Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics for Zambia (SPARS-ZAM 2019-2023).

This Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics is a nationwide sectoral document aiming at improving the quality and timeliness of agriculture and rural statistics to facilitate the formulation of informed government policies in the agriculture sector. The document is connected to the Global Strategy (GS) to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics which main purpose is to meet the need for statistics to inform emerging issues in agriculture such as the environment and the use of fuel crops for bio-fuel through (i) strengthening the statistical capacity of developing countries to produce reliable statistics on food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development; and (ii) encouraging the formation of a long-term vision for the development of agricultural statistical systems in developing countries. For the development of this Strategic Plan, five Strategic Goals have been elaborated, they are (i) improved coordination and management of agriculture statistics; (ii) meet the national and international demand for agriculture statistics; (iii) strengthen statistical operations and processes; (iv) implement a comprehensive human resource strategy; and (v) develop a funding strategy for statistical operations.