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Abstract: Developed by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), the ultimate goal of this document is to provide operational guidance to developing countries on how to set up an effective Administrative Data System for Agricultural Statistics (ADSAS), as well as on the improvement, use and integration of administrative data in the national statistical system. The concept of ADSAS refers to the set of all administrative institutions producing administrative agricultural data that may be used for the purposes of agricultural statistics and providing them to the national institution in charge of agricultural statistics for official use and publication.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), the purpose of these Guidelines is to develop a tool named the Woodfuel Supplementary Module (WSM), to be incorporated in existing national household surveys. The ultimate goal is to enable developing countries to gather accurate data on woodfuel production and consumption, the sustainability of its production, and related socio-economic and health outcomes.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Given the importance of the livestock sector’s contribution to the reduction of poverty and improvement of global human health, the Global Strategy has implemented a line of research on Improving methods for estimating livestock production and productivity, one of the key priorities of the Research Program. These Guidelines overlap to some extent with the final technical report on Improving methods for estimating livestock production and productivity, produced by the University of New England (UNE), Australia. In addition to the findings presented in the technical reports of the research line, further additional operational inputs from relevant literature were also used to develop these Guidelines. These Guidelines are intended to be a reference document providing country statisticians with technical and operational guidance on various aspects of livestock production and productivity statistics, in a broad range of country conditions, with particular attention being paid to developing countries. This document addresses an important gap, given that the most recent FAO publication on the subject dates back to 1992 (FAO, 1992).
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: These Guidelines are the result of a research project undertaken within the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), a statistical capacity-building initiative whose Global Office is hosted by the Statistics Division of FAO. The Guidelines build upon methodologies presented in other papers, technical reports and manuals published by FAO and other organizations. They provide recent findings on the measurement of harvest and post-harvest losses in developing countries.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: These Guidelines are the result of a research project undertaken within the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), a statistical capacity-building initiative whose Global Office is hosted by the Statistics Division of Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO). The Guidelines build upon methodologies presented in papers, technical reports and manuals published by FAO and other organizations. They also build on the findings of technical assistance activities conducted in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where data collection tools have been designed and tested. These Guidelines provide recommendations on the measurement of agricultural productivity, with an emphasis on developing countries.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: These Guidelines, developed as part of the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), seek to measure dimensions of labour force performance and job quality that are not well captured in the Decent Work framework in this setting. More specifically, the Guidelines propose Decent Work indicators that focus on youth (ages 15–24 years) within developing countries where the majority of households depend on agriculture for their well-being and a large share of the population lives in poverty.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this technical report presents different dimensions of employment and underemployment within agricultural households in three communities in Kenya.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this technical report illustrates the quality of current surveys and censuses, indicating those that are more suitable for inclusion of a woodfuel module; and introduces a Woodfuel Supplementary Module that covers the most relevant aspects of woodfuel consumption and production.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Developed by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), these Guidelines are intended to be a reference document providing technical and operational guidance on various aspects of the Enumeration of Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic (Transhumant) Livestock in various country conditions, with particular attention being paid to developing countries. It will address an important gap, because the most recent FAO publication on the subject dates back to 1992.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this Technical Report is a first step towards improving national statistics on the production and consumption of woodfuel in developing countries.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
