National food balance sheet of the Republic of Armenia

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National food balance sheet of the Republic
of Armenia
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National Statistical Service of the Republic of
ArmeniaMain Functions

• to collect, process, summarize, analyze and
  publish statistical data,
• to co-operate with appropriate state and local
  self- governmental bodies in the collection of
  statistical information,
• to develop and improve methodologies for
  statistical work,
• to co-ordinate the information and data
  collection according to the unified
  classification and coding
• system based on international standards,
• to organize statistical surveys,
• to carry out Population Census every 10 years,
• to establish, maintain and update the Business
  Register,
• to provide users with statistical information,
• to ensure the transparency and accessibility of
  summary statistical information,
• to co-operate with international organizations
  and national statistical services,
• publish food balance sheet.

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Legal Basis

• RA Law On State Statistics adopted on
  04.04.2000.
• RA Law On Population Census adopted on
  12.10.1999.
• RA Law On Agricultural Census adopted on
  27.11.2008.
• State statistical work programs
• - Three-year state statistical work program
  (law)
• - Annual state statistical work program.
• Resolutions of the State Council on Statistics
  and other national and above-national normative
  acts.

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The Principles of the State Statistical Work
Program Formation

• availability of resources,
• burdens on respondents,
• cost-effectiveness,
• comparability with the international statistical
  standards,
• stable periodicity during the long term,
• proportion of recourses foreseen for state
  statistics on annual basis,
• study of the demand of statistical information
  users.
• (RA Law On State Statistics, Article 11)

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Fundamental Principles of Official
Statistics(Adopted by the 47 th session of the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
Geneva, on 15 April 1992 and by the United
Nations Statistical Commission on 14 April 1994)

1. Significance, Impartiality and Accessibility
2. Professional Standards and Ethics
3. Report and Transparency
4. Misuse Prevention
5. Sources of Official Statistics
6. Confidentiality
7. Legislation
8. National Co-ordination
9. Use of International Standards
10. International Co-operation

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Principles of the Code of Practiceof the
European Statistical System(Adopted by
Statistical Programme Committee on 24.02.05)

• Professional Independence
• Mandate for Data Collection
• Adequacy of Resources
• Quality Commitment
• Statistical Confidentiality
• Impartiality and Objectivity
• Sound Methodology
• Appropriate Statistical Procedures
• Non-Excessive Burden on Respondents
• Cost Effectiveness
• Relevance
• Accuracy and Reliability
• Timeliness and Punctuality
• Coherence and Comparability
• Accessibility and Clarity
• Recommendation of the Commission on the
  independence, integrity and accountability of the
  national and Community statistical authorities to
  the Parliament and Council, Brussels, 25.05.2005

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The sub-unit responsible for compilation of
food balances (FB) in RA

• Food security statistics division of the NSS RA
  is responsible authority in the Republic of
  Armenia for compilation of food balances
  (starting from producers to consumers)

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Food Balances calculated for 14 commodities

• Wheat
• Potato
• Vegetables
• Fruit (excluding grapes)
• Leguminous crops
• Vegetable oil
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Milk (excluding butter)
• Beef
• Pork
• Mutton and goat meat
• Poultry
• Grape

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Structure of food balances

• The list of 14 commodities for composing of
  food balance sheets based on principle of
  registration of most widely consumed products
  according to the data of Integrated Living
  Conditions Survey of households. Particularly,
  the mentioned foodstuffs comprise more than 80
  of the total volume of used food energy.

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Conversion of processed goods to the
equivalent of primary goods

• Wheat includes data on wheat, flour , macaroni,
  ethyl alcohol, bread and other bakery goods,
  which are conditionally transformed into wheat.
• Vegetables include data on fresh, dry, frozen and
  canned vegetables (cabbage of all types,
  cucumber, tomatoes, beet, bulb onion, garlic
  etc.)
• Fruits include data on fresh, dry, frozen and
  canned fruit (drupaceous, stone-fruit,
  subtropical, tropical etc)
• Leguminous crops include data on beans, lentils
  and other beans.
• Eggs include data on eggs in shells, as well as
  egg powder.  
• Milk includes data on fresh milk, milk powder,
  matsun, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheese and
  other milk products.
• Beef, Pork, Mutton and Goat meat, Poultry include
  data on slaughter weight, as well as sausages,
  canned eat and other meat products conditionally
  transformed into meat in slaughter weight.
• Grape includes data on grapes, as well raisins .

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Components of Food Balance Sheets of RA

• Opening stocks,
• Production volume,
• Import volume,
• Total supply (food stocks at the beginning of
  year production volume import ),
• Food consumption,
• Feed,
• Waste,
• Seeds (including eggs for incubation),
• Export,
• Other uses (for inedible purpose),
• Closing Stocks,
• Total Consumption/Utilization (Food Consumption
  Feed Waste Seeds Export Other Uses
  Closing Stocks)
• Self-sufficiency Ratio
• Per capita Supply / Consumption ( in kg/year, gr
  /day, kcal/ day)

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Sources for the preparation of Food Balance
Sheets 

• Production volume official data from NSS RA,
• Import and export volumes data from Customs
  Service of State Revenue Committee of RA,
• Food Consumption data of Integrated Living
  Conditions Survey of households carried out by
  NSS RA,
• Feed data from Ministry of Agriculture of RA
  and data derived by interweaving of food
  producers,
• Waste data from Ministry of Agriculture of
  RA,
• Seeds (including eggs for incubation) data
  from Ministry of Agriculture of RA,
• Closing Stocks data of sample survey on
  agriculture carried out by the NSS RA and data
  from the organizations dealing with import of
  food.

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National food balance of the Republic of Armenia,
2010
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