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Book (stand-alone)Food data collection in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys. Guidelines for low and middle income countries 2018
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No results found.The measurement of food consumption and expenditure is a fundamental component of any analysis of poverty and food security, and hence the importance and timeliness of devoting attention to the topic cannot be overemphasized as the international development community confronts the challenges of monitoring progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In 2014, the International Household Survey Network published a desk review of the reliability and relevance of survey questions as included in 100 household surveys from low- and middle-income countries. The report was presented in March 2014 at the forty-fifth session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), in a seminar organized by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Food Security, Agricultural and Rural Statistics (IAEG-AG). The assessment painted a bleak picture in terms of heterogeneity in survey design and overall relevance and reliability of the data being collected. On the positive side, it pointed to many areas in which even marginal changes to survey and questionnaire design could lead to a significant increase in reliability and consequently, great improvements in measurement accuracy. The report, which sparked a lot of interest from development partners and UNSC member countries, prompted IAEG-AG to pursue this area of work with the ultimate objective of developing, validating, and promoting scalable standards for the measurement of food consumption in household surveys. The work started with an expert workshop that took place in Rome in November 2014. Successive versions of the guidelines were drafted and discussed at various IAEG-AG meetings, and in another expert workshop organized in November 2016 in Rome. The guidelines were put together by a joint FAO-World Bank team, with inputs and comments received from representatives of national statistical offices, international organizations, survey practitioners, academics, and experts in different disciplines (statistics, economics, nutrition, food security, and analysis). A list of the main contributors is included in the acknowledgment section. In December 2017 a draft of the guidelines was circulated to 148 National Statistical Offices from low- to high-income countries for comments. The document was revised following that consultation and submitted to UNSC, which endorsed it at its forty-ninth session in March 2018 (under item 3(j) of the agenda, agricultural and rural statistics. The version presented here reflects what was endorsed by the Commission, edited for language. The process received support from the Global Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Statistics. The document is intended to be a reference document for National Statistical Offices, survey practitioners, and national and international agencies designing household surveys that involve the collection of food consumption and expenditure data. -
Book (series)Operational procedures for selecting samples for repeated agricultural surveys with a rotation design 2021
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No results found.This document is part of the FAO Statistics Working Paper Series and part of the methodological works of the Survey Team of the FAO Statistics Division to provide operational guidance on selected areas of agricultural survey methodology with an overall objective to promote cost effective practices in agricultural surveys implementation. The main objective of this note is to present how to perform sample selection with partial rotation over the survey cycle. A number of methods recommended in the literature are proposed here considering their suitability, cost effectiveness and ease of implementation in the context of agricultural surveys in developing countries. -
Book (series)National socioeconomic surveys in forestry: guidance and survey modules for measuring the multiple roles of forests in household welfare and livelihoods 2016Better understanding the contributions of forests and trees in household welfare, livelihoods and poverty reduction is crucial for achieving several Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, systematic comparison of human dependence on forests and trees has often been focusing on case studies. Developing nationally- representative figures on the contributions of forest and wild products in households throughout countries requires a more systematic approach across vegetation/forest types, ecoregions and different factors influencing the levels of resource use. Enabling thereby consistent measurement of such contributions at national level could lead to more informed policymaking and better capture of the true value of forests and trees in a range of metrics, such as national poverty measurements and GDP. With this view, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) Network, and the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team and Program on Forests (PROFOR) developed specialized forestry modules and the guidance on using them, particularly for LSMS- type surveys. These modules, covering 15 thematic areas, are expected to help in filling current information gaps concerning the relationship of forests and trees to household welfare and livelihoods. This publication, targeted primarily at national statistical offices, explains how these modules can be used, including customizing them according to policy and research needs of different users. It also briefly covers the results of the pilot tests of the modules in Indonesia, United Republic of Tanzania and Nepal.
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