Regional Workshop on integrating
agricultural questions with 2020 round of
population and housing census, Noumea,
AGRICULTURE CENSUS IN SOLOMON
ISLANDS: FUTURE FOCUS
28th May - 1st June 2012
William Okekini
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Department of Agriculture Planning and Land Use
Basic Facts
• Agriculture is the ‘backbone’ of Solomon Islands’ economy and rural
livelihood.
• 992 Islands, total land size of 27,547km2 and 0.62 per cent of the total
land are arable and suitable for agriculture production.
• 87 % of the total land is under Traditional Land Tenure System
• 2009 Household Population census - 515,870, Males – 264,455,
Females – 251,415, House Holds – 91,251
• GDP per capita: 2,800 US dollars
• Agriculture contribution to total GDP ranges from 35 – 42 % per annum
• Major earnings coming from exported agriculture commodities such as
Cocoa Beans, Coconuts (Copra & Oil) and Palm Oil.
• Stress from TLTS has put pressure on food production, commodity
export prospects and food security.
• Labor force by occupation in agriculture is 75%
• Agricultural commodity exports are still the major source of earnings to
the country.
Map of Solomon Islands
Agriculture Data
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S.I is yet to conduct an Agriculture Census
HH Population census (Every 10 yrs)
HIES (5 yrs)
Agriculture Rural Development Study
Cash crop data – Cocoa, coconut, palm oil
Agricultural and Forestry-themed National Minimum
Development Indicators
Weakness
• Consistency and cross-sectional
• Measurements and usage of data
• Weak partnership linkage between Ministries and
other stakeholders
2009 Population Census Questionnaire
2009 PCQ Cont…
2009 PCQ Cont…
Coverage for Solomon Islands - Agricultural and Forestry-themed National
Minimum Development Indicators
Score (Yes=1, Proxy = 0.5,
Theme
Code
Indicator
Data is available?
No = 0)
Before country
After country
visit (internet After country visit
Before
visit (Apr
search only)
(April 2012)
country visit
2012)
AF.1.1 Proportion of household income from agriculture and forestry activities (%)
No
AF.1.2 Proportion of national GDP from agriculture and forestry (%)
No
Yes (2005-6)
0
1
Yes (2005-6)
Proxy (1999)
0
1
Proxy (1999)
0.5
0.5
AF.1.4 Proportion of national budget allocation for agriculture and forestry (%)
No
Yes (2011)
0
1
AF.2.1 Value of domestic production of agriculture and forestry products (US$ per year)
No
No
0
0
AF.2.2 Volume of total domestic production agriculture and forestry products (kg)
No
No
AF.2.3 Volume of exports of agriculture and forestry products (kg per year)
AF.2.4 Value of exports of agriculture and forestry products (US$ equivalent per year)
No
No
Yes (1st part of 2012)
0
0
0
1
Yes (1st part of 2012)
0
1
Yes (1st part of 2012)
0
1
Yes (1st part of 2012)
0
1
Macroeconom
AF.1.3 Proportion of labour force engaged in agriculture and forestry activities as their
ic/ overview
primary activity (%)
Trade and
food
dependency
AF.2.5 Volume of imports of agriculture and forestry products (kg per year)
No
AF.2.6 Value of imports of agriculture and forestry products (US$ equivalent per year)
No
AF.2.7 Food price index
Yes (2008)
Yes (2012)
1
1
AF.2.8 Food import dependency ratio %
No
Yes (2005-6)
0
1
AF.3.1 All available agricultural land use classifications as proportion of total land area
No
No
0
0
Yes (2010)
Yes (2005-10)
1
1
1
1
Yes
0
1
No
0
0
Proxy
0
0.5
Total covered
3.5
13
(%)
AF.3.2 Area of forested land as proportion of total land area (%) (MDG 7.1)
Land
Resources
AF.3.3 Current rate of deforestation - forests cleared (Hectares/year and percentage of
Yes (2010)
Yes (2005-10)
forests per year = [hectares/year]/total hectares)
AF.3.4 Area of reserved/protected land as proportion of total land areas (%)
No
AF.3.5 Average annual soil erosion rate – wind and water erosion (thousand tonnes per
No
hectare)
Nutrition
AF.4.1 Daily consumption of fruit and vegetables per capita per day (Mean number of
servings per day)
Source: Bower, J. 2012
No
18
Total no. indicators
Percent coverage
19.4%
72.2%
Uses of the S.I Agriculture Census Data
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Input – output relationship (Productivity)
Production Vs Land use
Population Vs Production
Production Vs Soil fertility
Production Vs Farming systems
Trend Analysis
Food production Vs utilization
Designing Gov’t Policies, planning and
decision making
Connecting Agric Census to SIIARD
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Solomon Islands Information for Agriculture and Rural
Development (SIIARD) will result in evidence-based
policy, strategic planning, decision-making and
implementation of agriculture and rural development
programs with regard to:
Agricultural land use systems
Areas of agricultural opportunity
Areas of rural disadvantage
Areas of climate-change induced food security
vulnerability and adaptability
Areas of Food Security and Nutrition, and
Areas of and for economic growth and development
SIIARD Framework
SIIARD Framework
Frame work
SIIARD
SIRIS
SISEM
SIMAS
AGRICULTURE
CENSUS
LAND USE
P3D
MODELLING
Way forward
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Funding
Agric. Census in S.I to be done before 2014
Stand alone Project
Questionnaire design
The use of data in policy, planning and
decision making
• Training – capacity building
Thank You for
Listening