FAO Statistics

Regional workshop for the Caribbean on linking population and housing censuses with agricultural censuses

10.06.2013

The workshop will provide practical guidance on best practices for carrying out coordinated and integrated censuses, including collection of agricultural census items in the population census for countries in the Caribbean.

FAO-OEA/CIE-IICA working group on agricultural and livestock statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean

05.06.2013

The meeting reviews the state of food and agricultural statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean, advises Member Nations on the development and standardization of agricultural statistical services and convenes study groups.

Second workshop on statistics for greenhouse gas emissions

03.06.2013

The workshop brings together high-level staff of Ministries of Agriculture, Agricultural National Statistical Agencies or Bureaus responsible for national GHG reporting under international climate policy processes, to help further the conversation on how to improve statistics for GHG emissions.

AFOLU Greenhouse Gas Inventory – Joint meeting

18.03.2013

Joint effort to support capacity development on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory implementation in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, reporting under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), setting of institutional arrangement and facilitating communication among relevant stakeholders in Ecuador.

Technical working group meeting for collection and validation of national food and agricultural data

26.02.2013

The objective of the meeting was to redress the challenges of data collection, standardization and harmonisation of national food and agricultural statistics for uploading in the CountrySTAT database.

High Level Stakeholders Meeting on the Global Strategy - From Plan to Action

03.12.2012

The aim of the meeting is to officially launch the Implementation of the Global Strategy. The preparatory work done by a Coalition to support the Strategy, since the Meeting of Resource Partners in October 2011, will also be presented.

Regional advanced administrator training workshop

03.12.2012

The objectives of the workshop are to provide the participants with an advanced training on the new CountrySTAT System based on cutting-edge open-source technology FENIX.

African Statistics Day 2012

18.11.2012

African Statistics Day (ASD) is celebrated every year on 18 November. This year's theme is ''making every woman and man count: Engendering statistics for better development outcomes''.

Zambia hosts regional CountrySTAT advanced administrator training workshop

12.11.2012

Five-day CountrySTAT advanced administrator training workshop for members of the national CountrySTAT teams from Anglophone countries in Africa and regional team.

Official launch of CountrySTAT in Togo

19.10.2012

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in collaboration with FAO and the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA) supports the organization of the official launch of CountrySTAT in Togo.

Official launch of CountrySTAT in Niger

17.10.2012

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with FAO and the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA) supports the organization of the official launch of CountrySTAT in Niger.

Committee on World Food Security - 39

15.10.2012

The CFS multi-stakeholder platform enables all viewpoints to be considered when deciding on concrete actions to address issues affecting food security and nutrition such as the economic crisis and the rising demand for food.

Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics - 24

08.10.2012

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.

First meeting of the Working Group on Implementation of the Global Strategy in Latin America and Caribbean

06.09.2012

The first meeting of the Working Group on Agriculture Statistics was organized by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), in cooperation with Instituto Brasileiro de Geografía y Estadistica (IBGE) and FAO.

Workshop on improving statistics for food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development: Action Plan for Africa

27.08.2012

The objective of the workshop was to familiarize the participants with the Action Plan for Africa and train them on the use of instruments designed for carrying out assessment of country capacity to produce agriculture statistics.

Regional training workshop on food security analysis of food consumption data of National Household Surveys (NHS)

23.07.2012

The objective of the regional training workshop is to train national experts in the processing and analysis of available National Household Surveys (NHS) food consumption data.

Regional workshop for the Near East on linking population and housing censuses with agricultural censuses

24.06.2012

The workshop was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Institute of Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS).

Workshop on improving statistics for food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development: an action plan for Africa

19.06.2012

Regional workshop for the Pacific on linking population and housing censuses with agricultural censuses

28.05.2012

The workshop was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, the first ever of its kind, and in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Paris21.

Regional workshop on use of sampling for agricultural censuses and surveys

14.05.2012

The FAO in collaboration with the Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA), NASS of US Department of Agriculture, and Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), organized a Regional Workshop on Sampling for Agricultural Censuses and Surveys.

UK donates $25 million to improve agricultural statistics

04.04.2012

The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has signed an agreement with FAO to donate £16 million ($25 million) to support an innovative new global partnership that will improve the agricultural statistics available to governments and farmers around the world.

FAO statistical yearbook 2012

20.03.2012

Through employing data from global statistical providers, including FAO, the publication presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping the global food and agricultural landscape and their interplay with broader environmental, social and economic dimensions.

The fourth National Agricultural Census in Peru

06.03.2012

The Council of Ministers of Peru installed the Consultative Commission of the IV National Agricultural Census (IV CENAGRO) of Peru. The Commission was constituted under the presidency of Ministry of Agriculture and vice-presidency of National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI).

Regional training on the documentation and archiving of agricultural censuses and surveys for the Caribbean

05.03.2012

This workshop aims to train participants from 13 countries in the region on the use of the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit, for the documentation of Agricultural Census and Surveys.

EAC/FAO Basic Training Workshop of CountrySTAT

05.03.2012

The objective of the workshop is to provide to national and regional staff of Burundi and EAC HQ a basic training on the CountrySTAT System to strengthen their capacity in agricultural statistics for food security.

The fourth Agricultural Census of Nicaragua

02.03.2012

The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (MAGFOR), and President of the National Institute of Information and Development (INIDE), held a press conference in the presence of FAO Representation in Nicaragua on the results of FAO backstopping mission for the IV National Agricultural Census (IV CENAGRO) of Nicaragua.

Wye Group Handbook - Statistics on rural development and agricultural household income

15.02.2012

Launch of the second edition of the Wye City Group Handbook - Statistics on rural development and agricultural household income. The Handbook is intended for the benefit of various groups concerned with rural development and the evolution of the agricultural industry.

African Commission on Agricultural Statistics - 22

30.11.2011

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.

Expert group meeting on cost of production and prices

28.11.2011

This meeting was held during the 22nd session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS).

CountrySTAT Consultative Meeting

28.11.2011

This meeting will present the main achievements and lessons learned from the CountrySTAT project. The aim is to improve collaboration and create synergies between CountrySTAT and its partners.

Fourth Wye Global Conference

09.11.2011

The fourth meeting of the Group will focus on issues related to the revision of the handbook Rural Households' Livelihood and Well-being: Statistics on Rural Development and Agriculture Household Income.

Meeting of resource partners in support of the implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics

28.10.2011

A meeting to support the implementation of the Global Strategy, organized by the World Bank, AfDB and FAO, in collaboration with the Friends of the Chair Group on Agricultural Statistics of UNSC.

Regional Workshop on Sampling for Agricultural Censuses and Surveys

16.10.2011

The FAO in collaboration with the European Commission (EC) through the MEDSTAT III programme and Arab Institute of Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) is organizing an Regional Workshop on Sampling for Agricultural Censuses and Surveys.

New dataset on capital stock in agriculture

04.10.2011