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The Statistical Service announces that it is carrying out the Survey on Crop Production and the Survey on the Use of Plant Protection Products in Vegetables for the year 2023. 

The Survey on Crop Production covers both temporary and permanent crops. It aims at collecting data on cultivated areas, production, sales and the average selling producers’ price for the main crops. These variables are also collected separately for conventional crops, certified organic and under conversion to organic. The information collected is necessary for drawing new policies on the development of the agricultural sector in general, as well as for improving agricultural policy and introducing corrective measures to alleviate problems that may arise. 

The Survey on the Use of Plant Protection Products covers various vegetables. Its aim is the collection of information on the areas that have been treated with plant protection products as well as the quantities of active substances contained in each pesticide used in agricultural activities. These data are necessary for the evaluation of the existing policies of the European Union regarding sustainable development and the compilation of indicators relating to the risks posed by the use of pesticides, both for human health and for the environment. 

The two surveys are conducted on a sample basis. The data collection will take place during the period September 2024-January 2025. For this purpose, an employee of the Statistical Service will contact by telephone (from a landline or mobile phone) all agricultural holders selected in the sample of the specific surveys, in order to fill in the relevant questionnaires. In case holders wish to check that the phone number that called them actually belongs to an employee of the Statistical Service, they can confirm this by entering the number in the special tool that is available on the web portal of the Statistical Service. 

The surveys are conducted in accordance with the Official Statistics Law of 2021 (Law No. 25(I)/2021). According to the Law, the provision of data for statistical purposes by any person is mandatory. Any person who refuses, omits or neglects to provide data to the Statistical Service, does not comply with the deadlines set or provides false, incomplete or inaccurate data is liable to the consequences of the Law. The Statistical Service is obliged to keep the data reported as confidential and to use them exclusively for statistical purposes. The results are disseminated in a format that provides the respondents with the appropriate safeguards as to the protection of their personal data. 

For more information, contact Ms Ioanna Koullourou at 22602213 or via email: ikoullourou@cystat.mof.gov.cy or Ms Loukia Alexandrou at 22605124 or via email: lalexandrou@cystat.mof.gov.cy.

(GS/ΙΑ)