1. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Essential fertilizer data and structure for country and cross-country analysis Dominic Ballayan

2. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division  Fertilizers: organic, inorganic or mineral  Mineral fertilizers contribute over half of all plant nutrients  Organic and other sources provide the rest  Based on FAO Report amount will increase to about 80% in 2050 OVERVIEW

3. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division FAO Fertilizer Database  Contains details on mineral fertilizers  Covers data on production, trade and consumption for about 200 countries in term of nutrients and product

4. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division FAO Fertilizer Database  Time series data up-dated annually  Data disseminated through the FAO Statistical Yearbook and the Internet at:http://faostat.fao.org/site/575/default.aspx  Units of measurement: metric tons of plant nutrients: N, P 2 0 5, K 2 0

5. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division FAO Fertilizer Data Sources  Main source of data is the FAO fertilizer questionnaires  Additional sources:  national statistical publications  Internet websites and country trade data  United Nations Statistics Division COM Trade database http://comtrade.un.orghttp://comtrade.un.org

6. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division FAO Fertilizer Data Sources  Additional sources:  country project reports  custom departments and industry experts  studies available in other FAO Divisions  economic journals

7. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division FAO Fertilizer Data Collection Methodology  The new fertilizer questionnaire :  sent to all countries of the world  cover total production, imports and exports, for fertilizer or non-fertilizer use  Harmonized System (HS)  Level of aggregations( physical and monetary terms)  Fertilizer Resource Utility Accounts-an input-output relationship

8. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Fertilizer use by crop (FUBC)-Users needs  assess country requirements  fixing targets for crop production  supporting research: inter-country soil fertility food insecurity environment protection

9. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Fertilizer use by crop (FUBC)-Source of data collection  FAO questionnaires sent to member countries  FAO country studies on FUBC  The International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)

10. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Other Sources  International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC)  Phosphate and Potash Institute (PPI)  International Potash Institute (IPI)  World Phosphate Institute (IMPHOS)

11. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Fertilizer use by crop (FUBC)-data published  cover area fertilized, application rates, total nutrient used, yield, etc,for individual crops  The 5th edition of the ‘Fertilizer use by crop’ (FAO/IFA/IFDC/IPI/PPI, 2002) latest published  individual booklets for 21 countries representing five regions

12. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Link between PIEC and (FUBC) questionnaires  FAO fertilizer product tree concept  Compatibility between the questionnaires  Compatibility with the HS coding system  Validity of the conversion factors  International comparability

13. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division

14. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Inter-Country Comparison

15. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Inter-Country Comparison

16. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division SUMMARY  Basic data for FSUA  Basic data for FUBC  Linking FRUA with FUBC  Integration of EU data with World fertilizer data

17. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division SUMMARY  Harmonization of EUROSTAT and FAO data collection methodology  Data integration into common format

18. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Thank you Email:dominic.ballayan@fao.org

19. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statistics Division Thank you dominic.ballayan@fao.org