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CountrySTAT

Monday, September 23, 2013

The overall objective of CountrySTAT Zambia to improve access to National

Food and Agricultural Statistics. These include relevant statistics on Crop Production, Agricultural Trade, Forestry Statistics, population, GDP,

etc.

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CountrySTAT

• The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is the Focal point institution for

CountrySTAT Zambia. The Central Statistical Office is also part of the

Secretariat.

• Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock and the Central Statistical Office are

responsible for collecting and compiling agricultural data and uploading it

to the CountrySTAT website

• Each country has the option of choosing to host the data on a local server

or use the FAO server. Zambia chose to use the FAO server as this

provides better reliability, especially in guaranteeing good download speed

for users


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Focal Points…

There are two focal point officers for CountrySTAT

one from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

and the other from the Central Statistical Office.

Other members include Departments of;

• Fisheries

• Forestry

• Livestock and Veterinary Services

• Commerce Trade and Industry


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Type of Statistics collected in Zambia

Type of Statistics Frequency of

Collection

Lead institution

Crop Production Annual Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Livestock Statistics Annual Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Trade Statistics Monthly CSO

Food Availability Annual Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Food Availability Monthly VAC

Producer Prices Annual Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Wholesale Prices Weekly Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Retail Prices Weekly CSO

Forestry Statistics Annual Forestry Department


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Type of Statistics cont’d…

Type of Statistics Frequency of

Collection

Lead institution

Population 10 years/annual

Projections

CSO

Fisheries Statistics Annual Fisheries Department

Livestock Slaughters Monthly Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Labour Annual CSO


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DATA FLOWS INTO COUNTRYSTAT

DATA COLLECTION DATA ANALYSIS

PUBLICATION INTEGRATION INTO COUNTRYSTAT


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Challenges of Implementing CountrySTAT in Zambia

• Varying Quality of Data (Frequency of collection, level of

disaggregation etc.)

• Institutional Collaboration

• Communication Strategy


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Examples…Varying quality of Data

• Crops Statistics are relatively high quality

• Livestock Statistics are relatively poor quality


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Good Quality Data…Some achievements


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Crop Expected Production (metric tonnes)

2011/2012 2012/2013 % change

Maize 2,852,687 2,532,800 (11.21)

Maize (for seed) 30,003 35,190 17.29

Sorghum 15,379 14,971 (2.65)

Rice 45,321 44,747 (1.27)

Millet 28,446 23,942 (15.83)

Sunflower 20,468 33,733 64.81

Groundnuts 113,026 106,792 (5.52)

Soya beans 203,038 261,063 28.58

Cotton 269,502 139,583 (48.21)

Irish potatoes 32,066 22,038 (31.27)

Mixed beans 55,301 56,411 2.01

Bambara nuts 4,712 4,842 2.76

Cowpeas 2,139 4,143 93.69

Sweet potatoes 163,484 188,355 15.21

Paprika 965 605 (37.28)

Wheat 253,522 273,584 7.91

Barley 15,295 11,524 (24.66)

Popcorn 2,150 7,203 234.95 Virginia Tobacco 24,250 21,195 (12.60)

Burley Tobacco 7,067 8,704 23.16

CoP analysis: Comparison of 2012 and 2013

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Median cost per 50kg bag of maize

2012 (KR) 2013 (KR)

Percentage

change Central 30 41 34 Copperbelt 44 56 29 Eastern 28 30 8 Luapula 30 35 17 Lusaka 50 55 9 Muchinga 22 31 37 Northern 29 38 30 NorthWester

n 27 30

10 Southern 34 63 85 Western 59 86 47

CROP Expected production (MT)

ZNFU Estimate

MAL/CSO

Estimate % Difference Maize 2,403,389 2,386,786 1 Sorghum 14,764 14,124 4 Millet 24,412 23,903 2 Sunflower 38,245 32,284 16 Groundnuts 153,601 106,170 31 Soyabeans 47,675 36,756 23 Irish Potatoes No Estimate 3,935 Virginia Tobacco No Estimate 5,727 Burley Tobacco No Estimate 8,183 Mixed Beans No Estimate 56,035 Bambara nuts No Estimate 4,842 Cowpeas No Estimate 4,065 Velvet Beans No Estimate 11 Sweet Potatoes No Estimate 187,774 Paprika No Estimate 109 Pineapple No Estimate 7,751 Popcorn No Estimate 7,203 Sugar Cane No Estimate 1,137

DATA FLOWS INTO COUNTRYSTAT

DATA COLLECTION DATA ANALYSIS

PUBLICATION INTEGRATION INTO COUNTRYSTAT (TWG)


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Trade Data

• Formal Trade Data

Imports and Exports of Agriculture commodities and Fertilizers

• Informal Trade Data


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IMP AND EXP OF AGRIC PRODUCTS AND FERTILIZERS JANUARY 2010 TO DECEMBER 2012.xls


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Informal Data Available through the COMESA

‘Informal Cross-border Trade Monitoring Initiative’


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Relatively ‘less Good’ Quality Statistics

• Livestock Statistics-Less money invested in data collection

• Fisheries Statistics-Less money invested in data collection

• Fisheries Statistics

• Producer, Wholesale and Retail Price Data-Good data collected but less

investment in data analysis, verification and collation

• Wholesale Data has challenges

• Retail Prices

• Forestry Statistics


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Fisheries.xls

1993 to Dec 2013 (July)_CSO retail price data.xlsx

Forestry.xls

Conclusion….Institutional Collaboration/Coordination

The key to successful implementing of the Communication Strategy is good

institutional collaboration

• Frequent interaction (TWG)

• Understanding the metadata

• Cooperation


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