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1. Regional Roundtable on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 22-26 May 2017
Dominica Agriculture Census
2015 situational analysis
Technical Session
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Ras Salehe Adisa Trotter
Agriculture officer
Ministry of Agriculture
trottera@dominica.gov.dm

2. Background of the Agriculture Censuses
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 The 1995 Dominica Agricultural Census (DAC) was the last agriculture
census conducted.
 Plans for ongoing surveys after DAC 1995:
• DOS & DAISY (1995)
• Farmer database 2001 from the housing and population census 2001
FARM SIZE (ACRES)
NUMBER OF FARMS
1958 1961 1976 1983 1995
LANDLESS * 442 * * 737
0.01 – 4.9 6864 6405 5957 6540 6130
5.0 – 49.9 1748 2087 1814 1728 2187
50.0 – 99.9 95 78 67 74 53
100 & + 85 97 84 22 63
TOTAL 8792 9109 7922 8364 9170

3. Background cont’d
 Other Major Initiatives:
• Farmers Information System (2005)
• Agriculture Information Management
System (AIMS) SFA 2001
• Data Collection and Management System
using GIS system for farmer profiling SFA
FAO 2007-2008
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4. The strategy for Dominica Agriculture Census 2015
Core activities:
1. Roles and responsibilities of main implementing agencies
2. Formation of a Census steering committee
3. Establishment of a minimum set of core data.
4. Development of census instruments
5. Methodology for the implementation of census activities
6. Governance and capacity building of enumerators
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The strategy for Dominica Agriculture Census 2015
• Identification of lead institution
• Technical assistance Mr. David Marshall
• Recruitment of lead consultant
• Workshop for stakeholders
• Workshop for enumerators
• Enumerators oath of secrecy
• A pilot testing of questionnaire
• Passage of Tropical storm Erika
• National decision taken to strategies and rebuild country
• Census cancelled

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• Farmer biodata
• Farm profile
• Farm roads
• Water availabilty
• Land and soil type
• Farm Labour and wages
• Farm buildings
• Farm Inputs
• Crops
• livestock
• Markets
• Assistance
• Groups/associations
• Constraints
Data collection needs identified

7. Census challenges
 Resource constraints (Human, financial and
technology)
 Metadata
 Lack of understanding
 Love & will
 Culture of Data mgment

8. Thank you
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