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APPENDICES
APPENDIX I
List of meetings, seminars, etc. at which the preparation
of a technical manual on agricultural price statistics has been
recommended
- Statistics Advisory Committee - 1965, Rome, Italy
”The Committee recommended that a manual should be prepared to
assist countries in the development of consistent data on prices
paid and received by farmers.”
- African Commission on Agricultural Statistics - Regional
Seminar on Agricultural Producer Price Statistics - Ghana,
December 1965
”The Seminar suggested that a Manual for sampling procedures
for the purpose of collection, processing and publication of price
statistics is needed and they requested that the FAO consider
the possibility of preparing such a Manual for use in the countries
of the African Region."
- Fourth Session of the Sub-Committee on Agricultural Statistics
to the Committee on improvement of National Statistics - Washington
June 1968.
”The Sub-Committee noted with satisfaction that FAO planned to
prepare a manual on agricultural price statistics and related
index numbers dealing with technical aspects of concepts and methods
as well as with practical arrangements for the establishment and
operation of agricultural price reporting programmes. The Sub-Committee
recommended that adequate priority be given to the preparation
of this manual.”
- Group of Experts on Agricultural Producer Price Statistics and
Related Index Numbers Geneva, January 1969
”The Group welcomed FAO's plans to prepare a manual relating
to agricultural price statistics. This manual should provide the
basic definitions and methods relevant to all stages of the work
involved in the compilation of price statistics."
- Statistics Advisory Committee - 1969. Rome, Italy
”The Committee recommended the preparation of a Manual on Concepts,
Definitions and Methodology in the field of agricultural price
statistics."
- Joint Session Near East Commission on Agricultural Statistics
and Near East Commission on Agricultural Planning - Cairo,
May 1970.
”FAO should give a high priority to the preparation of a manual
on the subject of index numbers to assist and guide member countries
in the compilation of their agricultural indices of prices.”
- Seminar on Statistics of Agricultural Producer Prices in
Asia and Far East, New Delhi, September 1972.
”The Seminar welcomes the proposal of FAO to prepare a technical
manual on agricultural price statistics and recommended that its
publication should be expedited."
- Statistics Advisory Committee - 1975, Rome, Italy
”Urged that a manual on agricultural producer prices should be
brought out and without further delay for the benefit of the developing
countries."
- Meeting of Asia and Far East Commission, Manila, March 1976
”The Commission recommended that immediate steps should be taken
to prepare a technical manual on agricultural producer prices.”
APPENDIX II
Suggested Content of Descriptive Market Schedules
- Name of market
- Identification of market
- location - sub-district, district$ province, etc.
- situation
- best approach route
- means of transportation - rail, road, river, etc.
- communication facilities - postaly telegraphic, telephone
- Nature of market
- farm-gate
- primary wholesale market
- secondary wholesale market
- terminal wholesale market
- retail market.
(If the nature of market varies with comodities, then give information
by commodities)
- Hinterland of market* if it is not a farm-gate location
- names of farming areas from which bulk of products come to
this market for sale
- radius within which hinterland lies.
- Commodities traded and turnover
- names of commodities offered for sale
- varieties/qualities traded
- modal variety/quality
- sold in raw or processed form, e.g. paddy unhusked or husked;
cotton raw or ginned; groundnut with shell or without shell;
maize cobs or separated grains; lentils whole or split?
- if sold in processed form, conversion coefficients between
raw and processed forms
- sold net or with container (e.g. in sack, or basket)?
- approximate quantities of each commodity traded monthly, quarterly*
or annually.
- Harvesting and marketing seasons
- harvesting months for each commodity
- months over which each commodity is normally offered for sale
in this market.
- Market practices
- day(s) of week, when closed
- hours of business; peak hour
- are weights, measures and unit of currency used local or standardized?
- if local, conversion factors to arrive at standardized units
- is the price settled between seller and buyer directly or
through intermediaries, e.g., commission agent, broker?
- if through the intermediaries, who pays for their services
- the seller, the buyer, or both? (Amounts or percentages should
be quoted.)
- how is price settled - tender system, open auction, private
treaty, any other method?
- are any deductions made from the agreed price if, while weighing
or taking delivery, the buyer finds the produce to be inferior
to the sample for which the price was agreed? If yes, amounts
or percentages deducted
- does the farmer/seller bear any other expenses, such as fees
for entry to the market, local taxes, market charges, contribution
to charity Or festival celebrations, charges for cleaning, weighing,
handling, transport, storage or processing? If yes, amounts
or percentages
- if a commodity is not sold net, but in container such as bag,
sack or basket, does the farmer/seller bear the expenses for
the container or does he charge the buyer? in either case, what
is its value or percentage?
- Names and addresses of market committees, chambers of commerce
etc. or knowledgeable individuals from whom ancillary information
can be obtained.
APPENDIX III
Example to illustrate the calculation of farm-gate
prices from whole-sale market prices
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Percentage of secondary wholesale
market price |
Unit Price |
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