Press release, 15.11.2024.

Agricultural survey to be launched

The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) will start to make an agricultural survey of over 21 thousand private farms nationwide on 15 November. Farmers can answer the questions on-line until 24 November, and via telephone or in person, at the aid of enumerators, following that – until 15 December. The aim of the data collection is to provide up-to-date information to decision-makers in Hungary and in the EU as well as to farmers. By means of the data from the survey, Hungary will accomplish its obligation to supply data to the European Union. A key objective of HCSO is to reduce response burden, so the data the Office adopts from different administrative sources are not to be supplied this time.

The Hungarian Central Statistical Office is going to carry out its current agricultural survey between 15 November and 15 December 2024, which will cover over 21 thousand private farms in Hungary. The data supply is required by a government decree, and response is compulsory. Before the survey period, HCSO forwarded all those involved the information needed to fill in the questionnaire and the admission code via e-mail or by post.

“The survey covers issues related primarily to crop production, livestock farming, agricultural labour force, agricultural services and investments, as well as inputs. The results of the survey help to establish policy decisions serving the interests of producers and to plan support schemes. A key objective of HCSO is to reduce response burden, so the data the Office adopts from different administrative sources are not to be supplied this time” – pointed out Péter Tóth, the head of HCSO’s Agricultural Farm Structure Section.

Non-key private farms can meet their obligation to supply data in two ways: they can fill in the questionnaire on their own at the maja.ksh.hu page (only in Hungarian) between 15 and 24 November, and those who did not take advantage of the comfortable on-line filling in can answer the questions via telephone or in person, at the aid of enumerators, following that, between 25 November and 15 December. Enumerators have an identity card with a photo, which they will show before the beginning of the survey. Survey takers record the data electronically. It is important to note that for all key private farms the survey is conducted in the frame of on-line self-answering.

HCSO will use the information obtained in the survey solely for statistical purposes, will not issue them to other organs or persons and, pursuant to the provisions of law, will guarantee the security of data management. Following the survey, HCSO will send, by e-mail, the aggregate results of the data collection to those who requested that when filling in the questionnaire.

Those who will submit the completed questionnaire on-line by midnight 24 November at the latest, will take part in a draw, in the frame of which HCSO will draw a gift voucher worth 100 thousand forints.

Further information on the details of the survey of private farms is available at the https://www.ksh.hu/mezogazdasagi_osszeirasok page.

Hungarian Central Statistical Office

H-1024 Budapest, Keleti Károly u. 5-7. Tel./Phone: (+36-1) 345-6000
Postacím/Postal address: P.O.Box 51 Budapest H-1525
http://www.ksh.hu