Firms urged to take part in agricultural census

Firms urged to take part in agricultural census

JAKARTA (JP): Agricultural companies are being urged to be
cooperative subjects in the second agricultural census, a follow
up to the one administered last October, by giving correct
answers in the questionnaires to be distributed from next month
to October.

"You are expected to correctly answer the questions asked by
census officers who will come to you and not to make things
difficult for them," said Ery Chayaridipura, the chairman of the
city development planning agency (BAPPEDA).

He made the comment in a meeting with representatives of
agricultural companies at the Trade Mart building in Kemayoran,
Central Jakarta, yesterday.

Agricultural companies here are processing companies as well
as service companies in farming, including animal husbandry,
fishery, forestry, plantation businesses.

Sukayat Darmo Suwito of the Central Bureau of Statistics said
that the questions to be asked in the census will address staff
size, quantity and kind of fertilizers and medicines used, where
the products are marketed and some finance-related questions.

Poniman Suhartono, head of the city bureau of statistics, said
the second-phase census would include data gathered from
slaughter houses, fish auction houses and cold storage
facilities.

Poniman said his office has prepared 253 officers to
administer the census.

He added that although the agricultural sector contributes
less than one percent of the total revenue from the business
sector in the city, agricultural companies should not belittle
the census. (arf)