The Division assembles, analyzes and disseminates statistics and related meta data on world food and agriculture and prepares annual food supply assessments in all countries. It cooperates with FAO Members in improving the coverage, consistency and quality of the data. It assists in development and improvement of food and agricultural statistics by providing advice and assistance to FAO Members and provides supervision to the statisticians in the regional and sub-regional offices. Furthermore, the Division leads the development of the FAOSTAT database.
