarter 2 (preliminary) | | 2017-07-01 | 2017-09-30 | Quarter 3 (preliminary) | | 2017-10-01 | 2017-12-31 | Quarter 4 (preliminary) |
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Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
There are specialized commodity agencies which also generate production-related statistics. For sugarcane, the data for centrifugal sugar in ton canes are obtained from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). These are from the reports of sugar mills operating in the country. The PSA Provincial Statistical Offices collect data on production of canes for chewing, basi/vinegar, ethanol, and panocha/muscovado through the quarterly Crop Production Survey (CrPS). These two data sets are incorporated to account for the production of sugarcane.
In the case of fiber crops, data from PhilFIDA serves as check data. Meanwhile, for coconut, the data is a product of the reconciled data of the Quarterly Coconut Production Survey (QCPS), a joint undertaking with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and CrPS of PSA.
The CrPS 2017 data collection is conducted at the last ten days of the second month of the quarter. The estimates generated for the current quarter is preliminary and final data for the previous quarter.
Questionnaires
The collection forms is in the English language. This captures production, area, and bearing trees for the current quarter and same period of the current year. A remarks column is also provided for the explanation on the changes this year against last year. It also serves as summary worksheet for the small and large farms and provincial summary.The instrument is a one-page collection form which could accommodate as many as five crops. The number of sheets may vary depending on the number of crops covered in the province.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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Philippine Statistics Authority
| PSA | National Economic and Development Authority |
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Sugar Regulatory Administration
| SRA | Department of Agriculture |
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Philippine Coconut Authority
| PCA | Office of the President |
Supervision
Field supervision is undertaken by the Provincial Statistical Offices staff in their respective municipalities of assignments. The Provincial Statistics Officer (PSO) serves as overall supervisor in the province, while the Regional Direcor (RD) is the overall supervisor in the region. The Central Office technical staff also make visits in some provinces to observe the field operations.
Among the responsibilities of the supervisor are to conduct training for Statistical Researchers (SR) prior to data collection, make spotchecking and backchecking activities during and after data collection, edit completed returns, address problems encountered by the SRs under his/her supervision and report to Central Office the significant finds that may contribute to the analysis of the survey results.
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