BRIEF SUMMARY OF COUNTRY ASSESSMENT

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BRIEF SUMMARY OF COUNTRY ASSESSMENT
Hiek Som FAO Statistics Division
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Sources and major findings of the Statistical
Capacity Study

• Review by FAO Statistics Units
• Independent evaluation of FAOs role and work in
  statistics, in 2008
• Review by other institutions, e.g. PARIS21,
  Michigan University
• Findings
• quantity and quality of data from national
  official sources are on steady decline after
  early 1980
• Causes weak institutional capacity in many
  countries as a result of lower priority by donors
  and govts for stat. work

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NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

• Centralized Majority of Asian countries, and if
  decentralized strong coordination Europe
• Decentralized MoA or specialized agencies in
  agriculture, fishery, forestry or water
  responsible for sub-sector statistics 60 of
  African countries, predominance in North africa,
  Near East and some Central Asian countries. Mixed
  in North and Latin America
• Issue Lack of coordination if decentralized

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AGRICULTURE IN NSDS

• Few countries have incorporated agriculture in
  NSDS
• Separate presentation on the subject

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POPULATION AND AGRICULTURAL CENSUSES

• Limited number of countries have included data
  items on agriculture in their population census
  questionnaire
• FAO and UNSD have recommended that countries
  coordinate better their population and
  agricultural census for 2010 round
• Number of countries participating in WCA has
  trended upward over the decades 81 in WCA 1950
  103 in WCA 1980 124 countries in WCA 2000 71
  has plans for ag. census so far in WCA 2010.

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SURVEYS AND SAMPLING FRAME

• Countries use list frames from different sources
• Area frame is not widely used by developing
  countries, except the Americas
• Most countries lack integrated master sampling
  frame with linkages agric survey units and
  household survey units
• Annual agric. production surveys by MoA or NSO,
  but issues remain for root or mixed crops
• Households surveys have widened to MDG indicators

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CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY OF FISHERY AND
AQUACULTURE STATISTICS

• When fisheries are managed based on scientific
  stock assessment, good capacity for monitoring
  catch and effort but not for socio-economic data
• Issues freshwater fisheries, small scale
  fisheries and aquaculture
• 90 of countries with fisheries and aquaculture
  report some production data, but only 40-60
  report fishing vessels, trade and disposition of
  fish production
• Strategy for improving information on status and
  trends of capture fisheries was adopted in 2004
  for aquaculture in 2007

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CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY OF FORESTRY STATICS

• Developed countries have detailed forest
  monitoring systems on tree resources yield, but
  limited for other forest goods services
• Very few developing countries have nat. forest
  monitoring systems (some in 1970s and 1980s with
  external funding)
• Responses to Joint FAO/ITTO/EUROSTAT
  questionnaire 50 in 2008 representing 80 of
  global production 25 for Africa, 40 for Asia
• Global Forest Resources assessments, with
  extra-budgetary funding Responses for FRA 2005
  was 75 South America 100, Asia 83, Europe
  79, Africa 76
• Issues non-wood forest products, species
  composition, employment, assessments based on
  very old data, even from remote sensing which on
  average is from 1988 in Africa

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WATER AND LAND DEGRADATION STATISTICS

• FAO does detailed continental-regional updates
  every 5-10 years, based on 75 variables quality
  varies, but mostly below standard
• Land degradation assessment being done on pilot
  basis

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DISSEMINATION

• 90 of countries produce statistical yearbooks,
  with 75-80 able to produce agricultural
  yearbooks
• Website in most countries, and a few now have
  CountrySTAT

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