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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)
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 allocation of costs in complex cropping and mixed farming systems.
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 modeling approaches for the allocation of 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 allocation of pre-production costs in multi-year enterprises.
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 determination of costs and revenues for dairy cattle.
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 treatment of uncertainty in the results.
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 data dissemination.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This version of the Handbook on Agricultural Cost of Production Statistics was prepared under the aegis of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (Global Strategy), an initiative endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2010. This Handbook presents guidelines and recommendations for designing and implementing a statistical program on cost of production (CoP) in agriculture at the country level. This Handbook may serve as a useful reference tool for agricultural statisticians and economists to build on or to adapt existing programmes for estimating agricultural costs of production, and for analysts to understand the nature and limitations of data from which final indicators are derived.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Country field tests form an integral part of research projects under the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS). This technical report presents three field tests on agricultural cost of production statistics.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
