Transcript Group 1 - PNG/Solomon Is, Vanuatu/Fiji

Practical B: Full agricultural census
module for a linked population and
housing census
PNG, Solomon Is, Vanuatu, Fiji
1. Relevant items in Annex 1
Minim core questions
Supplementary questions
Insert a question on land ownership before
Q2
Q2. remove since its already in Core Qs
Q2. Use of standard ‘units’ eg. Sports field
instead of hectares to be related to easily
Q3. Establish/define list of temporary
crops
Q3 rewording of ‘parcel’ and could be
removed and included in Supplementary Qs
Q6. Tendency for double counting of land
area in mix cropping
Q4 pose some confusion between ‘ownership’ Q8 replace meadow with grassland or
and ‘raising’
pasture
Q22 replace name with activity name
Q23 Should be multiple response. Insert
column on quantity (percentage etc..)
> Insert a ‘Other & specify’ category
The questions need to be tailored to suit the users
demand (Economists, food security etc…) and mode of
collecting the information.
2. Other key items not covered
• By country choice – there are a lot of
questions already being considered.
3. Questions to be used to enumerate
selected data
• Need for pilot test of methodologies first
4. Issues needing consideration
• Overall could reduce cost (adv)
• Could increase number of Agric indicators i.e
more use (adv)
• Likely increase in field management due to
complexity in Improve in (disadv)
• Overloading of questionnaire = response
burden (disadv)
• Better coordination between NSO and Agric,
fisheries and forestry (Adv)
5. Advantages and disadvantages