A 12-page brochure on Improving and Using Administrative Data in Agricultural Statistics is now available.
Also available in: French
A 12-page brochure on Improving and Using Administrative Data in Agricultural Statistics is now available.
Also available in: French
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide operational guidance to developing countries on how to set up an effective Administrative Data System for Agricultural Statistics (ADSAS), as well as on the improvement, use and integration of administrative data in the national statistical system.
Also available in: French
This working paper presents and discusses findings from field testing in two countries: Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania.
The objective of this working paper is to design a protocol for in-country testing of specific ways to employ strategies and methodologies for improving administrative data.
The aim of the research is to develop strategies and methodologies for the improvement of the collection and management of data from administrative sources and of their use in an integrated agricultural statistics system in developing countries.
Data collected from sources other than surveys and censuses are used extensively by the statistical offices of developed countries. Such data can maximize the consistency of published cross-sector figures and help to align survey data with information from non-statistical sources.
The Global Strategy to Improve Agriculture and Rural Statistics was adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2010 with the objective to improve statistics in agriculture, livestock, aquaculture, small-scale fisheries and forestry production in developing countries and ensure that they are maintained over time. One of the key components of the Global Action Plan is its research plan, which has as one of its priorities “improving the methodology for using administrative data in agricultural statistics” (World Bank, FAO and United Nations 2010).