86438 Core Livestock Data and As to affiliation, nearly 47 percent of the 641 respondents, i.e. 300 stakeholders, classified Indicators: Results of a themselves as researchers or from a university, followed by 13.3 percent (or 84 respondents) Stakeholder Survey from Livestock Ministries or Departments, 12 percent from private companies and about 10 The Global Strategy to Improve Agriculture and percent from Non-Governmental Organizations Rural Statistic represents a major effort towards (NGOs) as well as from Donors and International assisting developing countries to improve their Organizations. Few respondents (from 0.3 to 1.3 agricultural statistical systems. It is structured percent) come from non-Livestock Ministries, around three pillars, of which the first is the Local Governments and the National Bureaus of establishment of a minimum set of core data Statistics. that governments should collect. Between January and February 2012 the Livestock Data Core livestock domains and Innovation Project administered a global online indicators survey among livestock stakeholders, of which Respondents were asked to rank in the the primary objective was to identify and rank importance data/indicators in 15 livestock core livestock domains/areas for which domains. Ranking is based on a 5 level rating livestock data / indicators are demanded. scale (most important; important; useful; partly The survey targeted livestock-related data and useful; marginally useful), while the livestock indicators along the value chain. Essentially, domains are: these include information on livestock  Livestock inventory; inventories, inputs and husbandry practices, production, and consumption of livestock  Change in livestock stock, which includes products, i.e. data and indicators that measure, data/indicators on births, deaths, provide information on livestock market slaughters, marketing, etc. opportunities, and production and marketing-  Animal health and disease; related constraints.  Livestock breeds; A brief summary of the results of the survey is  Water for livestock; presented here, while a detailed analysis is  Feed for livestock; available at: http://www.africalivestockdata. org/afrlivestock/content/papersreports  Housing for livestock;  Labour force devoted to livestock; The respondents  Animal power, which primarily includes A total of 641 respondents filled in the survey data/indicators on the use of animals for questionnaire, with the majority coming from draught power and for hauling services; Africa (29%) and OECD countries (36%).  Meat production; Livestock Data Innovation in Africa BRIEF Approximately 12 percent of respondents reside in East or Southeast Asia, 11 percent in Latin  Milk production; America and 9 percent in South Asia. The  Egg production; sample somewhat reflects the focus of the  Production and use of dung, including but Livestock Data Innovation Project, which is on not only as manure; Africa.  Hides & skins production; Numbers for Livelihood Enhancement www.africalivestockdata.org  Consumption of animal source foods. produce quarterly estimates of livestock value added and GDP (see brief 1/2012). Under each domain quantity and price data can be collected to generate various indicators, As to the preferred unit of reference, including value indicators (quantity × price). respondents primarily require national level However, given the relevance of price data/indicators, but also look for regional information to formulate economically (within country) data and, to some extent, for sustainable investments, a specific question on district and household level data. In particular, the importance of getting price information was stakeholders prefer national, region and district added. In fact, over 83 percent stakeholders level data/indicators for the core livestock consider getting price data as most important or domains, and household level data/indicators important. for the other domains, such as for the production and use of animal dung, livestock Respondents identified six core livestock housing and animal power. These results could domains, which are considered as most overlook the demand for district level data as important or important by at least 80 percent of less than 1 percent of the respondents come the sample. Beyond prices, these include from local governments. Indeed, the latter are data/indicators on animal health and disease; increasingly responsible for the design and meat production; livestock population; feed; implementation of district level programmes milk production; and consumption of animal and projects, including for animal health and foods. Ranking in domains is similar across all disease control. groups of stakeholders. Improving livestock data: which priorities? Finally, respondents were asked to identify and rank (from 1 to 4) four livestock domains for which they would like additional data/indicators and of better quality. The majority of stakeholders (51%) demand better data / indicators on animal health / disease, and a good share would also prioritize investments to improve data / indicators in the domains of livestock population (43%), livestock feed (41%) and meat production (34%). Very few respondents (<10%) prioritize investment of scarce resources to improve the quantity and quality of livestock data and indicators on hides & skins production, animal power, housing for livestock, labour, production and use of dung, Time and space dimensions of and production of eggs. livestock data and indicators The survey asked questions about the preferred time-frequency and the preferred unit of For further information please visit: reference for livestock data and indicators. For www.africalivestockdata.org all domains, respondents largely look for annual Or contact: data and indicators, followed by quarterly and Derek Baker, ILRI, d.baker@cgiar.org monthly information. No major differences in preferences were found between the various Nancy Morgan, WB, nmorgan@worldbank.org categories of respondents. However, Ugo Pica-Ciamarra, FAO information on animal health/disease is ugo.picaciamarra@fao.org Livestock Data Innovation in Africa BRIEF demanded on a monthly basis, which is possibly due to the public good dimension of epidemic and zoonotic diseases. Given that only 0.3 percent of the respondents come from the National Bureau of Statistics, the results possibly underestimate the need for quarterly data, which are needed in most countries to Numbers for Livelihood Enhancement www.africalivestockdata.org