TRAINING-OF-TRAINERS WORKSHOP ON SDG, Indicator 2.a.1 ‘‘Agriculture Orientation Index (AOI) for Government Expenditures’’

27 Mar 2018 - 28 Mar 2018

As custodian agency of SDG indicator 2.a.1, FAO is organizing a training-of-trainers workshop at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Training Centre in Turin. It contributes to the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal 2, to “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” In particular, it [...]

Workshop on Open Agriculture (Statistics) Data

26 Feb 2018 - 01 Mar 2018

In June 2017, several key stakeholders, including FAO, committed to provide assistance to the Government of Kenya in advancing on its commitments under the Nairobi Declaration on Open Data, which was an outcome of the High Level Ministerial Conference on Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition which took place between [...]

Global Consultation on the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020), Volume 2 Operational Guidelines

01 Dec 2017 -

The FAO Statistics Division (FAO ESS) has recently prepared the final draft of the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020), Volume 2 Operational Guidelines based on countries experiences.

African Statistics Day 2017

18 Nov 2017 -

Every year, on 18 November, African countries celebrates the African Statistics Day (ASD) with the objective of raising public awareness about the importance of statistics in economic and social development.

African Commission on Agricultural Statistics - 25

13 Nov 2017 - 17 Nov 2017

Entebbe, Uganda

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.