THE MODULAR APPROACH
BY Group D
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OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
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INTRODUCTION
GOVERNMENT STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
PRIORITIES FOR AFRILAND
THEMATIC SURVEYS
INTRODUCTION
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The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which
range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread
of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all
by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by
all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading
development
institutions.
They
have
galvanized
unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s
poorest.
INTRODUCTION
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Eradicating extreme poverty continues to be one of the main
challenges of our time, and is a major concern of the
international community. Ending this scourge will require the
combined efforts of all, governments, civil society organizations
and the private sector, in the context of a stronger and more
effective global partnership for development.
INTRODUCTION
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The Millennium Development Goals set timebound targets, by
which progress in reducing income poverty, hunger, disease,
lack of adequate shelter and exclusion — while promoting
gender equality, health, education and environmental
sustainability — can be measured.
INTRODUCTION
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Agriculture is the dominant sector of Afriland’s economy. It
contributes about 40 percent to total Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) and over 90% to total export earnings. It provides 78%
of employment and most industries and services in the country
are based on this sector.
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Much of the agricultural production in Afriland
takes place at household level essentially
using household labour. It has been
estimated that women contribute about 45%
of the labour force.
Government Strategy for Developing the
Agricultural Sector
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The long-term vision of the Government of Afriland is to
eradicate poverty by the year 2017. The strategies for achieving
this vision are defined in the Poverty Eradication Action Plan
(PEAP), which constitutes Afriland’s national Comprehensive
Development Framework.
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The Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA), which has
been implemented since 2000/01, contributes directly to pillar 2
of the revised PEAP (2004); Enhancing production,
competitiveness and incomes.
Government Strategy cont’d
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The vision of PMA is to eradicate poverty through a profitable,
competitive, sustainable and dynamic agricultural and agroindustrial sector. Its mission is to eradicate poverty through
transforming subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture.
The specific objectives of the PMA are to:
– Increase the income and improve the quality of life of poor
subsistence farmers;
– Improve household food security through the market;
– Generate gainful employment; and.
– Promote sustainable use and management of natural
resources.
Priorities for Afriland
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To monitor progress towards the national priorities, Afriland
has come with a medium term plan to collect a minimum set
of indicators for monitoring and evaluating progress for
crucial sectors.
This framework is as outlined below:
– Conducting a Population and Housing Census
– Piggy backing an agricultural census onto the Population
and Housing Census (14 data items included)
Benefits of piggy backing
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to develop a sampling frame specifically designed for
agricultural censuses/ surveys.
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use of standard concepts and definitions
sharing of operational materials such as maps
coordinating the 2 data collection operations
linking data from the 2 censuses thus enabling the cross
tabulation of information collected from the Population and
Housing Census with agricultural data.
cost reduction
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Thematic surveys
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The immediate concern is to raise productivity while taking
care of gender concerns and hence the need to:
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Collect information on use of good agricultural practices
Collect information on agricultural services such as access to
credit for agricultural purposes as well as sources of
extension services including.
Measure the role of women in the management of holdings
Core Module
Agric
Practices
Agric
Services
Demo and
Soc Stat
Farm Lb
Mgt of
Holding
Admin level
Village
district
district
district
district
district
Reliability
<1%
> 5%
> 5%
> 5%
> 5%
> 5%
Frequency
Decadal
Annual
Annual
Annual
Annual
Annual
Purpose
SF
PM
PM
All
All
PM
Census/
Sample
Complete
Sampling
Sampling
Complete
Complete
Sampling
Where to
ask?
Pop census
Follow-up
Follow-up
Pop Census
Pop census
Follow-up
13Comments
1YEAR AFTER
CENSUS
1YEAR AFTER
CENSUS
National/ethnic
group
of
household
head
or
agricultural
holder
collected for
public
information
1YEAR AFTER
CENSUS
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