Livestock in RuLIS –the Rural Livelihoods Information System

RuLIS is a joint FAO – World Bank – IFAD initiative

Piero Conforti, FAO Statistics (ESS)February 2020

What is RuLIS?Data: indicators and variables

• 116 ready-made indicators from household surveys

• 15 ready-made macro indicators from other sources (World Bank, FAO, UNPD)

• A section allowing to build customized indicators

• Access to bulk-download of indicators and 277 variables, when micro-data are publicly available

DATA ARE STILL UNDER REVISION!!

different types of users: • less experts (mostly indicators);

• intermediate (can use customized indicators)

• more expert (mostly variables)

Research products – in the pipeline

• FAO, IFAD and World Bank papers and presentations

• A portal linking other projects

• Outlet of technical papers using the data

58 Surveys – 38 countries, 28 LSMS, 17 -ISA Armenia Integrated Living Conditions Survey 2010 Mexico Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares 2014Armenia Integrated Living Conditions Survey 2013 Mongolia Socioeconomic Survey 2014Bangladesh Household Income-Expenditure Survey 2010 Mozambique Inquérito sobre Orçamento Familiar 2008Bolivia Encuesta de los Hogares 2008 Nepal Nepal Living Standards Survey 2011Bulgaria Multitopic Household Survey 2007 2007 Nicaragua Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sobre Medición de Nivel de Vida 2014Burkina Faso Enquête Multisectorille Continue 2014/15 Niger National Survey on Household Living Conditions and Agriculture 2011Cambodia Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey 2009 Niger National Survey on Household Living Conditions and Agriculture 2014Cameroon Fourth Cameroon Household Survey 2014 Nigeria General Household Survey 2012/13Côte d'Ivoire Enquête sur le Niveau de Vie des Ménages 2008 2008 Nigeria General Household Survey 2015/16Ecuador Encuesta sobre Condiciones de Vida 2006 Pakistan Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2013-14Ecuador Encuesta sobre Condiciones de Vida 2014 Panama Encuesta de Niveles de Vida 2008 2008Ethiopia Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey 2013/14 Peru Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2010Ethiopia Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey 2014/15 Peru Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2014Georgia Integrated Household Survey 2013 Peru Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2015Georgia Integrated Household Survey 2014 Rwanda Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey 2013Georgia Integrated Household Survey 2015 Senegal Enquête de Suivi de la Pauvreté au Sénégal 2011Ghana Ghana Living Standards Survey 2012/13 Serbia Living Standards Measurement Survey 2007Guatemala Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida 2011 Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey 2011 2011Guatemala Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida 2014 Tanzania National Panel Survey 2008/09India India Human Development Survey 2005 Tanzania National Panel Survey 2010/11India India Human Development Survey 2012 Tanzania National Panel Survey 2012/13Iraq The Iraq household socio-economic survey 2007 Timor Leste Survey of Living Standards 2007/08Iraq The Iraq household socio-economic survey 2012 Uganda The Uganda National Panel Survey 2009/10Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2005/06 Uganda The Uganda National Panel Survey 2010/11Kyrgyzstan Integrated sample household budget and labour survey 2013 Uganda The Uganda National Panel Survey 2011/12Malawi Second Integrated Household Survey 2004 Uganda The Uganda National Panel Survey 2013/14Malawi Second Integrated Household Survey 2011 Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey 2010Malawi Third Integrated Household Survey 2013Malawi Fourth Integrated Household Survey 2017

Indicators in ten clusters:1) Income and Productivity 2) Poverty and Inequality3) Employment and Education4) Social Protection5) Land 6) Livestock7) Inputs, Technology and Credit8) Infrastructure and Services9) Shocks and Migration10) Sample Characteristics

Cross-tabulation of indicators by “qualifiers” Category Qualifier Description

Urban

Rural

Income from agriculture greater than 30%

Income from agriculture lower than 30%

No income from agriculture

Small scale ag producers

Non-small scale ag producers

Only male adults in the household Male for the individual-level data

Only female adults in the household Female for the individual level data

Both male and female adults in the household

Quintile 1

Quintile 2

Quintile 3

Quintile 4

Quintile 5

Expenditure Quintiles Based on consumption expenditure

Participation in agriculture

Based on the definition adopted by the IAEG-SDG

Area Based on national definitions

Farm holding size

Only for hhs involved in agriculture

Sex

6) Livestock

• Average tropical livestock units owned by farm households (TLU)• Share of livestock farm households owning large ruminants (%)• Share of livestock farm households owning equine (%)• Share of livestock farm households owning small ruminants (%)• Share of livestock farm households owning poultry (%)• Share of livestock farm households owning pigs (%)• Share of livestock farm households with at least one animal vaccinated (%)• Share of livestock farm households covered by veterinarians or

paraprofessionals (%)• Landless livestock households, share of total livestock households (%)

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

Bolivia 2

008

Kyrgyzs

tan 201

3

Peru 201

0

Tanza

nia 2013

Albania 2

005

Cameroon

2014

CotedIvo

ire 20

08

Uganda 2

013

Georgi

a 2015

Malawi 20

13

Armen

ia 201

3

Mozambique 2

009

India 201

2

Guatem

ala 201

4

Pakista

n 2014

Cambodia 2

009

Aver

age

num

ber (

TLU,

s)

Country /Survey year

Figure 1a: Average number of small ruminants per household

0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.08.09.0

Kyrgyzs

tan 201

3

Peru 201

0

Guatem

ala 201

4

CotedIvo

ire 20

08

Pakista

n 2014

Malawi 20

13

Tanza

nia 2013

Albania 2

005

Cambodia 2

009

Bolivia 2

008

Cameroon

2014

Georgi

a 2015

Mozambique 2

009

Armen

ia 201

3

India 201

2

Uganda 2

013Av

erag

e nu

mbe

r (TL

U's)

)

Country /Survey year

Figure 1b: Average number of large ruminants per household

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

Albania 2005 Armenia 2013 Bolivia 2008 Cambodia2009

Cameroon2014

CotedIvoire2008

Georgia 2015 Guatemala2014

TLUs in livestock holdings, by expenditure quintiles for selected countries

1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile Total

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

India 2012 Kyrgyzstan2013

Malawi 2013Mozambique2009

Pakistan2014

Peru 2010 Tanzania2013

Uganda 2013 Vietnam2010

TLUs of livestock holding by expenditure quintiles for selected countries

1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile Total

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

45.0

Albania 2005 Armenia 2013 Bolivia 2008 Cambodia

2009

Cameroon

2014

CotedIvoire

2008

Georgia 2015 Guatemala

2014

Livestock's contribution to the total income (%) of livestock-keeping

households, by expenditure quintiles for selected countries

1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile Total

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

45.0

50.0

India

201

2

Kyrgy

zsta

n 201

3

Mal

awi 2

013

Moz

ambiq

ue 200

9

Pakis

tan 2

014

Peru 2

010

Tanz

ania

2013

Uga

nda 201

3

Vietn

am 2

010

Livestock's contribution to the total income (%) of livestock-keeping

households, by expenditure quintiles for selected countries

1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile Total

Way forwardA first product, public with 58 surveys http://www.fao.org/in-action/rural-livelihoods-dataset-rulis/en/• Complete a systematic data revision and outliers detection-imputation• Expand on poverty indicators • Expand coverage (countries, surveys, also from the past)• Strengthen partnerships, especially at country level, to expand and

further validate • Enlarge and enhance the community of users/contributors

Thank you