This document is the twenty-second issue of the publication Selected indicators of food and agriculture development in Asia-Pacific region. It presents data on selected items for the years 1994-2004, except some tables that provide information for the period 1993-2003. Most tables show two types of information: annual figures for 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the exponential growth rate for the period 1994-2004. The indicators are grouped under the following headings: Agricultural land and population, Agricultural inputs, Production indices, Staple food crops, Edible oil crops, Horticultural crops, Fibre crops, Other crops, Livestock, Agricultural trade, Fisheries, Forestry, Nutrition and Other indicators including a table reporting the status of organic farming in the region. A section on country profiles precedes the tables.
Countries of the region are shown under two groups: "Developing countries/transition economies" and "Developed countries". For comparison purposes, figures relating to "Rest of world" and "World" are also presented. Data for member countries in the region have been included in this year's publication. Please note that country data for Timor-Leste were reported as provincial data for Indonesia before 2000 and no country data were reported for the Federal States of Micronesia before 1995. Other sources of data are cited.
For almost all commodity tables, data are retrieved from the FAO computerized data base, especially FAOSTAT, or from the FAO Yearbooks. Some data items have not been updated during the conversion to the new FAOSTAT. These data are based on information supplied by member countries.
The growth rates shown in the present publication have been worked out using the exponential growth method to indicate the overall regional performance and also to highlight inter-country differences.
Various units of FAO including the Statistics Division and the Information Systems and Technology Division have cooperated with the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in the preparation of this publication, providing computer programs and data bases for the production of tables. This collaboration is duly acknowledged.
He
Changchui
Assistant Director-General and
FAO Regional Representative for
Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, October 2005
