Abstract

The project was aimed at developing a methodology for utilizing the results of the Census of Agriculture and Fisheries conducted by the National Statistics Office for generating sampling frames for agricultural surveys mostly undertaken by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. Outputs of the study for the pilot provinces of Bukidnon and Marinduque can be used for other provinces. A demonstration of the user-friendly software revealed that samples can be generated for one province in less than 15 minutes.. The sampler menu comprised specification for the number of sampling stages, type of sampling unit, number and method of partitioning of sampling unit, partitioning parameters, value ranges for each partition, method of drawing sample, method of ordering parameter, sampling rate, and medium for printing output. An interesting highlight of the exercise was that on partitioning the barangays into clusters of operators whose aggregate holding was about 100 hectares, which could be a promising option for reducing cost of field operations. A problem encountered, however, was the poor quality of barangay maps and difficulties in consolidating the various Enumeration Area Maps into one whole barangay map.