The Report introduces and discusses the problem of measuring area and yield of vegetable crops, by exploring and testing methods such as farmer inquiry and objectives measurement and to propose a methodology for the production of data and statistics. A pilot test has been performed in two selected districts in Ghana to assess the methodology and the workability of the methods.
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Guidelines & Handbooks, Publications
Handbook on crop statistics: improving methods for measuring crop area, production and yield
This Handbook aims to serve as a guide for statisticians from National Statistical Services seeking to improve their data collection methods to produce crop statistics, and to become the new reference document for estimating crop area, yield and production.
Brochures & leaflets, Publications
8-page brochure on Methods for Measuring Crop Area and Yield
An 8-page brochure on Methods for Measuring Crop Area and Yield is now available.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Grain Stocks Estimation through Secondary Data sources-The Case of Zambia
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.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Methodology for Estimation of Crop Area and Crop Yield under Mixed and Continuous Cropping
On the basis of a gaps analysis, a methodology has been developed to estimate crop area and crop yield in mixed and continuous cropping scenarios.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Measuring Crop Area and Yield under Pure Stand, Mixed and Continuous Cropping: Findings from the Field Tests in three countries
This Working Paper provides findings of field tests conducted in three countries i.e. Indonesia, Rwanda and Jamaica on the basis of the methodology developed by the team at ICAR-IASRI for the estimation of crop area, yield and production under mixed and continuous cropping.
Publications
Crop Yield Forecasting: Methodological and Institutional Aspects
This publication, prepared in the context of the AMIS Initiative, provides insights into the complexity of the crop yield forecasting system at country level whilst highlighting good practices and prospects for the future.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Synthesis of Literature and Framework – Research on Improving Methods for Estimating Crop Area, Yield and Production under Mixed, Repeated and Continuous Cropping
This Working Paper provides a review of the literature on methodologies used for estimation of crop area and crop yield in developed and developing countries.
Technical Reports & Working Papers
Gap Analysis on Improving Methods for Estimating Crop Area, Yield and Production under Mixed, Repeated and Continuous Cropping
This report is the second in the series which describes the gap analysis that exists in the context of crop area and yield estimation, and in general, focuses more on crop area and yield estimation in the mixed and continuous cropping scenario.