Importance of Agricultural Statistics in Israel

Importance of Agricultural Statistics in Israel

1. AgricultureAgriculture statisticsstatistics
in Israelin Israel
Jamal Medlege Hana TubiJamal Medlege Hana Tubi,,
MOAG CBS MOAG CBS
may 2011 may 2011

2. Main Activities in Agriculture Main Activities in Agriculture
StatisticsStatistics
•Collection of agricultural output data
•Economic Agriculture Account
•Agricultural area survey
•Feed mix centers
•Food supply balance
•International data exchange

3. Agricultural produce that was marketed during Agricultural produce that was marketed during
the month.the month.
Destination :Destination :
• Local ConsumptionLocal Consumption
• ExportExport
• Local ManufacturingLocal Manufacturing
• Intermediate produceIntermediate produce
AgricultureAgriculture OutputOutput

4. Output - Frequency of data Output - Frequency of data
collectioncollection
–Monthly – crop and livestock production,
only via organized marketing.
export data.
–Quarterly – Manufacturing and fruit data.

–Yearly –marketedmarketed produce,produce, home home
consumption on the farm, changes in consumption on the farm, changes in
livestock inventory, intermediate livestock inventory, intermediate
produce and investment in new produce and investment in new
plantations and afforestation.plantations and afforestation.

5. Output - Output - Data sourcesData sources
•Marketing boards and production
councils
•Animal Husbandry Organizations and
corporations
•Wholesalers and food industry (prices)
•Custom
•Ministry of Agriculture

6. Output - Output - QualityQuality
•Crops
–vegetable quantities data are reliable but are
lagged.
–Fruit quantities data are based on quarterly
rough estimations ((ונתשהש םיילהנמ תורוקמ
–The price data for both are based on non –
statistical survey combined with administrative
data

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Output - Output - QualityQuality
•livestock production - reliable and updated
information.
•Manufacturing price data – non statistical
survey of only a few factories.
•Export data – unreliable quantity data.
•Unorganized marketing– estimations.

8. Agricultural Input ValueAgricultural Input Value
•Total materials and services that the
agriculture sector buys from itself and from
other sectors (intermediate consumption)
including depreciation in renewal prices:
Employees, Animal feed, Water, Packing
materials, Fertilizer and manure, Hired
transport, Spare parts, Fuel lubricants and
implements, Pesticides, chicks seeds and
saplings, Administration, Depreciation

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Input - Data sources Input - Data sources
•Feed mix centers
•producers of fertilizers and pesticides
•Garages
•Mills
•Oil Factories
•Ministry of Agriculture – grains import
•Water authority

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Input - QualityInput - Quality
•Survey cover most of the inputs– reliable
and updated information,
•95% response, good coverage.
•Packing materials and hired transport –
estimated by quantities.
•Price indices base year - 2000 .
•Import data – missing quantity data.
•Services – missing data

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Economic Agriculture AccountEconomic Agriculture Account
•Income of “primary” agriculture factors
(labor & capital) invested in agriculture.
•Estimated as the total value of agricultural
products plus compensations and other
receipts less the value of the total input.

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EAA - QualityEAA - Quality
•Derived from output and input data
•Services – partial and missing data
•Regular update for previous years
•Investment – lagged data and breaks in
the series

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Input and Output PricesInput and Output Prices
in Agriculture Industry in Agriculture Industry
•The indices measure the influence of price
changes on income from agriculture
products, materials and services, used for
producing agriculture output.

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QualityQuality
•Based on output data
•Price indices base year - 2000

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Food Supply BalanceFood Supply Balance
•A summary of the sources of food and their
nutritional content, for the purpose of
calculation nutritional value of food supply:
calories, fat, protein, minerals and
vitamins.
•The Average consumption is computed per
day per capita.
•The balance sheet is drawn up in the form
determined by the FAO

16. Challenges in Agriculture StatisticsChallenges in Agriculture Statistics
Privatization and decentralization of
organizations in the agriculture sector
Cooperation problems
Time limits
Shift to administrative sources with
uncertain reliability
Missing Marketing data

17. Agriculture area surveyAgriculture area survey
The Goal: Collection of updated reliable data The Goal: Collection of updated reliable data
regarding agricultural area and activitiesregarding agricultural area and activities::
• Area Balance (orchards, flowers, Area Balance (orchards, flowers,
vegetables, field crops, grazing) Animal vegetables, field crops, grazing) Animal
inventories (cattle, chicken etc.)inventories (cattle, chicken etc.)
• Marketing and quotas by regions (milk, Marketing and quotas by regions (milk,
chicken, eggs and fish)chicken, eggs and fish)

18. Area Data sources:Area Data sources:
Administrative filesAdministrative files
•Foreign labor survey in agriculture
•Production and marketing boards
•Farmers organizations
•Insurance companies

19. Area - QualityArea - Quality
• Missing information regarding farms that
do not use foreign workers and some
sectors
•Missing information regarding the crops
location
•Missing information regarding the non
agricultural activities
•Biased reporting (Influenced reporting)

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21. Frequency of data collectionFrequency of data collection
–Monthly – agricultural output data
(crop and animal production),
export data
–Yearly – agricultural area survey,
agricultural industry account,Food
balance sheet
–Every 10-15 years – agricultural
census