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High-Level Advocacy Forum on StatisticsGrenadaProgress in implementing the Global Strategy to improve agricultural and rural statistics
26 May 2014
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Why?1) To address developing countries’ lack of capacity
to provide reliable statistical data on food and agriculture
more reliable, timely data!
2) To provide a blueprint for long-term sustainable agricultural statistical systems in developing countries
sustainability, ownership!
What?A comprehensive framework for improving the availability and use of agricultural and rural data
3 Pillars:
• Produce a minimum set of core data• Better integrate agric. statistics into National Statistical
Systems• Improve governance and statistical capacity building
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Who?• The Global Strategy is an international
partnership
• The Global Strategy is implemented through a governance mechanism at different levels
• The programme is funded through a Global Trust Fund managed by FAO and sponsored currently by DFID, Gates Foundation and the Italian Cooperation
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Where?
In up to 90 developing countries: • Africa (40)• Asia and the Pacific (20)• Latin America and the Caribbean (20)• Near East (5)• Commonwealth of Independent States (5)
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How?
Country assessments Sectors Plans Technical
Assistance Training
Addressing urgent needs
Research: cost-effective methods; guidelines
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Main activities at Global, Regional and Country levels for the 3 technical components
Global level Regional level Country level
Research New cost-effective methods in
agricultural statistics
Ensure that needs of the region are taken into
account
Validate methods at local level, contribute to
field tests, adopt and implement methods
T.A Developing standards and guidelines
Providing TA and coordinating regional
technical assistance, regional workshops
Implementing technical assistance, developing
sector plans
Training Developing training materials
Adapt to regional specificities, organize
training in regional training centers, twinning,
scolarships
Implementing training activities through, on-
job, e-learning
Governance• Global governance put in place and functioning
• Regional mechanisms functioning
• Action plan extended: 2012-2016 > 2012-2017
• Regional action plans:– Africa and Asia-Pacific operational– Regional action plans for LAC and CIS to be finalised– Near East starting
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Funding• Total budget: 84 M USD
• Total committed: 41 M USD, in negotiation with EU: 10 M USD
• Global Trust Fund put in place and disbursements made to regional implementing partners (UNECA, UNESCAP, AfDB, FAO regional offices)
• Still 3 regions without funding: LAC, Near East, CIS
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Implementation at global level (1)
• Research component: progress made on several topics for developing cost-effective methods in partnership
Conceptual framework for Agricultural statistics , Integrated Survey Framework; Master sampling frames
Crops estimates, Post-harvest losses, Cost of production, Food Balance sheets
Small-scale fisheries Integration of geographic information, Use of remote sensing,
Use of new technologies
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Implementation at global level (2)
• Guidelines and training material to be released soon:
Guidelines: Agricultural Sectoral Strategies
Nomadic livestock
Use of GPS
Classifications in agricultural statistics
Access to micro-data
Training material: Linkage between population and agricultural censuses
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Integrated survey frameworks 26 May 2014
Implementation at regional level
•Africa•Asia and the Pacific• Latin America and the Caribbean
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Africa
• Country assessments validated in 52 countries• In-depth country assessments almost finalized in 6
countries• Another set of countries in 2014• SPARS to be started in priority countries• Training: syllabus, curricula reviewed, support to statistical
schools, scolarships process started
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Asia and the Pacific
• 1st stage country assessments validated in 52 countries• In-depth country assessments started in 4 countries, 4
other to follow in 2014• SPARS to be started in priority countries• Training: 4 workshops at regional level already organized
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Latin America and the Caribbean
• Regional Governing bodies in place. However, not functioning properly due to lack of funding.
• Regional Implementation Plan being developed and about to be finalize.
• 1st stage country assessments in validation process in 14 countries.
• Regional Public Good Plan submitted to the IaDB in 2013 not selected and re-submitted in 2014, pending outcome.
Conclusion: what remains to be done?
• Better dialogue, coordination mechanisms; better M&E and reporting framework for a better overall GS implementation
• Better communication on results and access to cost-effective methods
• Furthering efforts for GS resource mobilization
• Focusing better research priorities on urgent needs from countries
• Promoting the role of the GS as a platform for better coordination of capacity development initiatives in the field of agricultural statistics
• Countries at the heart of the implementation and the key of success
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