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An International Conference on Agricultural Statistics

~ March 18 - 20, 1998 ~

~ Proceedings ~

edited by

                                                         Theresa E. Holland
                                                         Marcel P.R. Van den Broecke

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Table of Contents

Introduction (title, dedication, preface, table of contents) ( i )

Agricultural Statistics 2000: Opening Remarks ( 1 )
        ~ Fred Vogel, Program Chair, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
        ~ Marcel P.R. Van den Broecke, Director, International Statistical Institute
        ~ Donald M. Bay, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

Agricultural Statistics Requirements and Uses

    Agricultural Statistics for Public Policy Issues ( 7 )
        ~ Keith Collins, United States Department of Agriculture

    Agricultural Statistics for Private Sector and Global Marketing ( 13 )
        ~ Daniel G. Amstutz, North American Export Grain Association

    Agricultural Statistics for Environmental Monitoring and Policy ( 16 )
        ~ Kevin Parris, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

    Agricultural Statistics for Rural Development ( 29 )
        ~ Ray D. Bollman, Statistics Canada

    International Standards and Definitions for Agricultural Statistics ( 42 )
    and Requirements for World Census of Agriculture
        ~ L. Odell Larson & Pratap Narain, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    Discussion ( 51 )
        ~ Michael Ward, The World Bank

Sources of Agricultural Statistics - Part 1

    Experience with Annual Censuses of Agriculture ( 59 )
        ~ Glen Sward, Geoff Heffernan & Alan Mackay, Australian Bureau of Statistics

    Experiences with Census of Agriculture in Africa ( 71 )
        ~ Ben Kiregyera, FAO Consultant, Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania

    Sampling Strategy for Agricultural Censuses and Surveys in Developing Countries ( 83 )
        ~ Isidoro P. David, Asian Development Bank

    Agricultural Census and Improvement of Rural Statistics in China ( 96 )
        ~ Zhu Xiangdong, State Statistical Bureau, People's Republic of China

    Integration of Administrative Data with Survey and Census Data ( 107 )
        ~ Michael Trant & Patricia Whitridge, Statistics Canada

    Discussion ( 115 )
        ~ Bal B.P.S. Goel, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

Sources of Agricultural Statistics - Part 2

    Crop Cutting vs. Farmer Reports - Review of Swedish Findings ( 123 )
        ~ Lars Hagblad, Statistics Sweden

    Agrometeorological Crop Yield Forecasting Methods (133 )
        ~ René Gommes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    Statistics Canada's Near Real-Time Crop Condition Assessment Program ( 142 )
    Utilizing NOAA AVHRR Data - Remote Sensing, GIS and the Internet
        ~ Gordon C. Reichert, Paul R. Nixon & Richard N. Dobbins, Statistics Canada

    Data Collection for Environmental Monitoring of the Agriculture Industry ( 149 )
        ~ Sarah Coleman, Nicholas Stathis, Geoff Heffernan & Alan Mackay, Australian Bureau of Statistics

    Surveys for Farm Structure, Agricultural Accounts ( 162 )
    and Total Income of Agricultural Households
        ~ Berkeley Hill, Wye College, University of London, UK

    Discussion ( 173 )
        ~ Ulf Jorner, Statistics Sweden

Advancements in Survey Methodology and Analysis

    The National Resources Inventory and its Role in U.S. Agriculture ( 181 )
        ~ J. Jeffery Goebel, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

    Land Cover and Land Use Classification using TER-UTI ( 193 )
        ~ Christian Gay & Jean-Claude Porchier, Service Central des Enquêtes et Études Statistiques, France

    Utilization of Document Imaging Technology ( 202 )
    by the 1996 Canadian Census of Agriculture
        ~ Mel Jones & Ivan Green, Statistics Canada

    New Methods of Editing and Imputation ( 220 )
        ~ Svein Nordbotten, University of Bergen, Norway

    Partial Overlap Samples and Combining Information ( 229 )
        ~ Wayne A. Fuller, Iowa State University, USA

    Small Area Estimation in India - Crop Yield and Acreage Statistics ( 238 )
        ~ B.D. Tikkiwal, Institute of Developmental Research and Statistics, India
         & G.C. Tikkiwal, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, India

    Discussion ( 251 )
        ~ Francisco Javier Gallego, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems for Agricultural Statistics

    New Elements for Harmonized Approaches ( 257 )
    on Land Cover/Land Use Information Systems
        ~ Jean Meyer-Roux & A. Annoni, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission,
         C. Vidal & D.W. Heath, Statistical Office of the European Communities,
         & C. Duhamel, CESD-Communautaire

