Training Officer SUTAS2018 Asahan Regency

The agricultural sector is the main sector that plays an important role in the national economy in absorbing labor, sources of economic growth, and foreign exchange contributors. In addition, the agricultural sector also drives other sectors in the national economy. Based on these conditions, the attention to the availability of complete, accurate and up-to-date agricultural sector data is needed as a reference for government and stakeholders in planning and policy formulation.


Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in its duty and authority to provide data related to the agricultural sector through the implementation of various surveys and census periodically. The provision of census-based farming data is conducted every ten years, whereas agriculture change is very fast in keeping with technological developments, seasonal changes, and prices. The last agricultural census
implemented in 2013 (ST2013), therefore it is deemed necessary to conduct an agricultural survey between two censuses, hereinafter referred to as the Inter-Census Agricultural Survey (SUTAS).


SUTAS is done in the middle of the ST2013 period and the Agricultural Census of 2023 (ST2023), precisely in 2018, hereinafter referred to as SUTAS2018. SUTAS2018 is the Intercensal Agricultural Survey first conducted by BPS. The results of SUTAS2018 are useful to obtain the phenomenon of agricultural enterprise change in 2013 and 2018, projection of livestock population, and other agricultural survey planning prior to the implementation of ST2023.

The training of SUTAS2018 was held at Hotel Sabty Garden on 9-15 April which was divided into two waves. A total of 70 officers trained for 3 days which will be served on the field in accordance with the district that became its working area to collect data related SUTAS2018. The implementation of SUTAS2018 takes place from May to June 2018.