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CountrySTAT REGIONAL BASIC ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING

for GCC MEMBER STATES

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26 – 29 January 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

CountrySTAT STATISTICS COMPONENT

Yann Laurent FAO, Statistics Division, Rome-

Italy

OVERVIEW • Statistics Component Objectives • What is CountrySTAT ? • CountrySTAT Process • How are statistical data organized in

CountrySTAT? • CountrySTAT in action • Statistics Pillar (concepts, definitions, and

classifications) • Publishing data in CountrySTAT (CS-

PUBLISHER) • Creating Tables in CountrySTAT • Metadata

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Statistics Component Objectives

• Learn what CountrySTAT offers

• Learn how to use CountrySTAT (get data)

• Learn how to look for international codes

• Learn how to use the excel templates and how to create new tables (create data)

• Learn how to publish tables

• Learn how to insert metadata

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CountrySTAT supports the dissemination of

internationally comparable official statistics support data analysis

facilitate monitoring and evidence-based

decision making with the goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.

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What is CountrySTAT ?

Producers • Easy publishing • Standards-based • Cooperation • Capacity development

Users • Cost free • Quick data access • Standard formats • Web-based • Graphs & Maps

Politicians • Evidence based decision-making

• Informed policy

What is CountrySTAT ? Why do we need CountrySTAT?

CountrySTAT Process

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design

collect compile

validate

disseminate Analyze

CountrySTAT tasks

Core = National Core (FAOSTAT) : Data per year at national level. Data published under this area and the related domains follow FAOSTAT concepts, standards and definitions.

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How are Statistical Data organized in CountrySTAT

Sub National Statistics:

The same domains as the Core with disaggregated data at sub-national level. Data can be disseminated per Geographical Area (Administrative levels), Local Products (a description of local product and its main category is required) and time (Year and/or Month)

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Global Strategy (Minimum Set of Core Data) It includes the key variables of the four groups (Economic, Social, Environmental and Geographic Location) to be collected by a larger number of stakeholders for each country


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Agricultural Censuses and Surveys All data series available on agricultural census and surveys


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Statistical Yearbooks All data series available on Statistical Yearbooks


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Food Balance Sheets All data series available on Food Balance Sheets


Thematic Modules:

All other relevant indicators for the national statistics the system is flexible so here different folders can be created according to the needs of each Country

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National Institutions:

Data coming from single national institutions as required by the country

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International Partners:

Data coming from international organizations, associations, etc. relevant to the country

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You have enough domains to publish all data with the current tree !

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But the CountrySTAT national administrator can add more areas and domains (except for Core and sub-national) to fit your needs:

• Adding other domains than agricultures (transport,

health etc…) ; • Adding more disaggregated data;


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CountrySTAT in action

Fast access to data (get the data in 3 clicks !)

Metadata available per dataset and

easily accessible

Simple and comprehensive

presentation of data

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• How to get data in 3 clicks? You access data through CountrySTAT home page.

Navigation tree

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Practical demonstration

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Get the data ready

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Statistics Pillar (work flow)

Download the template

Create your table following the rules

Fill the cells with your values

Upload in CS-Publisher

Fill the metadata and validate the structure

Error message: Check the structure of the table

Structure is valid: Your table has been published

Error message: Check the structure of the table (core, sub-nat, or other?) Check the codes Check the metadata

Fill it with the values, insert codes

CountySTAT Table

Statistical framework (concepts, definitions and classifications):

To ensure comparability and consistency of

data on agriculture and food among different countries.

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Statistics Pillar (Concepts, Definitions and Classifications)

International codes Example of CountrySTAT website table


A topic of primary importance is the

international codes for commodities

In order to understand and compare data in CountrySTAT framework, coherence is necessary between data of Core and Sub-National domains, with the recommendations of international standards. To do this, it is necessary to find a correspondence of agro-biological characteristics between the various local products related to major products classified by FAO international classification with a correspondence table between the two classifications.


Two ways of getting the codes:

DEFINITION and CLASSIFICATION of COMMODITIES website

FAOSTAT website

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http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/faodef/faodefe.htm

DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITIES


Practical demonstration

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http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-standards/commodity/en/

Select “Statistics” on the CountrySTAT – FAO

page

You will find: Statistics reference

manual and

FAOSTAT commodity definitions and

correspondences


http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/ess/documents/Statistical_Reference_Manual_2013.pdf

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/ess/documents/Statistical_Reference_Manual_2013.pdf




Digit the item to find


E.g. If you look for “wheat” you

will have all this list of products


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