This report provides insights on how geospatial technologies can be used to develop methodological tools for measuring agricultural land more accurately and cost-efficiently in Asia and the Pacific.
Authors
Burgard, Anthony, Durante, Anna Christine, Lapitan, Pamela, Mariasingham, Mahinthan J., Pacificador, Jr., Arturo Y., Riaz, Mashal
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/TCS240326-2
- Dimensions
- 8.5x11
- ISBN
- 978-92-9270-774-3(print) 978-92-9270-775-0(PDF) 978-92-9270-776-7(ebook)
- Published in
- Philippines
- SKU
- TCS240326-2
- pages
- 64
Table of Contents
- Contents 5
- Tables and Figures 6
- Foreword 8
- Introduction 11
- A Technological Shift in Agricultural Statistics 11
- Agricultural Land is a Key Factor in Economic Production 12
- Recall Biases in Estimating Agricultural Land 13
- Introducing Objective Measurements to Assess Agricultural Land 14
- Methodology 15
- Study Area 15
- Study Description 16
- Cook Islands 16
- Area Measurement Methods Used in the 2022 Post Enumeration Survey Cook Islands 20
- Area Measurement Methods Used in Armenia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 24
- Analysis of Reported and Measured Area 26
- Cook Islands 26
- Armenia 30
- Lao PDR 31
- Discussion 33
- Implications for Policy and Recommendations 35
- Conclusion 36
- Appendixes 37
- 1: 2022 Cook Islands Post Enumeration Survey Design 37
- 2: Details of Area Sampling Frame for 2022 Post Enumeration Survey of the Cook Islands 44
- 3: 2022 Cook Islands Post Enumeration Survey Questionnaire 49
- 4: Protocols for GPS Parcel Area Measurement 55
- 5: Procedures for Editing GPS Data Collected for Area Measurement 59
- References 61
