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FAO economic and social development paper n.16
Farm and input price :
collection and compilation
statistics division
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1980
FOREWORD
Action at the national and international levels was
recommended at various FAO meetings and seminars for the improvement
of national statistics on agricultural producer prices. The preparation
by FAO of a manual on prices paid and prices received by farmers
has been repeatedly recommended. This provisional manual has been
prepared in response to these recommendations.
The main objective of the manual is to assist countries
in the improvement of their price statistics including its use in
the training of national staff in the collection and compilation
of agricultural producer prices. It is hoped that this manual will
contribute to promoting the compilation of data m agricultural producer
prices and to the improvement of their quality. The details of the
treatment given to the subject matter, and the descriptive style
employed, have been deliberately chosen so as to make the manual
of particular use to developing countries.
This manual is based on material prepared by Mr. S.C.
Chaudhri, FAO Consultant, which was further reviewed and prepared
for publication by Mr. E.L. Snowdon, FAO Consultant.
For the purpose of revising this manual and issuing
it in final form, comments and suggestions by national and other
statisticians engaged in the collection of agricultural producer
prices will be greatly appreciated. These comments should be sent
to the Director, Statistics Division, FAO, 00100 Rome, Italy.
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