1. 2009 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS PROJECT (Migration from Manual to Digital) Presentation to the 2011 Pacific Island Countries GIS and RS User Conference SPC Nabua, Suva.

2. Outline of Presentation  Definition of Agriculture Census  Background of Agriculture Census program in Fiji  Importance of Agriculture census  Scope of the Agriculture census project  GIS Intervention for the Agriculture Census Framework  Conclusion  Way Forward

3. A census of agriculture is a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering the whole or a significant part of the country. Agriculture Census Definition

4. Background of Agriculture Census Program in Fiji Three National Agriculture Censuses have been conducted in Fiji over the last four decades; 1968, 1978 & 1991 2000 Agriculture Program was shelved due to political situation

5.  It’s the only way to obtain fundamental data on the organizational structure of the agricultural sector.  Structural information of this type has a wide range of uses, such as for the monitoring and analysis of MDGs, rural poverty, food security, the role of women in agriculture and agricultural planning and policy-making.  Reliable current data relating to crop and livestock production for the census year can be useful as a benchmark for improving current crop and livestock statistics.  The Agriculture census provides baseline data needed to help assess the impact of projects/interventions in certain areas. Importance of the Census of Agriculture

6. Agriculture Census provided the structural data on the agricultural sector both in terms of crops & livestock at National, Divisional, Provincial and district level. SCOPE OF THE 2009 AGRICULTURE CENSUS

7. Core Data Items Collected in the 2009 Agriculture Census  Farmer Demographics  Land tenure  Acreage  Type of crop and livestock commodities including varieties, breed, age and sex  Production, Sales & Market outlets  Gender  Household agriculture tasks  Farm management & equipment

8. Agriculture Census Methodology Census Methodology: Multiple Sample Framework which is the combination of Area Frame and List Frame. Area Frame uses topographical maps [1:50,000], aerial photos and Land Use maps List Frame is a list of major agriculture holdings, freehold farms, research station and special farms

9. GIS Intervention From Manual activities – GIS tools. Activities undertaken are:  Overlaying of FIBOS EA boundaries  Scanning of aerial photos [1994]  Geo-referencing aerial photos  Stratification process of enumeration boundaries  Demarcation of selected segments [physical boundaries]  Digitization of segments [1sq km]  Printing of enlargements

10. Numbering & Selection of Segments Numbering of the grids

11. DivisionProvinceRice Area Planted (Has)Rice Area Harvested (Has) CentralNaitasiri 1.12 0.72 Namosi 0.00 Rewa 0.00 Serua 0.00 Tailevu 19.44 0.93 Total 20.56 1.65 WesternBa 19.85 18.44 Nadroga 15.14 2.31 Ra 17.84 6.65 Total 52.82 27.39 NorthernBua 606.43 598.03 Cakaudrove 0.09 0.00 Macuata 2 943.80 2 227.52 Total 3 550.32 2 825.56 EasternKadavu 0.00 Lau 0.00 Lomaiviti 0.00 Rotuma 0.00 Total 0.00 F I J ITotal 3 623.70 2 854.60 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 [Con’t] Rice Area in Hectares

12. Registered Aerial Photo Overlaid with Physical Boundaries

13. Example of a Digitized Segment – Rewa Province

14. Conclusion  2009 Agriculture Census program was completed successfully  GIS tool was an essential intervention to the project  GIS intervention provided a platform for future agriculture survey and census programs

15. Way Forward 1.Use of GPS units to compliment GIS tools in the establishment of the Fiji Agriculture Statistics System 2.Incorporation of Satelite images [ALOS] to assist: i.Preparation of new agriculture survey enumeration area boundaries ii.Conduct accurate stratification procedures for the classification and calculation of land use percentage on enumeration area boundaries

17. SATELITE IMAGE - ALOS

18. DivisionProvinceFarms % of Total FarmsTotal Area (HA)% of Total Area CentralNaitasiri 5 51132.5 20 513.5244.7 Namosi 1 2617.4 2 255.324.9 Rewa 2 11512.5 1 258.292.7 Serua 1 81210.7 5 195.9411.3 Tailevu 6 27937.0 16 685.0536.3 Total 16 97726.3 45 908.1318.3 WesternBa 10 24248.1 56 016.7553.3 Nadroga 5 30224.9 24 472.3923.3 Ra 5 74127.0 24 662.8723.5 Total 21 28533.0 105 152.0141.9 NorthernBua 3 97220.1 14 324.6515.1 Cakaudrove 7 71239.1 33 046.2234.9 Macuata 8 04040.8 47 284.4450.0 Total 19 72430.6 94 655.3237.7 EasternKadavu 2 28835.2 1 676.1430.7 Lau 1 72426.5 2 414.4444.2 Lomaiviti 2 28135.1 1 112.4020.4 Rotuma 2093.2 262.244.8 Total 6 50210.1 5 465.222.2 F I J ITotal 64 488 251 180.68 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 Total Number of Farms and Total Area in Hectares

19. DivisionProvinceTotal FarmsTotal Livestock CentralNaitasiri2011 19 671 Namosi322 2 001 Rewa146 867 Serua624 4 267 Tailevu1526 18 021 Total4628 44 827 WesternBa4655 19 962 Nadroga2915 18 020 Ra3233 19 648 Total10803 57 630 NorthernBua1498 9 024 Cakaudrove1082 8 855 Macuata3779 12 650 Total6359 30 529 EasternKadavu10 276 Lau177 642 Lomaiviti137 346 Rotuma42 162 Total365 1 426 F I J I22155 134 411 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 [Con’t] Total Number of Farms and Total Number of Livestock

20. DivisionProvinceDalo Area Planted (Ha)Dalo Area Harvested (ha) CentralNaitasiri 4 369.67 2 419.31 Namosi 447.95 224.02 Rewa 243.09 112.86 Serua 500.13 249.30 Tailevu 1 776.87 930.41 Total 7 337.71 3 935.90 WesternBa 335.67 150.43 Nadroga 476.43 195.57 Ra 1 293.42 599.56 Total 2 105.52 945.56 NorthernBua 974.87 332.57 Cakaudrove 3 592.53 1 254.16 Macuata 439.27 134.32 Total 5 006.67 1 721.06 EasternKadavu 408.46 152.86 Lau 89.62 29.41 Lomaiviti 258.61 65.66 Rotuma 40.85 12.85 Total 797.54 260.78 F I J ITotal 15 247.45 6 863.30 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE CENSUS RESULTS – 2009 [Con’t] Dalo Area in Hectares

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