30th Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS)
In accordance with Article VI-1 of the FAO Constitution, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) organized the Thirtieth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS30), convened along with its side events in Kathmandu, Nepal during 19-24 May 2024 at the kind invitation of the Government of Nepal.
Purpose of the meeting
The Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) is a statutory body of FAO. APCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the Asia and Pacific region who are responsible for the development of food and agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review the developments in their food and agricultural statistics systems since the last session and exchange ideas with experts from FAO and other organizations on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the region. FAO uses this occasion to inform the member countries about its activities during the preceding biennium, particularly in Asia and the Pacific region.
The prominent themes on the Agenda of this session are recent developments and innovations related to: FAO activities in the Asia and the Pacific region, SDG indicators under FAO custodianship, use of earth observations for agriculture statistics, agriculture censuses, the 50x2030 initiative, the agricultural science and technology indicators program, food and nutrition security statistics, sub-sector statistics and damage and loss.
The Session will be preceded by side events/country roundtables that focus on country experiences and innovations in the use of earth observations, farm-based SDG indicators, and implementation of agricultural censuses. Outputs include summaries of experiences in the region and draft guidelines and recommendations in moving forward in these areas of work.
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