Roundtable on World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020

Bangkok, Thailand19-23 September 2016

1. Name of presenter and/or contact person : P M P Anura KumaraTitle : Director, Agriculture and environment Division, Department of Census & StatisticsName of agency (NSO or MoA): NSO Sri LankaE-mail address : kumaraanura@yahoo.com

Household food security items collected through Economic Census 2013/14 in Sri

LankaTechnical Session 12 : Census Theme 11

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2. Name of presenter and/or contact person : V D Nirusha AyoniTitle : Assistant Director of Agriculture (Agric. Economics), Department of AgricultureName of agency (NSO or MoA): MoA Sri LankaE-mail address : vdnirusha@gmail.com

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1. Introduction & Background2. Methodology used in the Economic

Census (EC) 2013/14 in Sri Lanka3. The items on Household Food Security

(HFS) that have been covered in the EC 2013/14.

4. Major challenges encountered and lessons learnt regarding the HFS data collection.

5. Relevant links & result

Outline

1. Introduction & Background

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History of Census of Agriculture - Sri Lanka

Agricultural Holdings & Definitions Total Holdings Area Area of Permanent Crops Area of Paddy Cultivation Cattle and Poultry

History of Census of Agriculture - Sri Lanka

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Year Name of the Agriculture CensusAssistance

/ Co-funding Donners

1921 Census of Production (Estates only) -- 1929 Census of Production (Estates only) -- 1946 Census of Agriculture (Full Enumeration) --1951 Census of Agriculture (Full Enumeration) FAO 1962 Census of Agriculture (Full Enumeration) FAO1973 Census of Agriculture (Full Enumeration) FAO1982 Census of Agriculture (Full Enumeration) FAO

1991/92 - not conducted due to internal Conflict - -

2002 Census of Agriculture (Full enumeration) FAO

2013/14 Economic Census 2013/14- Agricultural Activities FAO

Agricultural Holdings

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Agricultural OperatorAgricultural Operator: A person, who, either by himself or jointly with others, directed the day to day agricultural operations. The immediate day to day agricul tural operations should have been in his charge.EstateEstate: An agricultural holding of not less than X acres in extent.Small HoldingsSmall Holdings: An agricultural holding of less than X acres in extent.An Agricultural holdingAn Agricultural holding: Estate (E) or Small-holding (SH) may consist of one or more parcels of land. ParcelsParcels: A piece of land surrounded by land of other holdings or by land not forming part of any holding. Agricultural LabourAgricultural Labour: A person, who, works for paying under the direction agricultural operators.

Total Holdings Area (Acres)

6* : Some variables are not available

Area of Permanent Crops (Acres)

7* : Some variables are not available

Area of Paddy Cultivation (Acres)

8* : Some variables are not available

Cattle and Poultry

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• : Some variables are not available.

2. Methodology used in the Economic Census (EC) 2013/14 in Sri Lanka

The Economic Census covers three sectors of the The Economic Census covers three sectors of the economy by the following two names by the economy by the following two names by the Department of the Census & Statistics (DCS) Department of the Census & Statistics (DCS) :•Economic Census (EC) 2013/14 Economic Census (EC) 2013/14 – Agricultural Activities 1. Agriculture Sector•Economic Census (EC) 2013/14Economic Census (EC) 2013/14 – Industry, Trade and Services. 1. Industry 2. Trade & Service sectors

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Economic Census (EC) 2013/14 – Agricultural ActivitiesThe Agriculture part of the EC was done by two stages The Agriculture part of the EC was done by two stages Stage 1Stage 1: Listing of Estates was completed in 2013. It is a full enumeration with village level enumeration boundaries. Used population census listing maps. {Used a listing form ‘E1’ for each Census Blocks of a GN boundaries}

Stage 2Stage 2: Following activities were completed in the 3rd quarter of 2014.•Data Collection of Estates{Used a form ‘E2’ for each estate}•Listing of Smallholdings. (full enumeration) {Used a listing form ‘SH1’ for each Census Blocks of a GN boundaries}•Data collection of Smallholdings. (full enumeration). {Used a form ‘SH2’ for each Smallholding in a Census Blocks of a GN boundaries}

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Economic Census (EC) 2013/14 – Agricultural Activities Stage 2Stage 2: Activities 3rd Quarter 2014 (Cnt.)The following supplementary questionnaires are also assessed the community level and household levels.

Supplementary QuestionnairesSupplementary Questionnaires:1. Data Collection of Community Level Questionnaire (CLQ) . It is a full enumeration as each GN Areas.

2. Data Collection of Food Security Questionnaire (FSQ). It is used a two stage stratified sampling method to select a sample - 28,000 Households)

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Sampling Method of the Household Food Security

1. Sampling unit was a Household (HH) and sample size was 28,000 HHs.

2. Sampling allocation was done according to the Populations Proportion to the Size of HHs of Districts and Divisional Secretariat Division Levels.

3. Urban, Rural and Estate sectoral strata was considered.

4. Reference period was the Last Month. 13

3. The items of Household Food Security (HFS) covered in the EC 2013/14.

1. Demographic data in HH.2. Food supply to HH.3. Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)

checking for HH for the considered reference period. (the Last Month).

4. Reason for the Food Insecurity in HH.5. Methods of coping strategies during food

insecurity.6. Future stability and/or steps to recover.

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List of items recommended by WCA 2020 for the Census Theme 11 that have been not covered in the FSQ 2013/14

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Type of item Item description Covered or not in FSQ

New Item 1101 The food insecurity experience scale (FIES)

No

Additional Item

1102 Effects of natural disasters (for the household)

No

Additional Item

1103 Extent of loss of agricultural output due to natural disasters (for the household)

No

Reference period as last year. No

List of items recommended by WCA 2020 for the Census Theme 11 that have been covered in the FSQ 2013/14

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Description Covered or not in FSQ

Sampling unit was a Household (HH) Yes

Sampling allocation using the Populations Proportion to the Size of HHs of Districts and Divisional Secretariat Division Levels.

Yes

Sample size was 28,000 HHs. YesUrban, Rural and Estate sectoral strata Yes

4. Major challenges encountered and lessons learnt regarding the HFS data collection1. Questionnaire Design stage:

Questionnaire design and data entry format matters

2. Data collection stage: Incompleteness of enumeration.

3. Data editing/ coding stage: Mistakes in the field work. Enhanced supervision should be arranged with guidelines.

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• With a number of schedules used for different activities, the majority of the field enumerators were ended up with some mistakes during field work.

• The sample data collection for FSQ and the census supervision have been done by same group. Thus, both tasks were not upto the level expected.

• Extra printing cost was born due to the unexpected demand on schedules by the field enumerates at field work.

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• Supervision and monitoring procedures have to be improved to ensure the quality of field data collection.

• New technologies must be used to speed-up results

• International expertise should be used to improve the questionnaire and IT works.

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5. Relevant links to census instruments and Result.

Web page of the DCS: WWW.statistics.gov.lk (* : English; ** Sinhala) Agricultural Census Report- 1962. * Agricultural Census - 1982 Materials in soft copies.* Agricultural Census - 2002 Materials in soft copies.* Economic Census 2013/14 – Agricultural Activities:

Summary Report Estate Sector 2013/14. **

Summary Report of the Small holdings 2013/14. **

Two Census Schedules : E2, SH2. *

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THANK YOU

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