Intervention: Myanmar - Census Tabulation http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-events/wca2020bangkok/en/

1. Roundtable on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
Bangkok, Thailand
19-23 September 2016
Kyaw Nyein Aung
Director
Department of Agricultural Land
Management
And Statistics,
Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and
Irrigation
kyawnyeinaungslrd@gmail.com
Myanmar Census of
Agriculture (2010)
Technical Session … 16
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Hla Myo Khine
Staff Officer
Central Statistical Organization,
Ministry of National Planning and Finance
hlamyokhine2014@gmail.com

2. Reference period
31 January 2010 to 1 February 2011
Enumeration period
February and March 2011
Questionnaire Used in MCA 2010
MCA Form A – Questionnaire for crop cultivation
MCA Form B – Questionnaire for keeping/breeding
livestock/poultry
MCA Form C – Aquaculture holding questionnaire
MCA Form D – Household questionnaire
MCA Form E – Village tract/ward questionnaire
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3. Data Processing
Data entry system for each questionniare was prepared
SLRD IT group was trained by TCDC (Technical
Cooperation among Developing Countries) IT
experts
CSPro software was used in developing data entry
system
Collected data were encoded in 5 different data center
Data cosistency check, edit and tabulation and
finalized implementation was carried out in
Central Office.
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4. FAO training sessions
1. Tabulation plan
2. Design of census instrumrnts
3. Census survey methods, sampling methodology,
use of PDA in data collection and data control
4. Simulation of field operation
5. Preparation of implementation plan
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The method used in each of these training
sessions was “learning by doing”

5. Statistical Tables in MCA 2010
Household based statistical tables (Crop
holding/ sub holdings and parcel
characteristics)
Livestock holdings and sub holdings
Agricultural Households’ characteristics
Location of the parcels
Special Agriculture holdings/ crop holdings
Special livestock / poultry holdings
Special aquaculture holdings
Information on village tract
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6. Only 85 % of the total villages were
covered because of security problems in
some state and regions.
The excluded villages from MCA 2010 are
tabulated saperately by region and state and
Computed standard errors and coefficients
of variation are also shown
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7. Based on census results, eight thematic papers were
written by eight local writers
The thematic papers have the purpose of analyzing
the current situation of the agricultural sector
and any trends or changes from the 2003 census
Overall census analysis and papers were presented to
government stake holders in November 2012
Editors were hired to finalized the contents and format
of the census report and MCA 2010 results were
printed iun two main publications
1. Report on Myanmar Census of Agriculture 2010
was published in May 2013
2. Thematic Papers on Myanmar Census of Agriculture
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8. Thematic Papers on Myanmar Census of Agriculture 2010
1. Overview of food accessbility situation in Myanmar
2. Distribution of agriculture land under paddy in different
regions
3. Land utilization, land types and land tenure in Myanmar
4. Sustainable irrigation development and the increase of
area under irrigation
5. Improving rural farmers economy combining the raising
of cattle/other livestock with crop cultivation
6. Aquaculture a potential major economic activity in
Myanmar
7. Multi-economic activities of agricultural households in
Myanmar
8. Gender profile of Myanmar’s agricultural household 8

9. The main report of MCA 2010 were
disseminated to
all stake holders including those in the
private sector
international and NGO community,
researchers and university personnel
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10. Lesson learned
Data processing works were done in 5 different data
centers and staff were trained in manual editing and
data entry
The quality of the manual editing was a problem
Major problem was data inconsistencies within the
section questionniare and
There were also data inconsistencies from one
setcion to another
Data was done over period of ten months
Verification and corrections of errors were done for
three months
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11. Preparation for 2020 Census
Integration in NSDS
New Myanmar Statistical Law was enacted in 2015
The Myanmar NSDS has suggested several measures to integrate the
different sectoral statistical systems into the NSS.
In Myanmar, with the highly decentralized NSS
Six different cluster groups were formed to strengthen coordination
1. National account and Macro economics
2. Cival Registration and Vital statistics
3. Agriculture and Rural Statistics
4. Survey Coordination and statistical standards
5. Energy and environment
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12. The recent changes in the ministries have brought more
departments in the fold of Ministry of Agriculture
Livestock and Irrigation.
DALMS if focal department for Agriculture and Rural
Statistics cluster group
The cluster consist of 12 departments related to
agricultural statistics
Myanmar next agricultural census is scheduled in 2020
The time schedule is also reported to Survey
Coordination and statistical standards cluster group
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13. THANK YOU
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