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Regional Workshop
Strategic Planning for
Agricultural and Rural Statistics
Bangkok 17-19 March 2015
Progress in implementing the Global Action Plan
Christophe DUHAMEL, Carola Fabi,
Global Office FAO
Outline
• Reminder on the Global Strategy
• How far are we in the implementation?
• Progress on the research component
Reminder on the Global Strategy
Three pillars:
1. Enable countries to regularly produce a reliable minimum
set of core agriculture statistics
2. Ensure better integration of agriculture into national
statistics systems
3. Strengthen national capacity and governance
How?
Country assessments
Sector Plans (SPARS)
incl. Assessment
Technical Assistance Training
Addressing urgent needs
Research: cost-effective methods; guidelines
Funding: the situation
• Total budget: 84 M USD
• Total committed: 41 M USD
• Recently added EU funds: 10 M USD for Africa (AfDB)
• Global Trust Fund put in place and disbursements made to
regional implementing partners (UNECA, UNESCAP, AfDB, FAO)
• Still 3 regions without funding: LAC, Near East, CIS
How far in the
implementation?
Governance
• Global governance put in place and functioning
• Regional mechanisms functioning
• Action plan extended: 2012-2016 > 2012-2017
• Regional action plans: – Africa and Asia-Pacific operational
– LAC, CIS, Near East to be finalised
Implementation at
global level
• Coordination: improved with regional implementing partners
• New M&E framework, articulated with regions
• GS, umbrella for other TA initiatives and the Research component:
• Communication tools: e-bulletin, booklets, website
Implementation in Africa
(1)
• Two implementing partners
• African Development Bank regional office for TA
• UNECA for Training
• Regional Steering Committee
• Chaired by Uganda and Cabo Verde
• 4th virtual RSC in January 2015 to approve the 2015 work plan
Implementation in Africa
region (2)
• Country Assessments and In-Depth Country Assessments (IdCA)
• CA carried out in 2012 on 52 countries used for selecting priority countries
• Final report on Statistical Capacity Indicators published in November 2014,
groups of countries by statistical capacity and relative Ag sector size
• IdCA for 3 countries, IdCA in 26 additional countries as part of the SPARS
• As from 2015, the IdCA will be incorporated in the SPARS process
• Support Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics (SPARS)
• Two regional workshops in November 2014 and January 2015
• Strengthened national governance mechanisms to facilitate SPARS
• SPARS developed in Burundi, Tanzania, advanced stage in Benin, Cape
Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Kenya, in progress in Sudan
• 26 requests for TA in SPARS development
• Technical Assistance on new cost-effective methods
• to start following priorities identified through CA
Statistical capacity
indicator in Africa
Country ranking in Africa
Implementation in Africa
region (3)
• Training activities • Development of standard curricula in Agriculture Statistics at senior
technician, bachelor’s and master’s level
• Development of four syllabuses on
– Agricultural Census and Survey
– Agricultural Data Processing
– Economic Accounts for Agriculture
– Sampling design for Agricultural Surveys
• Scholarships to 33 students in the regional training centres
• Up—grading of training centres equipment
• Planned training activities 2015-2017 • Specialization programme in Agricultural Statistics –Short term Scholarship
• Follow-up and support of Training Needs Analysis and HR development
• Synergies with TA and RE components - Short-training
Which progress on
research?
OUTLINE
• RECALLING THE GOAL OF RESEARCH PROGRAMME
• MODALITIES OF IMPLEMENTATION
• RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR 2015
• OUTCOME OF RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN 2015
• REQUESTED FEEDBACK
Goal of Research programme
contribute to significant improvement in quality, reliability ,cost-
effectiveness of agricultural statistics in developing countries
BY:
• developing cost-effective methods (new methodological and technological
developments)
• documenting, consolidating and disseminating good practices
• inputs for developing guidelines, handbooks and training materials for
Technical Assistance and Training
Modalities of implementation (1)
For the outcome of Research programme to be used by countries at early
stage, GO launched in 2014 a technical report series (electronic)
publications for making available:
• Selected Technical papers reviewed by SAC and external peer reviewers
and edited
• Advanced draft guidelines and handbook reviewed by SAC and/or
dedicated expert groups
• Joint publications with other partner institutions (Livestock project,
LSMS, JRC etc)
• Working papers a new series of expert-reviewed papers awaiting SAC
comments
This will continue in 2015
Approach adopted in 2014 will continue:
• Increase delivery capacity by outsourcing some activities through
LoAs
• Strengthen complementarity and synergy with other research
initiatives
