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IPS243 Arbab A. K
 Establishment of the Agriculture Statistics Division in Ministry of
Agriculture and Forests in Bhutan
 Expansion of the agriculture division in Bangladesh
 Joint committees established for the estimation of crops in
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
2. Improving the quality of Administrative Reporting Systems
In some countries where there were no established census or survey
systems, administrative reporting systems are the key source of statistics
including agriculture statistics. Major activities performed in this technical area
and progress achieved are,
 Improving Administrative Reporting Systems for Rice Production
Statistics in LAO PDR and Cambodia.
 Awareness raising through workshops in all implementing countries to
improve the quality of the administrative data to make them
statistically reliable and valid.
3. Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)
CAPI is an interviewing technique in which an electronic device is used to
carry out the survey. It is similar to telephone interviewing, except that the
interview takes place in person instead of over the telephone. This method is
usually preferred over a telephone interview when the questionnaire is long
and complex. It has been classified as a personal interviewing technique
because an interviewer is usually present to serve as a host and to guide the
respondent. CAPI is cost effective as it saves the costs of printing
questionnaires, data entry, editing, coding and shortens the overall time for
the data collection
Global Strategy in collaboration with World Bank has developed the
software called Survey Solutions to assist in implementing the CAPI in
beneficiaries’ countries.
 Bhutan Agriculture Census,
 Mongolia in livestock survey,
 Timor Leste, Agriculture Census,
 Maldives, Male market data among others
 Viet Nam in agriculture survey
4. Cost of Production
The Cost of Production (COP) estimates are used to guide and inform
farmers and agriculture policy makers in making investment decisions and
policies. CoP manual was developed and implemented in various countries
focused as follows
 Cost of Production of Mango in Bangladesh
 Cost of Production of Rice in Indonesia and Viet Nam

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