National Food and Agricultural Statistical Systems

Survey questionnaire


Guidelines for completing the questionnaire

The present questionnaire should ideally be completed by a small working group composed of the Head of the National Statistics Office and the Head of the Agricultural Statistics Office and staff concerned with the production of food and agricultural statistics.

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For the purpose of the present survey the term food and agricultural statistics (or agricultural statistics) is defined to include statistics on the following areas including derived statistics/indicators: Area and production of crops; Livestock number and products; Trade in agricultural, livestock, fishery, forestry and food products; Fisheries statistics; Forestry (including non-wood products) statistics; Production and consumption of food; Agricultural inputs (machinery, seed, feed, fertilizers and pesticides) and cost of production; Agricultural / Trade prices; Labour force participating in agricultural activities; National account statistics relating to agriculture; Rural development; Rural income.

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General Information

 

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Country Name

Date

Respondents' details

 
1) from the National Statistics Office 2) from the Agricultural Statistics Office

 

Family name:

First name:

Title:

Institution:

Specify division/service:

E-mail:

Telephone:

Fax:

Address:

 

Family name:

First name:

Title:

Institution:

Specify division/service:

E-mail:

Telephone:

Fax:

Address:

List of abbreviations

List below the abbreviations you use while filling the questionnaire:

Abbreviation Full signification

 

Part 1: The Organization of the Food and Agricultural Statistical System within the National Statistical System

 


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1.1 Legal framework for statistical activities

Is there a legal framework like a Statistical Act for general statistical activities?

Yes
No

Is there a legal framework like a Statistical Act for agricultural statistical activities?

Yes
No

If Yes:

Give its name:

Is it fully operational / applied? Yes No

Is there an Agricultural Statistics Advisory Committee (or a similar body)?

Yes
No

If Yes, state how frequently they meet:

1.2 Structure of the National Statistical System

What is the structure of the general statistical system in your country?

A statistical system decentralized by sector, with a minimum of co-ordination
A statistical system decentralized by sector, with a coordinating authority
A statistical system with a major operating office for general statistics and a coordinating authority
A statistical system with only one department responsible for statistics

Is there a general statistical system at the sub-national level?

Yes
No

If yes:

Specify the structure of the system at sub-national government level

One major operating office for statistics and a coordinating authority

A statistical system decentralized by sector, with a coordinating authority. In this case, specify if the Food and Agricultural Statistical System is present at the sub-national level Yes No

Any other structure, please specify:

 

List the most important public Institutions* involved in the production of agricultural statistics, and give their role in this specific field:

* refer to government ministries (like Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Planning) or government autonomous departments (like Central Statistical Office, Central Bank)

Institution 1
 

Name of the institution:

Role of the institution:

Hierarchical links with other Institutions:

Name of the Head of the institution:

Tel:
Fax:
Email:

Institution 2
 

Name of the institution:

Role of the institution:

Hierarchical links with other Institutions:

Name of the Head of the institution:

Tel:
Fax:
Email:

Institution 3
 

Name of the institution:

Role of the institution:

Hierarchical links with other Institutions:

Name of the Head of the institution:

Tel:
Fax:
Email:

Institution 4
 

Name of the institution:

Role of the institution:

Hierarchical links with other Institutions:

Name of the Head of the institution:

Tel:
Fax:
Email:

1.3 Strategic framework for statistical activities

Is there a national strategy for the development of statistics (NSDS) ?

Yes
No

Is there a national strategy for agricultural statistics?

Yes
No

If Yes:

Are the two strategies linked? Yes No

Are the strategies applied / operational? Yes No

Does it include a programme of activities for general statistics? Yes No

If Yes, state the period covered by this programme:

Does it include a programme of activities for agricultural statistics? Yes No

If Yes, state the period covered by this programme:

1.4 Dialogue with national data users

Is there an official Forum or Statistics Society for dialogue between agricultural statistics producers and users?

Yes
No

If yes, state how frequently they meet:

 

 
Dialogue with national data users
Yes, on a regular basis
Yes, on an
ad-hoc basis
No
State planning organisations
Representatives of academic environment
Media
Chamber of commerce
Central bank
Treasury
Private sector representatives

 

1.5 Funding of the Food and Agricultural Statistical System

Please give budget estimates for agricultural statistics activities ONLY, for the latest year available.

Please state the year of reference:
Please state the currency used:

Name of the
Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Regular budget from national sources
External funding
Annual
regular budget for staff
Annual
regular budget for non-staff
Total annual regular budget
Additional budget

 

1.6 Staffing of the Food and Agricultural Statistical System

State the approximate current number of staff in the Food and Agricultural Statistical System :

Name of the
Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Number of Professional* Staff
Number of Support** Staff
Headquarters
Regional / local offices
Headquarters
Regional / local offices

*: Professional staff refer to statisticians, informaticians, ... with university degrees
**: Support staff refer to administrative or technical support staff


State if the above institutions have a training programme for staff :

Name of the
Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Training for Professional* Staff
Training for Support** Staff
Regular Budget allowed for training
Yes, on a regular basis
Yes, on an ad-hoc basis
No
Yes, on a regular basis
Yes, on an ad-hoc basis
No

