The overall goal of the study is to test the methodology and the approach developed by the Agriculture Market Information System (AMIS) project, which outlined the use of available data to estimate certain critical variables on food balance sheets, especially Carry-in Stocks (also called Carry-over stocks), and Production.
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Measuring Decent Work and Youth Employment in Agriculture. Methodological issues and gaps
The objective of this technical report is to serve as the foundation for developing a generalized cost-effective methodology to collect information on DW and youth employment in agriculture.
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Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics. Methodology for definition and spatial delimitation of rural areas
This Technical Report aims to present the methodology implemented for the spatial delimitation and production of statistics of rural areas and the results obtained.
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Informe Final Encuesta Piloto de Combustibles de Madera-EPICOMAD. Incorporación del Módulo de Combustibles de Madera en Encuestas Existentes en Países en Desarrollo
This Working Paper describes the results of the Woodfuel Pilot Survey (EPICOMAD), which was implemented in Ecuador in November 2017 as part of the activities designed to test the Woodfuel Survey Module.
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Results of the Methodological Studies for Agricultural and Rural Statistics
The purpose of this compendium, developed by the Asian Development Bank, is to compare agricultural statistics generated from sample surveys to those from administrative records.
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Informe Final de la Prueba Cognitiva Realizada en Ecuador. Incorporación de un Módulo sobre Combustibles de Madera en Encuestas Existentes en Países en Desarrollo
This Working Paper describes the results of the cognitive test, which was implemented in Ecuador in September 2017, as part of the previous activities designed to test the Woodfuel Survey Module.
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Field Test Report 1 – Lesotho. Developing a Woodfuel Survey Module for Incorporation into Existing Household Surveys in Developing Countries
This Working Paper describes the results of the Woodfuel Survey Module field test, which was implemented in Lesotho in September 2017.
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Master Sampling Frames for Agriculture. Supplement on selected country experiences
The Handbook on Master Sampling Frames was prepared by a core team of experts from several countries that illustrate their diverse experiences in building and using sampling frames for agriculture surveys.
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Master Sampling Frames. The Field Experiments Conducted in Nepal
This technical report on Master Sampling Frames describes the field experiments conducted in Nepal.
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Field Test Report on the Estimation of Crop Yields and Post-Harvest Losses in Ghana
A pilot survey was conducted in Ghana from October 2016 to March 2017, testing a survey-based approach to measure harvest and post-harvest losses on the farm. This document describes the methodological approach that was tested and subsequently adopted.
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Gaps and Methodological Approach: A Critical Analysis of Methods for Surveys of Fisheries and Aquaculture
In this technical report, the literature search is linked to the pilot project by identifying salient issues and gaps in surveys of fisheries and aquaculture. Also discussed in the report are ways in which various methods for conducting surveys of fisheries and aquaculture deal with different aspects of these challenges.
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Agri-Environmental Statistics and Indicators: A Literature Review and Key Agri/Environmental Indicators
The objective of the research topic “SUST-3, Data Collection Methods for Agri-environmental Indicators” is to provide a framework for agricultural sustainability indicators and related statistical definitions, and measurements tools covering the economic, social and environmental dimensions.