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The Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) is a statutory body of FAO. APCAS brings together senior statistics Officials from FAO member countries of the Asia and Pacific region, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review the developments in their agricultural statistical systems since the last session and exchange ideas with experts from FAO and other organizations on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent.
Membership
As per the Statute of the Commission, the Membership of the Commission is open to all Member Nations of FAO and Associate Members whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the Asia and Pacific Region or who are responsible for the international relations of any non-self-governing territories in the Region. As of Abril 2007, 24 countries were members of APCAS, namely Australia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia, New Zealand, China People’s Rep. of, Pakistan, Fiji, Philippines, France, Republic of Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, Islamic Rep. of, United Kingdom, Japan, United States of America, Lao PDR and Viet Nam.
Purpose of the meeting
The biennial meetings of the Commission are organized to: (i) assess the current status of food and agricultural statistical development in member countries; (ii) inform the member countries about the FAO activities in food and agricultural statistics during the preceding biennium, particularly in Asia and the Pacific; and iii) discuss new developments in agricultural statistics.
Documents APCAS-08-3 (4a) | Overview of FAO's Activities in Asia and Pacific Region | APCAS-08-4 (4b) | Final Draft Report on FAO /Japan Project GCP/RAS/184/JPN
Strenghening Regional Data Exchange System on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Asia and Pacific Countries | APCAS-08-5 (4c) | Expert Consultation on Farmers'Income Statistics | APCAS-08-6 (4d) | Highlights of the Fourth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-IV) | APCAS-08-7 (5a) | Compendium of Metadata for National Agricultural Statistics in Selected APCAS Countries: Experience and Preliminary Findings | APCAS-08-8 (5b) | Country reports | APCAS-08-9 (7a) | Tracking Results in Agriculture and Rural Development in Less-than-Ideal Conditions: A sourcebook of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation | APCAS-08-10 (7b) | Validation at Country Level during the FAO-WB Study on Indicators for Tracking Results of Agricultural and Rural Development: Cambodia Case | APCAS-08-11 (9) | World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2010: Opportunities, Plans and Issues | APCAS-08-12 (10a) | Market Price Watch and FAMA's Role in Malaysian Agricultural Marketing | APCAS-08-13 (10b) | Implementation and Prospectives of countrySTAT In the Asia and Pacific Region | APCAS-08-14 (10c) | Towards a simplified Food Balance Sheet | APCAS-08-15 (10d) | Gender Statistics for Agricultural qnd Rural Development in the Asia-Pacific Region: Past Perspectives and Futures Prospects | |
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