 

1.7 Information technology


Name of the
Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Existence of a web site
Existence of a database
Yes
(specify URL)
No
Yes, with on-line access (specify URL)
Yes, without on-line access
No

 

Name of the
Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Number of PCs owned and in use
Tools used to communicate with the regional/local offices
Headquarters
Regional / local offices
Fax
Internet
Yes
No
Yes
No

 

1.8 International cooperation and external assistance


Name of the
Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Has the Institution received long term experts/consultants
(> 3 months) from January 2003?
Has the Institution received technical assistance projects from January 2003?
Does the Institution have a partnership with a similar institution abroad?
Yes
(give the number of person/months)
No
Yes
No

Yes
( specify with which country)
No

 

Part 2: The Outputs of the Food and Agricultural Statistical System

 

 

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2.1 Activities of the Food and Agricultural Statistical System and agricultural statistics availability

 

2.1.1 Adoption of classifications

State which of the following classifications are adopted by your country:

  Classifications
  Adopted by the country 
 Yes
 No
 If Yes, specify version adopted
ISIC (International Standard Industrial Classification)
CPC (Central Product Classification)
SITC (Standard International Trade Classification)
HS (Harmonized System Classification)
Regional classifications (such as AFRISTAT)
Other, please specify

 

2.1.2 Existence of registers

Does your country have a farm register?

Yes
No

If yes:
Is it maintained by statisticians? Yes No
Give the year of its last update:

Does your country have an agri-business enterprises register?

Yes
No

If yes:
Is it maintained by statisticians? Yes No
Give the year of its last update:

 

2.1.3 Use of administrative records

Which of the following administrative records are used for deriving agricultural statistics?

 
Yes
(specify country coverage)
No
Partial
Whole
Land records
Farm register
Agri-business enterprises register
Producer prices
Livestock slaughtering
Other, please specify:

 

2.1.4 Agricultural census
Yes
No
Has your country conducted an agricultural census so far?
 
If yes:
 
Year for the latest census:
Yes
No
  
Are the results available to users?
Was there an adequate legal framework for the census?
Did your country receive an external financial support?
Did your country receive an external technical support?
Was the agricultural census coordonated with the population census?
Was it based on COMPLETE enumeration, SAMPLE survey,
or a combination of BOTH?
Did it collect data on the following themes:
Yes
No
- Crop production
- Livestock
- Fishery/Aquaculture
- Forestry
- Community data
Have you managed to reconciliate conflicting census data and current statistics in order to end-up with one single data?
Were the FAO Guidelines used for this census?
Give the name of the Institution responsible for this census:
Yes
No
Is your country planning another agricultural census in the next 3 years?
If yes:
   
Have any preparatory activities started?
Is it planned to coordinate it with the population census?
When will it be conducted ?

 

2.1.5 Livestock census
Yes
No
Has your country conducted a livestock census so far?
 
If yes:
 
Year for the latest census:
Yes
No
  
Was the census of livestock part of the agricultural census?
Are the results available to users?
Was there an adequate legal framework for the census?
Did your country receive an external financial support?
Did your country receive an external technical support?
Was it based on COMPLETE enumeration, SAMPLE survey, or a combination of BOTH?
Yes
No
Have you managed to reconciliate conflicting census data and current statistics in order to end-up with one single data?
Were the FAO Guidelines used for this census?
Give the name of the Institution responsible for this census:
Yes
No
Is your country planning another livestock census in the next 3 years?
If yes:
   
Have any preparatory activities started?
Will the census of livestock be part of the agricultural census?
When will it be conducted ?

 

2.1.6 Other agricultural surveys

(Please give details in Annex 1)

Name of the Institution

(Tick to copy Institutions from block 1.2: )
Number of agricultural surveys conducted in 2004
Are the results of these surveys available to users?
Are these surveys conducted on a regular or ad-hoc basis?
Yes, for all of them
Yes, for most of them
For half of them
For less than half
Regular
Ad hoc

 

 


2.1.7 Current agricultural statistics

Please use the following codes for answering, for each topic:

Column 1 “Data Collected”: NO, YES, or proposed for FUTURE work
Column 2 “Geographical coverage”: TOTAL or PARTIAL coverage of the country
Column 3 “Coverage in terms of item list”: ALL items, MAJOR items, SELECTED items
Column 4 “Year” : state the most recent year for which data are available to users
Column 5 “Responsible agency for data collection”: use short name in reference to block 1.2.

 

2.1.7.1 Availability and coverage of production and trade statistics

 

TOPIC
Data Collected
Geographical Coverage
Item Coverage
Year
Responsible Agency
Crop production
Yield / harvested area
Livestock production
Agric. trade: imports
n.a.
Agric. trade: exports
n.a.
Agric. trade: tariffs
n.a.
Agric. trade: quotas
n.a.
Other, specify:


2.1.7.2 Availability and coverage of price statistics

TOPIC
Data Collected
Geographical Coverage
Item Coverage
Year
Responsible Agency
Agriculture input prices
Cost of production
Producer prices
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