The Regional Agricultural Development Bureaux are the main sources of forest product data after decentralisation of Governments. The Regional Agricultural Bureaux are independent of each other, but have similar structures for data collection. Data is collected by the Development Agents at the development centre level. The development agents collect any relevant information regarding any forest products, compile and submit for the wereda office of agriculture that aggregates it.
The data from each Woreda is then aggregated at the zone level and then submitted to the Regional Agricultural Bureau. At the Regional level, the data from different zones are aggregated and presented to different users. The data is then provided to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture on request. The planning and programming service is responsible for co-ordinating statistical data collection and compilation activities of the bureau of agriculture. The bureau is responsible to pass and transmit information to the concerned bodies. Organisations involved in the collection, analysis and dissemination of data related to wood products are:
Ministry of Agriculture
CSA
Private investors
Consultants
Mass media
Customs department
Researchers
Educational institutes
Policy makers and planners
