Technical Consultation -cum- Capacity Building Workshop on SDG Indicator 2.a.1: Agriculture Orientation Index (AOI) for Government Expenditures

05 Nov 2018 - 08 Nov 2018

Rome, Italy

Increasing investment in agriculture is a means of implementation of SDG Goal 2: Zero Hunger. SDG Indicator 2.a.1 supports monitoring government expenditure on agriculture towards the achievement of Target 2.a, which aims to “increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development [...]

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.