Transcript Data collection on rural enterprises services thorough Agricultural Census - Samoa experience

‘Data Collection on rural
enterprises & services
through Ag Census’
FAO Roundtable Meeting on
Programme for the 2010 Round
of Censuses of Agriculture
(Samoa 9-13 March 2009)
Benjamin Sila
Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Role of NSO
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Collection
Responsible for data collection from the field,
pertaining to any survey/ census implemented
by NSO
Compilation
Responsible for the compilation (in tabulated
form) of statistical data collected from the field
Dissemination
Official release of such findings either as a
report, tabulated format or both
Data Collection
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Collected at the household level
Includes core module such as sex of holder, HH
size, land use, land tenure, livestock numbers,
etc
Ministry of Agriculture and the Bureau work in
collaboration
for
its
preparation
and
implementation
Staff (agriculture & bureau) play supervisory
role after vigorous training
Hire enumerators after screening/ interviewing
and training
Data Collection
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Collected by enumerators and supervisors
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Have on the Field Edit Checks
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In House Edits
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Hard Edits
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Soft Edits
In house coding to check for
consistency, reliability and uniformity
validity,
Data Compilation
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Electronic Edit Checks/ Specifications in place
prior to data entry
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Double Entry of survey/ census data to check
for consistency and accuracy of entry
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Tabulation Output (check for consistency and
reliability)
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Final
Tabulation
disaggregate)
Output
(aggregate
and
Data Dissemination
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Public Awareness of survey/ census results (EG:
Launching of Census of Population and Housing
2006) prior to official release
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Report
format,
tabulated
format
or
amalgamation of both for stakeholders to utilize
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Publications and website
Rural Enterprises Data Collection
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Centralized
Data
Base
(Extension
Officers
allocated through out the country but have head
quarters
fisheries
around
Apia)
–
agriculture
and
Rural Enterprises Data Collection:
Feasible or NOT!!
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Small Geographical Size (approx. 2,8002 km)
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Existing Centralize Administrative System
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Effective Mechanism in place (Extension Officers
& Monitoring)
Proneness to natural disaster (food security
issues) – specialized surveys
Access to services in the rural area such as bank,
veterinary services, trading centre for farm
input, etc
Centralized vs Decentralized data collection