IN - DEPTH SURVEYS IN THE AGRICULTURAL CENSUS PROGRAM FIJI ISLANDS EXPERIENCE

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IN - DEPTH SURVEYS IN THE AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
PROGRAMFIJI ISLANDS EXPERIENCE
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INTRODUCTION

• An Agriculture Sector Study (1995) conducted by
  ADB revealed the importance of generating up to
  date data on primary production sectors for
  planning sustainable development programs
• Fiji Govt made budgetary provision in 1997 to
  establish and maintain reliable and timely
  agricultural statistics information system
• 1998 FAO TCP program Development of an
  Agricultural Statistics System

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IN DEPTH SURVEYS FIJI EXPERIENCE

• Conducted the first agriculture survey in 1999 as
  part of FAO TCP assistance
• Objectives
• Identify priority data needs and draw up a plan
  for the development of agriculture statistics
• Develop sustainable methodology for field level
  data collection and create a capacity within the
  ministry to introduce and maintain the system
  and to process analyse resultant data
• Generate increased awareness on the use of
  agricultural data for planning policy and
  decision making purposes

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1999 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE SURVEY Production

• Scope Based on WCA Publication
• Farm on enumeration day (identification, total
  land, land use, type i.e. subsistence commercial,
  others)
• Farmer on enumeration day (identification, sex,
  age, education)
• Temporary Crops in pure, mixed and inter planted
  stands in 1999 (planted, irrigated and harvested
  areas production and yields)
• Permanent Crops in pure, mixed, inter planted and
  associated stands( planted, irrigated, and
  productive age, area on enumeration day,
  productions and yields in 1999)
• Livestock and Poultry on enumeration day (no. of
  cattles by sex, age and use (dairy, beef,
  non-dairy, non-beef), milk production (on the
  last day), other livestock (goats, sheep, pigs)
  by sex and age, commercial and home poultry

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1999 AGRI SURVEY - Contd

• Pilot Survey conducted in 1998
• Sub sample of 75 segments selected from 1991
  census frame
• Experiences were used to adjust methodologies,
  data collection instruments and other procedures
  to prepare for the 1999 survey

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1999 AGRICULTURE SURVEY

• ASF Updating (updated the 1991 census frame
  according to changes in land use)
• Methodology Introduction of MSF Combination of
  Area List Frame
• Sub sample design and selection from ASF (200
  SMs selected from 1991 Census 1294. Financial
  resources available, management capabilities of
  national counterpart and processing, analysis and
  precision required for estimations)
• Sample design and selection of LSF (Cut off of
  50ha)
• Photography and Cartography (same 200 photos
  used in 1991 census scale 14000, 1 6000 and 1
  10000 including topo maps)

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1999 AGRI SURVEY Contd

• Questionnaires, Instruction Manuals Tabulation
  Plan (Main Quest auxiliary segment
  questionnaire used, field manual, coding and data
  entry manual and consistency manuals, Tabulation
  plan consisting of 27 tables )
• Training (MSF Construction, Enumerator
  training, data coding entry including
  consistency analysis)
• Database SPSS (Data Entry Builder and Data Entry
  Station)
• Results National Basis only small sample
  selected

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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 1999 SURVEY

• Conduct the second round of the survey be
  conducted in 2000 using the same sample.
• 2000 survey to be simple as possible using the
  same sub sample, questionnaires and other
  instruments used in 1999 project
• Rotational sampling technique to be used after
  the second round of survey.

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PROBLEMS/CONSTRAINTS

• Concept of MSF was new to local staff
• LSF has weaknesses in terms of low coverage rate
• Financial constraints and political situation of
  the country affected the continuity of this
  agriculture survey
• Our Data Processing Expert Fiji Govt funded
  left the project with everything so we could not
  continue !!!!!