Intervention: Timor-Leste http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-events/wca2020bangkok/en/

1. Roundtable on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture
2020
Bangkok, Thailand
19-23 September 2016
Sr. Elias dos Santos Ferreira
General Director for Statistics – Timor-Leste
General Directorate for Statistics
Ministry of Finance
E-mail: edsferreira@mof.gov.tl
Technical Sessions 3:
First Timor-Leste Agriculture
Census (TLAC)- Preparation Phase
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 Agriculture sector significantly contributes to Timor-Leste economy;
 In 2014 the Agriculture sector contributed 5.9% to non-oil GDP;
 The 2004 & 2010 National Population and Housing Census (NPHC)
integrated five agriculture questions, while the 2015 NPHC integrated
improved Agriculture Module;
 1st National Agriculture Sample Survey (NASS) conducted in 2007/08;
 The 2010 NPHC 70.4 % lives in the rural areas, of which 86% were
engaged in crop and livestock production;
 Limited structural information and institutional capacity on agricultural
statistics;
 The current government is highly committed to realize the 1st Timor-
Leste Agriculture Census (TLAC) – as part of the strategy to improve
bench mark statistics for better planning and fiscal allocations to
achieve food security and poverty reduction.
Introduction

3. The current situation of 1st Timor-Leste
Agricultural Census (TLAC)
 Integration of the Agriculture Module to
the 2015 NPHC – as basis to design the
1st TLAC;
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4. What are included in the Agriculture Module of the 2015 National
Population and Housing Census
• Crop production (by season and type of crops planted);
• Livestock rearing (including number and type of livestock);
• Fisheries and aquaculture activities
• Levels of agricultural activity (Minor agriculture activity (backyard);
Producing mainly for home consumption & Producing mainly for sale)
• Use of tractors (type and sources/ownership of tractor);
• Use of technologies (including mulching, fertilizers, pesticides,
herbicides, improved seeds, and irrigation);
• Estimated crop land/area under cultivation;
• Land tenure status;
• Agricultural labor (household, hired labor, group ).
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5. Results from the NPHC 2015 Timor-Leste
Agriculture Sector at a Glance
• Analysis of the Agricultural Module is on-going
• Initial results as follows:
• Total Number of Private Households enumerated: 204,597
• Number of households engaged in agriculture: 183,633 (90%)
• Number of households engaged in crop production: 162,806 (97%)
• Number of households engaged in livestock rearing: 178,363 (89%)
• Number of households engaged in Aquaculture & Fisheries: 68,413 (37%)
Agricultural Activity
Minor agricultural activity (backyard): 84 ,217 (46%)
Producing mainly for home consumption: 94,159 (51%)
Producing mainly for sale: 5,257 (3%) 5

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Crop Production
Household growing crops in main season: 162,229 (99%)
Household growing crops in second season: 159,567 (98%)
Household growing crops in both seasons: 158, 990 (58%)
Number of Household has Access to Land: 121,669 (66%)
Number of Households with Estimated*Crop Land
< 1 Ha : 54,968
1–5 Ha: 18 347
>5 Ha: 1,390
* NPHC enumerators did not take any measurement
Results from the NPHC 2015 Timor-Leste
Agriculture Sector at a Glance

7. Analytical Output and Dissemination
The products from the Agriculture Module of the 2015
NPHC will include the following:
 Complete range of tables by household, to first and
third tier of the geographical area (Municipality,
Administrative Post and Suco/Village - to be
released in September 2016);
 Thematic (analytical) report - to be released in
October 2016);
 Inclusion of agriculture module information into a
Census Atlas- to be released in early 2017).
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8. Way Forward
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Definition and operationalization of
institutional, administrative and legal
framework for the 1st TLAC
Preparation and
approval of the
legal framework
(Decree
Law/Resolution)
for the TLAC
Organization and
institutionalization
of the National
Steering
Committee on
TLAC
Organization
and
institutionalizati
on of the
Technical
Committee on
TLAC
Organization
and
institutionalizati
on of the
Publication
Committee on
TLAC
Confirmation of the government decision
on the TLAC timing

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Resource Mobilization
(i.e Conduct Donor's meetings)
Preparation of the Project Document (review/modify
the previous 2009 Pro Doc on TLAC)
Submission of the Final Agriculture Module Thematic
Report and Manual(s) for TLAC to the Government and
Dissemination of the thematic report to donors and
different stakeholders
Way Forward....Contd.

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IMPLEMENTATION
OPERATIONAL PREPARATION
TECHNICAL PREPARATION
Way Forward … Contd.

11. Methodology and Sampling
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This will be defined once the analysis of the
agriculture module from the 2015 NPHC is
done
All methodologies and sampling design will
consider concepts and definitions from the
World Programme for the Census of
Agriculture 2020.

12. THANK YOU
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