Results thus produced in 2014:
• 11 publications including 5 guidelines/handbooks and 6
technical papers available online at
www.gsars.org/category/publications/
Modalities of implementation (2)
Research activities
planned for 2015
NEW TO BE STARTED OR CONTINUED FROM 2014
MODALITY OF IMPLEMENTATION
Framework for Agricultural Statistics
Agricultural Integrated Survey CONTINUED Consultancy/GO Staff
Improving methodologies for master sampling frames
Field tests and software package, validation meeting
CONTINUED GO staff, Consultancy, regional partners, pilot countries
Final Handbook on Master Sampling Frame
CONTINUED Core drafting expert group
NEW TO BE STARTED OR CONTINUED FROM 2014
MODALITY OF IMPLEMENTATION
Improving data collection methods
Improving methods for estimating post harvest losses
NEW GO staff Consultancy, subject FAO matter experts, countries
New technology for field data capture, compilation (CAPI)
CONTINUED Agreement with WB/LSMS
Improving methods for disseminating agricultural statistics
NEW GO staff, Consultancy
Improving methods for estimating livestock and livestock products
NEW Letter of Agreement with UNE, Australia
NEW TO BE STARTED OR CONTINUED FROM 2014
MODALITY OF IMPLEMENTATION
Improving food security statistics methods
Improving methodology of Food Balance Sheets
CONTINUED Consultancy/FAO staff
Improving methods for measuring food consumption
CONTINUED Agreement with WB/LSMS
Improving methods for crops estimates
Improvement of estimation of crop area, yield and production (pure
stand, mixed, repeated, cont. cropping)
NEW Letter of Agreement with IASRI, India
Developing methods for estimating yields of root crops
CONTINUED Agreement with WB/LSMS
NEW TO BE STARTED OR CONTINUED FROM 2014
MODALITY OF IMPLEMENTATION
Improving the methodology for using remote sensing
Cost-efficiency of remote sensing in developing countries
NEW Consultancy
Methods for using existing land cover – land use data bases
CONTINUED FAO Staff/Consultancy
Handbook on use of Remote Sensing in Agricultural Statistics (integration of methodological research conducted incl Geog.
Information)
NEW
Expert Group
Improving quality and use of administrative data
CONTINUED
Letter of Agreement with Iowa State University (USA) and Makerere University (Uganda)
NEW TO BE STARTED OR CONTINUED FROM 2014
MODALITY OF IMPLEMENTATION
Indicators and collection methods for small-scale fisheries
Methodological developments for small-scale fisheries
NEW FAO staff/Consultancy
Forestry Statistics NEW FAO staff/Consultancy
Better integration of geographic information and statistics
Spatial disaggregation, integration of geo. Info - geo-ref. survey data
CONTINUED Consultancy
Knowledge sharing strategy development
Developing a repository CONTINUED
GO Staff/Consultancy
Improving the methodology for data analysis
Farm typology NEW GO staff/Consultancy
Reconciliation Census-Surveys data NEW GO staff/Consultancy
Determination of user's needs for decision-making
NEW
GO staff/Consultancy
Indicators, collection methods for gender-related data
NEW FAO staff/Consultancy
Improving rural statistics NEW GO staff/Consultancy
Indicators and collection methods agri-environment
NEW
FAO staff/Consultancy
OUTCOME OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN 2015:
TECHNICAL REPORTS EXPECTED IN 2015
• Technical Report on Improving methods for linking area frames with list frames
• Technical paper on Spatial disaggregation, integration of geo. Info - geo-ref.
survey data
• Technical Report on Cost-efficiency of remote sensing in developing countries
• Technical Report on improved methods for estimating Crop Area, Yield and
Production of mixed, repeated, continuous crops
• Technical Report on Improved Methods for Estimating Livestock and Livestock
Products
• Technical Report on reconciliation of agricultural census and survey data
• Technical Report on Determination of users data needs for decision making
• Technical Report on Improved Methods for Estimating Crop Area/Yield of root crops
OUTCOME OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN 2015:
MAJOR GUIDELINES EXPECTED IN 2015
• Handbook on Master Sampling Frame
• Guidelines on Integrated survey framework
• DRAFT Guidelines on AGRIS (Agricultural-Rural Integrated Survey)
• Handbook on SEAA-AFF
• Handbook on Methods for estimating cost of production in developing countries
• Guidelines on improved methods for estimating Post-Harvest Losses
• Handbook of best practices on nomadic livestock estimates
• Guidelines for Compiling Food Balance Sheets
• Guidelines on Methods for using existing land cover – land use data bases in
Agriculture Statistics
• DRAFT Guidelines to improved methodology for using remote sensing in Agriculture
Statistics
• Guidelines on Fisheries and Aquaculture in Census Framework
• DRAFT Guidelines to improve quality and use of administrative data
FEEDBACK AND ADVICE REQUESTED
1. Comments on Research activities for 2015
2. Comments on approach and modalities of implementation
proposed
3. Advice on institutions/experts that can contribute to
accelerated implementation
