Global
Strategy
IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL STATISTICS
ASIA PACIFIC
IN
Module 1: Sampling in the Context of the Global
Minimum Set of Core Data Items
Session 1.2: Minimum Set of Core Data Items
13 – 17 August 2018,
Suva, Fiji
Background
• The Global Strategy describes three pillars on
which the strategy is built
• A minimum set of core data is the first pillar
– Establish a minimum set of core data that
countries will disseminate on a regular basis to
meet current and emerging demands
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Background
The Global Strategy describes three pillars on
which the strategy is built
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Why do we need a core data set?
• Required by the global statistical systems to
monitor issues that go beyond national
boundaries
• Core set defines the framework for the
agricultural and rural components of the
National Strategy for the Development of
Statistics (NSDS)
• A building block to integrate agriculture and
rural statistics into the national system
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Overview of the minimum set of core data
Variable Types:
• Output, Trade, Stocks, Inputs, Agro processing,
Economic Prices, Expenditure, Rural infrastructure
• Demographics, Labour, HH income, Housing
Social conditions
• Soil degradation, Land Use, Water and Air
Environmental pollution
Geographic
• GIS coordinates, Degree of urbanization
Location
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Minimum set of core data
• It is not possible to meet every data requirement
every year
– Eg FAOSTAT, the FAO database includes over 150 crop
items
• Global Strategy defines a minimum set
– 15 commodities – 95% of world production
• Wheat, maize, barley, sorghum, rice, sugar cane, soybeans,
cotton
• Cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry
• Core forestry, aquaculture and fisheries commodity (country
specific)
– Key economic, environmental, social indicators
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A Commodity is ‘important’ if:
• At the Global level it
– contributes to agricultural production globally
– contributes to any indicator needed to monitor and evaluate
development policies, food security and progress towards meeting
MDGs and now SDGs
– is an input to the global balances of supply and demand for food and
other agricultural products
• At the Country level it
– accounts for a major proportion of land use
– is a key input to the national accounts and national food balance
sheets
– contributes significantly to farm and rural household well‐being
– has a significant effect on the environment and climate
– is a staple food item in the country
– is a key export commodity for the country
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Crops
• Core crop items are: wheat, maize, barley, sorghum,
rice, sugar cane, soybeans and cotton
• Should all core crop items be included in the country
minimum core data set?
– YES, unless
• they are not grown in the country, or
• they are not an ‘important’ crop
• Other crop items should be added to the country
minimum core data set if they are an ‘important’ crop
in the country
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Data required for crop items
• Area planted and harvested
• Yield and production
• Amounts in storage at beginning of harvest
• Area of cropland that is irrigated
• Producer and consumer prices
• Amounts utilized for own consumption, food, feed, seed,
fiber, oil for food, bioenergy
• net trade or imports and exports
• Early warning indicators such as precipitation, surveys of crop
conditions, and vegetative indices provided by satellite
observations
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Livestock
• Core livestock items are: cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and
poultry
• Should all core livestock items be included in the
country minimum core data set?
– Yes, unless
• they are not relevant in the country, or
• they are not an ‘important’ livestock commodity
• Other livestock items should be added to the country
minimum core data set if they are ‘important’ to the
country
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Data required for livestock items
• Inventory and annual births
• Production of products such as meat, milk, eggs and
wool
• net trade or imports and exports
• Producer and consumer prices
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Aquaculture and fisheries products
• Main products to be determined at country
level
• Data required
– For aquaculture: Area cultured, production, prices
and net trade or imports and exports
– For fisheries: quantity landed and discarded,
number of days fished, amounts processed for
food and non‐food uses, prices, and imports and
exports
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Core Forestry production
• Main products to be determined at country
level
• Data required
– Area in woodlands and forests, quantities
removed, and their prices, split by whether
• From land associated with agricultural holdings
• From non‐agricultural holdings
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Core agricultural inputs
• Contribute to measures of productivity which are
important to monitoring and evaluating steps to
reduce poverty and hunger
– Quantities of fertiliser and pesticides used
– Water and energy consumed (including fuel)
– Capital stocks such as machinery by purpose
– Number of people of working age by sex
– Number of workers hired by agricultural holders
– Employment of household members on the
agricultural holding
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Core economic data
• Producer and consumer prices
• Public expenditures on subsidies
• Public expenditures on agriculture and rural
development
• Rural infrastructure
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Core socioeconomic data
• Assist the measurement of economic well‐being
of rural households to guide policy decisions
about development efforts to reduce poverty
– Household income by source
– Number of households and household composition
– Population by age and sex
– Labour force and employment status
– Education levels
– Housing conditions
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Core environmental data
• If available, measures of the impact of
agriculture would be desirable
– Eg. soil degradation, water pollution and
emissions due to agriculture
• In practice, the following are likely to be used
as proxies
– Land cover and use
– Water use
– Fertilizer and pesticide use
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Core geographic location data
• Location of the statistical unit
• Degree of urbanization
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Frequency of collection / reporting
• Not all items in the minimum core data set will be
needed annually
• Basic production data items are required annually
• Annual data will also be required for
– Items which can change significantly from year to year
• For other items, frequency, and geographic
coverage, will be determined based on
– Cost of producing the data
– Available resources
– Expected degree of change for the item over time
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Determining National priorities
• Each country will need to
– Select which of the Global core items should not
be included in its national core set
– Add other items relevant to the country
• Eg there are no fruit or vegetables in the global core set
– Decide how frequently each item should be
provided
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Country Commitment
• When you define a minimum core dataset you
make a commitment to
– Provide good quality data
– At the required frequency (usually annual)
– Using internationally accepted classifications,
definitions and methodologies
– Disseminate widely (don’t keep for own use only!)
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Sustainability
• Once the minimum core data set is agreed it
needs to be collected and disseminated at the
frequency and geographic detail specified
• Initially donor support may be needed to
enable this
• Ultimately funding needs to be provided from
within the country
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Group activity
No. Variable Data Source Frequency Data Requirements
I Crops
1.
II Livestock
1.
III Forestry
1.
IV Fishery and aquaculture
1.
V Holticulture 23
1.
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