2009 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE

CENSUS PROJECT (Migration from Manual

to Digital)

Presentation to the 2011 Pacific Island Countries GIS and RS User ConferenceSPC Nabua, Suva.

Outline of Presentation

Definition of Agriculture Census Background of Agriculture Census

program in Fiji Importance of Agriculture census Scope of the Agriculture census project GIS Intervention for the Agriculture

Census Framework Conclusion Way Forward

A census of agriculture is a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering the whole or a significant part of the country.

Agriculture Census Definition

Background of Agriculture Census Program in Fiji

Three National Agriculture Censuses have been conducted in Fiji over the last four decades; 1968, 1978 & 1991

2000 Agriculture Program was shelved due to political situation

It’s the only way to obtain fundamental data on the organizational structure of the agricultural sector.

Structural information of this type has a wide range of uses, such as for the monitoring and analysis of MDGs, rural poverty, food security, the role of women in agriculture and agricultural planning and policy-making.

Reliable current data relating to crop and livestock production for the census year can be useful as a benchmark for improving current crop and livestock statistics.

The Agriculture census provides baseline data needed to help assess the impact of projects/interventions in certain areas.

Importance of the Census of Agriculture

Agriculture Census provided the structural data on the agricultural sector both in terms of crops & livestock at National, Divisional, Provincial and district level.

SCOPE OF THE 2009 AGRICULTURE CENSUS

Core Data Items Collected in the 2009 Agriculture Census Farmer Demographics

Land tenure Acreage Type of crop and livestock

commodities including varieties, breed, age and sex

Production, Sales & Market outlets Gender Household agriculture tasks Farm management & equipment

Agriculture Census Methodology

Census Methodology: Multiple Sample Framework which is the combination of Area Frame and List Frame.

Area Frame uses topographical maps [1:50,000], aerial photos and Land Use maps

List Frame is a list of major agriculture holdings, freehold farms, research station and special farms

GIS InterventionFrom Manual activities – GIS tools. Activities undertaken are: Overlaying of FIBOS EA boundaries Scanning of aerial photos [1994] Geo-referencing aerial photos Stratification process of enumeration

boundaries Demarcation of selected segments

[physical boundaries] Digitization of segments [1sq km] Printing of enlargements

Numbering & Selection of Segments

Numbering of the grids

Division Province Rice Area Planted (Has) Rice Area Harvested (Has)Central Naitasiri 1.12 0.72

Namosi 0.00 0.00

Rewa 0.00 0.00

Serua 0.00 0.00

Tailevu 19.44 0.93

Total 20.56 1.65

Western Ba 19.85 18.44

Nadroga 15.14 2.31

Ra 17.84 6.65

Total 52.82 27.39

Northern Bua 606.43 598.03

Cakaudrove 0.09 0.00

Macuata 2 943.80 2 227.52

Total 3 550.32 2 825.56

Eastern Kadavu 0.00 0.00

Lau 0.00 0.00

Lomaiviti 0.00 0.00

Rotuma 0.00 0.00

Total 0.00 0.00

F I J I Total 3 623.70 2 854.60

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 [Con’t]

Rice Area in Hectares

Registered Aerial Photo Overlaid with Physical Boundaries

Example of a Digitized Segment – Rewa Province

Conclusion 2009 Agriculture Census program

was completed successfully

GIS tool was an essential intervention to the project

GIS intervention provided a platform for future agriculture survey and census programs

Way Forward1. Use of GPS units to compliment GIS

tools in the establishment of the Fiji Agriculture Statistics System

2. Incorporation of Satelite images [ALOS] to assist:

i. Preparation of new agriculture survey enumeration area boundaries

ii. Conduct accurate stratification procedures for the classification and calculation of land use percentage on enumeration area boundaries

SATELITE IMAGE - ALOS

Division Province Farms% of Total

Farms Total Area (HA) % of Total AreaCentral Naitasiri 5 511 32.5 20 513.52 44.7

Namosi 1 261 7.4 2 255.32 4.9

Rewa 2 115 12.5 1 258.29 2.7

Serua 1 812 10.7 5 195.94 11.3

Tailevu 6 279 37.0 16 685.05 36.3

Total 16 977 26.3 45 908.13 18.3

Western Ba 10 242 48.1 56 016.75 53.3

Nadroga 5 302 24.9 24 472.39 23.3

Ra 5 741 27.0 24 662.87 23.5

Total 21 285 33.0 105 152.01 41.9

Northern Bua 3 972 20.1 14 324.65 15.1

Cakaudrove 7 712 39.1 33 046.22 34.9

Macuata 8 040 40.8 47 284.44 50.0

Total 19 724 30.6 94 655.32 37.7

Eastern Kadavu 2 288 35.2 1 676.14 30.7

Lau 1 724 26.5 2 414.44 44.2

Lomaiviti 2 281 35.1 1 112.40 20.4

Rotuma 209 3.2 262.24 4.8

Total 6 502 10.1 5 465.22 2.2

F I J I Total 64 488   251 180.68  

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009

Total Number of Farms and Total Area in Hectares

Division Province Total Farms Total LivestockCentral Naitasiri 2011 19 671

Namosi 322 2 001

Rewa 146 867

Serua 624 4 267

Tailevu 1526 18 021

Total 4628 44 827

Western Ba 4655 19 962

Nadroga 2915 18 020

Ra 3233 19 648

Total 10803 57 630

Northern Bua 1498 9 024

Cakaudrove 1082 8 855

Macuata 3779 12 650

Total 6359 30 529

Eastern Kadavu 10 276

Lau 177 642

Lomaiviti 137 346

Rotuma 42 162

Total 365 1 426

F I J I 22155 134 411

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 [Con’t]

Total Number of Farms and Total Number of Livestock

Division Province Dalo Area Planted (Ha) Dalo Area Harvested (ha)Central Naitasiri 4 369.67 2 419.31

Namosi 447.95 224.02

Rewa 243.09 112.86

Serua 500.13 249.30

Tailevu 1 776.87 930.41

Total 7 337.71 3 935.90

Western Ba 335.67 150.43

Nadroga 476.43 195.57

Ra 1 293.42 599.56

Total 2 105.52 945.56

Northern Bua 974.87 332.57

Cakaudrove 3 592.53 1 254.16

Macuata 439.27 134.32

Total 5 006.67 1 721.06

Eastern Kadavu 408.46 152.86

Lau 89.62 29.41

Lomaiviti 258.61 65.66

Rotuma 40.85 12.85

Total 797.54 260.78

F I J I Total 15 247.45 6 863.30

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 [Con’t]

Dalo Area in Hectares

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