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Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to improve agricultural and rural statistics, this training material on the revised Food Balance Sheet (FBS) methodology targets managers and technical staff of national statistical offices, ministries of agriculture and other institutions (in particular, those dealing with food safety issues) in charge of or involved in the compilation of supply and use tables and FBS. The training material can also be used to train trainers and experts involved in the delivery of capacity-building activities on the compilation of SUA and FBS using the revised methodology and newly developed tool and to introduce the concept and methodology of FBS to students of agricultural statistics and statisticians/data analysts not specialized in agricultural or food security statistics. Outline of this module: 1. Agricultural production domain; 2. Production data sources; 3. Imputation and estimation.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the main concepts of agricultural cost of production statistics.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the uses and users of costs of production statistics: farmers and agricultural markets, system of national accounts, research, government and policy makers.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the data collection methods: surveys, censuses, typical farm approaches, identifying the advantages and limitations of each approach.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the typical farms and hybrid approaches.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the sample design strategies.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers cash costs.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the estimation of costs of paid and unpaid labour.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers land costs.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Prepared by the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), this training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP. This training module covers the different types of capital goods in agriculture and the estimation of capital costs.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
