Agricultural and Environmental Indicators in

Ukraine State Statistics

Svetlana Massyuk

Deputy Director of the Department on

Statistics in Agriculture and Environment, State Service of Statistics of Ukraine

May 2013

Regulatory and Legal FrameworkRegulatory and Legal Framework

• Ukraine Laws:- “On State Statistics”- “On Information” - “On Agricultural Inventory”- “On Agriculture and Environment Protection Issues”- Ukraine codes, etc.

• Plan of state statistical observations

• Provision on State Service of Statistics, etc.

• International Conventions ratified by Ukraine

• International statistical standards and directives

Administrative Information

According to Ukraine Law “On State Statistics”, methodology is a reporting documentation related to selection and usage of administrative data and shall be agreed with Ministries and Departments of State Service of Statistics of Ukraine.

Cooperation in exchange of agricultural and environment information between State Service of Statistics and other executive agencies shall be provided by regulatory and legal acts, bilateral agreements (for example, Ministry of Nature, State Environmental Investment Agency).

Information System on Agriculture and Environment

Information on agriculture and environment status

Statistical information – State Service of Statistics

Administrative informationMinistry of Agrarian Policy,

Ministry of Nature, Ministry of Regional Development

and Construction, State Agency of Water Resources, State Agency of Land Resources,

State Agency of Forest Resources, State Environmental Investment Agency,

State Hydrometeo Service and other state agencies

and companies

Territorial agencies of state statistics

Interregional computer center

District statistics departments (divisions)

Publication of Statistical Data• Statistical reports and bulletins • Analytical materials, express publications • Answers to respondent requests • Internet: http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua• Questionnaire of international companies

Plans with performance time

Methodology, blanks and instructions on filling in state statistical observations, regulatory documents

Time lag for publication of statistical observation results is from 5 days (for monthly, quarterly observations) to 3 months (for annual observations).

Agricultural Indicator Selection and Development of which shall be Performed by

State Statistics Agencies

• – land irrigation;• – structure of agricultural lands and farm livestock;• – size of fertilized lands;• – volume of fertilizers for harvest of agricultural plants;• – area of land on which lime and gypsum was applied as well as

volume of substances to improve soils; • – area on which plant protection products, including pesticides were

applied;• – volume and price of pesticides purchased by agricultural

companies.

Land Irrigation

• Area of drained lands.• Area of irrigated lands.• Area of lands actually watered in the reporting year.

Specific weight of reclaimed lands in Ukraine is insignificant: drained lands is 7% out of total area of agricultural lands, irrigated – 5%.

Agricultural companies irrigate annually 70-75% of areas considered to be irrigated lands or 3-4% out of total areas of agricultural crops.

Structure of Agricultural Lands

• Generation of structure is performed based on annual administrative data on quantitative accounting of lands submitted by State Agency of Land Resources of Ukraine.

• In the area of agricultural lands, plough land covers 78%, pasture lands – 13%, haylands – 6%, and perennial plants – 3%.

• Plowed land in Ukraine is about 60%.

• Coefficient of land reclamation – over 70%.

Structure of Farm Livestock

• Data on number of livestock, its sex-age-structure shall be annually selected by state statistics agencies based on universal enumeration of animals in agricultural companies and household.

• Major and medium-sized companies submit their annual reports on livestock (small companies and households perform additional calculations).

• Main species of livestock to be registered is cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, rabbits, poultry(by main types), bees and fur animals of cage management.

Volume of Fertilizers for Harvest of Agricultural Plants

Area and volume of fertilizers:

• Per agricultural crops, for pastures, haylands, perennial plants. • For calendar and agricultural year. • Mineral fertilizers in conversion to active material: - including, nitrogen, phosphoric and potassium.

• Organic fertilizers shall be considered in kind. - manure, different composts, organic mixtures, chicken manure,

etc.

Usage of Pesticides

• Area on which plant protection products, including pesticides were applied.

• Volume of pesticides purchased by agricultural companies in accounting year.

• Cost of pesticides purchased by agricultural enterprises in accounting year

Accounting shall be in kind without conversion to active substance.

Prospects of Agriculture Statistics DevelopmentProspects of Agriculture Statistics Development

Harmonization of national system of agriculture statistics with requirements of Eurostat, practical application of international statistical methodology.

Improvement of fertilizers and pesticides statistics.

Improvement of structural and short-term agricultural statistics.

Improvement of economic agriculture accounts.

Performance of general agriculture census and complete structural inspection of agricultural companies.