    Area Frame Sample Designs: A Comparison with the MARS Project ( 261 )
        ~ Elisabetta Carfagna, University of Bologna, Italy

    Remote Sensing in Mexico ( 278 )
        ~ Juan Manuel Galarza & Guillermo Arita, Centro de Estadística Agropecuaria,
         Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural, México

    Crop Monitoring in Morocco Using Remote Sensing ( 282 )
    and Geographic Information Systems: From a Management Perspective
        ~ Seghir Bouzaffour, Ministry of Agriculture, Morocco
         & George Hanuschak, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

    GIS Use in the Framework of a National Statistical Office: ( 291 )
    Establishment of Land Use Statistics and Geocoding of National Censuses
        ~ Rainer Humbel, Swiss Federal Statistical Office

    Discussion ( 305 )
        ~ George Hanuschak, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

Future Perspectives for Agricultural Statistics

    Issues and Concerns for Developed Countries ( 311 )
        ~ Andreas Lindner, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

    Issues and Concerns for Emerging Market Countries ( 323 )
        ~ Irena Oresnik, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

    Issues and Concerns for Developing Countries ( 332 )
        ~ Ladislav Kabat, L. Naiken, A. David Marshall & Pratap Narain,
         Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    Technological Trends in Statistics: the Dutch Perspective ( 341 )
        ~ Wouter J. Keller, Statistics Netherlands
         & Marcel P.R. Van den Broecke, International Statistical Institiute

    Trends Affecting Agricultural Statisticians ( 343 )
        ~ Rich Allen, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

    Discussion ( 351 )
        ~ Kelley White, Economic Research Service, USDA

Agricultural Statistics 2000: Closing Remarks ( 355 )
        ~ Fred Vogel, Program Chair, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

Contributed Papers

    Spatial Sampling Strategies ( 359 )
        ~ Luis Ambrosio Flores & Luis Iglesias Martínez, U.P.M. Madrid, Spain
         & Robert P. Haining, University of Sheffield, England

    Eurostat's Input and Candidate Countries: Agricultural Statistics ( 361 )
        ~ Giuseppe Calo, Statistical Office of the European Communities

    Issues on a Food Consumption Survey in Korea ( 364 )
        ~ Ji-Hyeon Choi, Korea Rural Economic Institute

    How GIS Technology Can Answer Information Needs ( 366 )
    on Agricultural New Open Markets
        ~ Marie-Christine Delucq & Damien Lepoutre, GEOSYS, Ramonville, France

    Inequality in Israeli Agriculture ( 369 )
        ~ Elana Dror & Haim Regev, Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel

    Linux: International UNIX and Freeware for Statisticians ( 371 )
        ~ Charles M. Fleming & Jameson Burt, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

    Maize Yield Forecast Based on Cob Size ( 374 )
        ~ Bal B.P.S. Goel, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

    Sampling Design for a Farm Household Economy Survey in Korea ( 377 )
        ~ Jongwoo Jeon, Seoul National University
         & Kyu Seong Kim, University of Seoul, Republic of Korea

    The Argentine National Census of Agriculture of 1998 ( 379 )
        ~ Delia Keller, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Argentina

    Experiences with Census of Agriculture in Korea ( 381 )
        ~ Dong-Keun Kim, Agricultural Statistics & Information Bureau,
            Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Korea

    A New Estimating Method for Normal Yield of Rice ( 383)
        ~ Fumio Nakayama & Koji Kitamura, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Japan

    Making Objective Crop Forecasts ( 385 )
        ~ G.S. Ram, Ministry of Agriculture, India

    Unbiased Estimation of Production Total Using Specific Sampling Designs ( 387 )
        ~ M. Ruiz Espejo, UNED, Madrid, Spain,                          
            & Housila P. Singh & Rajesh Singh, Vikram University, India

    Estimation of Per-Farm Indexes for Each Product Sector ( 389 )
    from a Farm Management Survey
        ~ Shomei Tsukibayashi, Aichi University, Japan

    The Evolution of the Official Australian Agricultural Statistics Collection System ( 391 )
        ~ Edward Whybrow, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia

    Market Information Service for Fresh Food in Japan ( 394 )
        ~ Masao Yoshida, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan

Appendix A: Index of Authors and Presenters ( 399 )

Appendix B: Conference Program ( 401 )

Appendix C: Conference Participants ( 405 )
(alphabetically, by country, map of countries represented)