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geographical disaggregation is observed in traditional areas of statistics and when the sources
of data are administrative.
Table 25: Percentage Geographical Coverage of Agricultural Statistics
GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE (%)
African Group Arab Group Asian Group COMCEC
NationalRegionalProvinceDistrictVillageOthersNationalRegionalProvinceDistrictVillageNationalRegionalProvinceDistrictVillageNationalRegionalProvinceDistrictVillage
Production 42 33 17 0 0 8 31 23 38 8 0 27 0 27 45 0 34 20 29 17 0
Area 42 33 17 0 0 8 23 23 31 8 15 27 0 18 55 0 31 20 23 20 6
Yield 45 27 18 0 0 9 25 25 33 17 0 11 0 33 56 0 29 19 29 23 0
Livestock 45 27 9 0 0 18 36 9 45 9 0 27 0 27 45 0 39 13 29 19 0
Forest 63 38 0 0 0 0 38 13 38 13 0 50 10 20 20 0 50 19 19 12 0
Fishery 50 20 20 0 0 10 27 27 36 9 0 60 10 10 20 0 47 20 23 10 0
Prod. pric. 30 30 20 0 0 20 40 30 30 0 0 40 10 40 10 0 39 25 32 4 0
Input pric. 50 25 0 0 0 25 33 33 33 0 0 50 25 25 0 0 44 31 25 0 0
Cons Quan. 33 33 17 0 0 17 78 11 11 0 0 82 18 0 0 0 72 20 8 0 0
Calories 40 40 0 0 0 20 80 20 0 0 0 83 17 0 0 0 73 27 0 0 0
Protein 50 50 0 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 0 75 25 0 0 0
Fats 50 50 0 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 0 67 33 0 0 0 69 31 0 0 0
Land use 50 38 13 0 0 0 27 9 27 27 9 36 18 18 27 0 37 20 20 20 3
Rural pop 50 30 10 0 10 0 38 13 13 25 13 18 0 18 64 0 34 14 14 31 7
Active pop 50 25 8 0 8 8 50 17 17 17 0 44 22 33 0 0 50 23 19 4 4
Labor 44 33 0 0 11 11 40 20 20 20 0 36 36 27 0 0 41 31 17 7 3
Machinery 63 25 0 0 0 13 44 11 33 11 0 40 20 20 20 0 50 19 19 12 0
Fertilizers 50 25 13 0 0 13 50 10 30 10 0 67 11 11 11 0 58 15 19 8 0
Pesticides 50 25 13 0 0 13 50 10 30 10 0 88 0 13 0 0 64 12 20 4 0
Rural inf 60 40 0 0 0 0 17 17 33 17 17 67 0 33 0 0 43 21 21 7 7
Rural emp 57 43 0 0 0 0 29 29 43 0 0 33 56 11 0 0 39 43 17 0 0
Agric cred. 67 33 0 0 0 0 29 14 43 14 0 40 0 60 0 0 44 17 33 6 0
Average 49 33 8 0 1 9 43 18 27 10 2 49 14 20 17 0 48 22 19 9 1
Source: SSAQ Results.
e. SNA and EAA
80 percent of COMCEC Members adopted the System of National Accounting (SNA93) and
65 percent said they have the Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA) – mostly countries for
2011 and 2012, and a few for 2013 and 2010. 85 percent of African group countries,
78 percent of Asian group countries and 69 percent of Arab group countries adopted the
SNA93. The Arab group, with 85 percent, had the highest percentage of members constructing
EAA, followed by Africa with 62 percent. Only 33 percent of the COMCEC Members in the Asian
group have EAA (Annex 4, Table A4. 9).
f. Resources
Only a few countries have reportedly budgeted for agricultural statistics. Many have expressed
concerns regarding the accuracy of the numbers reported and/or the reasons for not being
able to report agricultural statistics. On average the yearly agricultural statistics budget
reported by the COMCEC Members is 1.04 million Euros. For the African group this average
budget is 1.7 million Euros. In Africa, Mali is raising the average with 6.4 million Euros while
countries like Benin and Togo reported budgets as low as 122 thousand Euros. In the Asian