Organizational Setup
Under the TCP\MYA\2801- Assistance to the Census of Agriculture 2003, a Steering Committee was formed to oversee the preparatory phase of the census, which involves the designing of questionnaires, preparation of enumerator's and supervisor's manuals, field operations manual and detailed work plan as guide in the overall implementation of the census field operation.
This Steering Committee is chaired by Director General U Win Kyi of SLRD. Members of this committee were drawn from the roster of government officials coming from agencies who are stakeholders in the conduct of the agriculture census and SLRD as shown below.
- Mr. Bhaskar Barua, FAO Representative, Myanmar
- U Gyan Shein, Deputy Director General, SLRD
- U Hla Kyaw, Director, Department of Agricultural Planning (DAP)
- Dr. Mya Thwin, General Manager, Myanmar Agriculture Service (MAS)
- Dr. Than Htun, Deputy Director, Dept. of Livestock and Veterinary
- U Hla Win, Deputy Director General, Department of Fisheries
- U Kyaw Tint, Director (Statistics), SLRD
- U Shwe Thein, Director (Survey and Mapping), SLRD
- U Myint Swe, Director (Central Training), SLRD
- U Myint Thein, Deputy Director (Statistics Div.), MCA Project Officer
- U Saw Hlaing, Deputy Director (Computer Div.), MCA Project Officer
U Win Htoon Nee, Myanmar Census of Agriculture 2003 National Project Director, serves as the Committee’s Secretary.
To assist the National Project Director to carry out the preparatory activities involving technical and operational plans, a Technical Committee was created by the Steering Committee with the following membership:
- Representative from the Department of Livestock and Veterinary
- Representative from the Department of Fisheries
- Representative from the Department of Agricultural Planning
- Deputy Director Saw Hlaing, Computer Division
- Deputy Director Aye Maung Sein, Lower Myanmar Settlement Office
- U Aye Kyu, Assistant Director
- U Saw Salmon, Assistant Director
- U Waing Maung, Assistant Director
- U Ye Win, Staff Officer
- Aung Kyaw Lin, Staff Officer
Deputy Director Myint Thein acts as the Secretary of the Technical Committee (TC). The TC has been instructed to meet regularly to discuss the progress of work assignments and make decisions on the technical aspects of the work.
Consultants to the Technical Committee were the international as well as the national consultants of the FAO composed of the following: Ms. Nelia R. Marquez, International Consultant on Census Planning, Design and Methodology; Mr. Manuel M. Manuel, International Consultant on Statistical Data Processing, Database and Analysis; U Thet Lwin, National Consultant on Survey Methodology (3 months only) and U Htun Linn, National Consultant in Statistical Data Processing.
To assist in staff work of the Technical Committee, the Agriculture Census Office was reconstituted similar to the 1993 census organization. It has 5 branch offices namely: Administrative and Account Branch , Geography Branch, Computer Operation Branch, Survey and Statistical Methods Branch and Field Operations Branch, see chart below.
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