TACLOBAN CITY– The Philippine Statistics Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office VIII (PSA – RSSO 8) implements the quarterly livestock and poultry surveys (LPS) in all provinces nationwide with the new survey titles.
Livestock and Poultry Survey Household (LPS:H), formerly Backyard Livestock and Poultry Survey (BLPS), generates estimates on inventory, number of animals disposed, average farmgate price, egg production of poultry animals, milk production of dairy animals, and other related data of livestock and poultry commodities at the household level. The unit of enumeration is the household with livestock and/or poultry raising activities.
The commodity coverage includes carabao, cattle, swine, goat, sheep, chicken, duck, horse, rabbit, quail, turkey, goose, and other animals tended by the household.
Livestock and Poultry Survey Establishment (LPS:E), formerly Commercial Livestock and Poultry Survey (CLPS), generates data on the supply and disposition of livestock and poultry commodities from establishments.
The units of enumeration are livestock and poultry establishments that raise/tend livestock and poultry animals intended for breeding/propagation, and for food consumption. The commodity coverage includes carabao, cattle, swine, goat, sheep, chicken, duck, and other animals tended/raised by the establishments.
The schedule of field data collection for LPS:H is every first seven (7) days of the month after the reference quarter. Whereas, the schedule of data collection for LPS:E is during the last ten (10) days of the reference quarter. However, data collections during the fourth quarter is done one month earlier to comply with the Philippine System of National Accounts calendar.
The mode of data collection is CAPI, a face-to-face data collection method in which the interviewer uses a tablet or mobile phone to record answers of the respondent.
This year, the livestock and poultry survey instruments are enhanced and revised to be relevant to the current statistical needs of the livestock and poultry industry. It records and consolidates various auxiliary information for the conduct of review, validation and analysis of livestock and poultry estimates.
This include farmgate and retail prices from other data sources such as Department of Agriculture (DA) and private sector, commodity flow and number of deaths due to African swine fever.
The data generated from LPS are inputs to the valuation of production of Philippine agriculture and fisheries, and to the computation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The survey supports the needs of planners, policy and decision makers, and other stakeholders particularly National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), DA and its attached agencies such as Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), National Dairy Authority (NDA), National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), and the general public.
These statistical activities were reviewed and cleared for conduct by the Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS), a mechanism prescribed by
RA 10625 or the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013 to ensure sound design for data collection; minimize the burden placed upon respondents; effect economy in statistical data collection; eliminate unnecessary duplication of statistical data collection efforts; and, achieve better coordination of government statistical activities.
In line with this, PSA enjoins all sample households and establishments to support the survey by providing truthful information to authorized PSA Statistical Researchers who will visit them to conduct the interview. The Office adheres and commits to the confidentiality of information as stipulated in Section 26 of RA 10625 and Section 8 of RA 10173.
All data obtained herein shall be held strictly confidential, and will not be used for taxation, investigation or law enforcement purposes. Survey results will be released in the form of summaries or statistical tables.
For inquiries and further information, please contact our office with telephone number (053) 839-1884 and email address rsso08socd@psa.gov.ph. (PR)
