Innovation in the Generation of Official Statistics for Livestock and Poultry through the Use of LPSD WebApp
Conference
10th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics
Format: CPS Paper - ICAS 2026
Keywords: #officialstatistics, database, innovation, livestock, poultry
Abstract
The Livestock and Poultry Statistics Division (LPSD) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) used Excel-based system in the preparation, consolidation, generation, data validation and review of livestock and poultry estimates at the national and sub-national level. In 2024, the division developed and implemented nationwide the use of LPSD-WebApp. This is a web-based platform addressing the inefficiencies in the previous process such as repetitive tasks from the preparation of workbooks for the conduct of data review and validation up to the generation of livestock and poultry statistics, and the submission and monitoring of field reports. The LPSD-WebApp aims to automate the submission and monitoring of reports; reduce time for the consolidation of estimates; and establish a centralized database accessible to authorized users anytime and anywhere. As a result, the system eliminated manual processes in the preparation and consolidation of workbooks for data review and validation. It also enabled the automatic sending of emails to target recipients and establish a unified database and submission log. With this innovation, the users were able to devote more time in reviewing, validating, and releasing official statistics. By reducing workloads and cutting the organization’s workday requirements by 996 workdays, the WebApp not only enhanced operational efficiency but also strengthened overall user satisfaction compared with Excel-based system. This also helped reduce the release timeline from 45 days to 39 days after the reference quarter.