Improving Agricultural Statistics in the COMCEC Region
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Statistical
Domain
Date of most
recent data
Source of
Data
Geographical
Coverage
Responsible
Agency
Active Population
in Agriculture
2011-2013 Census 2005
projection
National, village BUCREP
Agricultural
Labor Force
2011-2013 Census 2005
Projection
National, village BUCREP
Rural
Employment
2011-2012 Customs, Survey National Regional BUCREP/MINADER
Machinery 2011-2012 Customs, Survey National Regional MINADER/CENEEM
A
Agricultural
Credit
2011-2012 Customs, Survey National Regional MINADER
Fertilizers 2011-2012 Survey National, Regional MINADER-MINDCAF
Pesticides 2011-2012 Survey National Regional MINTP/MINADER/S
ODECAO
OTHER INDICATORS Latest Year Available
Agricultural GDP 2011
Rural Income 2011
Index of Agricultural Input Prices 2012
Food Balance Sheets 2010
Agricultural/Rural income Distribution NA
Land Distribution 2011-2012
Source: SSAQ Results and CountrySTAT, 2014.
As shown in the table above, Cameroon’s agricultural statistical system compiles and
disseminates a wide variety of statistics related to the traditional domains, such as production,
prices, inputs and trade.
iii. Resources of the Agricultural System
Human Resources: Apart from the INS, which has sufficiently trained and sufficient staff,
services in charge of the production of food and agricultural statistics in line ministries suffer
staff shortages both in quantity and quality. Recruitment freeze in the public service during the
recession remains the main cause of the decline of the framework in the rural sector and the
quality of data produced. In addition, during the crisis Cameroon experienced an important
phenomenon of exodus of executives (including compilers). Many of the governmental
agencies involved in the production of agricultural statistics in Cameroon have few
statisticians and people involved in the production of statistics, generally lack technical skills.
The report on metadata also points out a high mobility of trained personnel.132
Financial Resources: The production of agriculture and food statistics in Cameroon remains a
very expensive operation. Overall financing needs expressed in the framework of the NSDS for
132 SSAQ Results.