Proceedings of the Expert
Consultation on Root Crop Statistics - Volume II: Invited
Papers
Harare, Zimbabwe, 3-6 December 2002
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
STATISTICS DIVISION AND REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
FAO, Rome, 2003
Table of Contents
Paper 1: Presentation of meeting
objectives, purpose and outcome expected
Paper 2: Overview of Previous FAO
Activities on Root Crop Statistics, their Outcomes and
Recommendations
Paper 3: Importance of root crops in
Africa
Paper 4: Quantification of Root
Crops in National Food Balance Sheets and Problems
encountered
Paper 5: Forecast of area, yield and
production of Thai cassava roots
Paper 6: Agronomic Aspects of Root
and Tuber Crops and their importance in estimating
production
Paper 7: Agronomic aspects of root
and tuber crops important for estimating production: cassava and sweet potato in
relation to time and input variables
Paper 8: Evaluation of yam
production in West Africa. Methodological aspects and agronomic issues to be
taken into consideration
Paper 9: Agronomic aspects of root
and tuber crops important for estimating production
Paper 10: Estimation of Area, Yield
and Production of Root and Tuber Crops in Thailand
Paper 11: Root and Tuber Crops in
DRC: Importance for Food Security and Contribution to the improvement of
statistic
Paper 12: Report on a field
experience "Estimation of area, yield and production of cassava in Bandundu
(1987-1988) and Bas Congo (1988-1989) regions by an intensive yearlong, weekly
visit, production and marketing survey, on a large sample, as compared to
official R.D. Congo statistics"
Paper 13: Root and Tuber crops:
Concepts and methods recommended by FAO and operational
issues
Paper 14: Estimation of Area, Yield
and Production of Root and Tuber Crops in Rwanda
Paper 15: Estimation of crop losses
due to different causes in root and tuber crops: The case of
Malawi