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staff), Sampling techniques (2 staff), Food balance sheet (1 staff
soon to avail)
 RNR Statistics Division established with 9 staff on 1st August 2017
 RNR Statistics Technical Working Group established in September
2017
 Manual on crop-cutting experiment adopted based on study in 3
Dzongkhags
 Technically sound RNR Census planned to be conducted in Dec
2018
IV. Lao PDR
 Agricultural statistics are based on administrative reporting; data
being transmitted weekly from villages to districts to provinces to
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests ( MAF) central office.
 The agricultural statistics system has the weaknesses inherent in
any administrative reporting system
 The administrative reporting system only provides data on crop
area/production and livestock numbers.
 There were serious data gaps, such as cost of production,
agricultural prices and food stocks.
V. Myanmar
 Food Balance Sheets for the year 2011 to 2016 has been prepared
 Livestock Census was last conducted in 1980
 Subsequently the collection of livestock data on a census basis
became a part of the Agricultural Census.
 Though the data from an exclusive livestock census help to better
understand the potentialities of the sector to improve the
economy, in view of the resources involved, the livestock data will
continue to be collected as a part of the agricultural census.
 Crop Production estimation (rice)
VI. Papua New Guanae
 Papua New Guinea Cost of Production (Plantation crops)
 Use of CAPI in CoP and other surveys
VII. Sri Lanka
 Inconsistencies in statistics produced by DCS and the line
agencies.
 There are also data gaps, especially crop condition data;
 Joint monitoring system established
 food security indicators through the preparation of food balance
sheets and PoU estimated by using HIES data

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