The result of the second simplified recruitment process for working in the IBGE´s Census of Agriculture 2017 was released today. The approved list was released this afternoon, at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation -FGV website. More than 170 thousand persons throughout the country applied for 24,984 temporary posts as Municipal Census Agents and Supervisor Census Agents – requiring secondary education – and Enumerators – requiring elementary education.

The Census Agents will be immediately called by the IBGE. Enumerators should access the FGV website to know the day, time and location of the training, for which an allowance will be provided (transportation and meal). According to the call notice, only Enumerators with a minimum of 40% of right answers in the assessment that will be carried out after the training will be called. This process may also be followed up through the Census of Agriculture 2017 hotsite.

 Municipal Census Agents and Supervisors will work 40 hours per week. In addition to the specific monthly compensation, both jobs will also earn proportional meals allowance, holidays and Christmas bonus salary.

Enumerators will work in flexible hours and will be paid based on their output, according to the area they will be covering and the number of agricultural enterprises enumerated.

The data collection of the IBGE´s 10th Census of Agriculture will begin on October 1, 2017. Along five months, enumerators will visit more than 5.2 million agricultural enterprises throughout the country, raising information on area, production, employed persons, use of pesticides and family farming, among other subjects. The results of the Census of Agriculture 2017 should be initially released in 2018.