Food and Agriculture Statistics

African Commission on Agricultural Statistics

The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a statutory body of FAO and meets every two years. The FAO Conference at its Eleventh Session in 1961 approved the creation of the regional Agricultural Statistical Commission for Africa, and established by the Director-General in October, 1962.

Developing African statistics

AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review and exchange ideas on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent and advise member countries on the development of their agricultural statistical systems within FAO's programme of Work and Budget for Africa.

Aims of the conference

The conference aims to review the state of food and agricultural statistics in the African Region and advise Member Nations on the development and standardization of agricultural statistics within the general framework of FAO's work, and to convene study groups or other Subsidiary Bodies of national experts required for this purpose.

AFCAS

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28th Session | African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) | 4-8 December 2023  Useful contacts Dramane BAKO 28th AFCAS Secretary a.i. - FAO Regional Office for Africa, PO Box 1628,...

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27th Session | 15-18 November 2021 African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) Useful contacts Monsieur Paul N’GOMA-KIMBATSA 27th AFCAS/Secretariat - FAO Regional Office for Africa, PO...

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4-8 November 2019, Libreville, Gabon AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the...

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13 – 17 November 2017, Entebbe, Uganda AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for...

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1 - 4 December 2015, Kigali, Rwanda AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are...

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4-7 December 2013, Morocco AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who...

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30 November - 3 December 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent,...

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28 – 31 October 2009, Accra, Ghana AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent,...

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10 - 13 December 2007, Algiers, Algeria The session was preceded by the workshop of FAO/PARIS 21 on the Development of...

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24 - 27 October 2005, Maputo, Mozambique The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a statutory...