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CPS1900 Ágnes P.
4. Discussion and Conclusion
The analysis of the two data collection phases helps to prepare for the
Agricultural Census 2020. The work connection with that has started already
in Hungary. We would like to use all the experiences, lessons learned and best
practices originated from this Orchard Survey, as Agricultural Census will
involve much higher number of farmers. And it can be only cost efficient if
more farmers fill the questionnaire online than during the last Farm Structure
Survey, when it was only 16%.
As a summary during these couple of months as a by-product of the data
collection official statistics on agriculture got higher public and media
attention. More users became aware of the available agricultural statistics, and
different data collections on this field. It turned out it is important for the
respondents to be engaged and to be involved more into the data collection.
It helps if data respondents are data users at the same time, because this can
also increase significantly their commitment.

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