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The Seventh International Round Table Discussions
on Statistics of Agricultural Production, Trade, Supply/Utilization
Accounts and Food Balance Sheets
Chisinau, Moldova 10 - 14 May 2004
COMPLETED

The Seventh International Round Table Discussions
on Statistics of Agricultural Production, Trade, Supply/Utilization
Accounts and Food Balance Sheets will be held in Chisinau, 10 -
14 May 2004 under the auspices of the Department for Statistics
and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova, together with FAO.
PURPOSE
- Preparation and presentation of country papers by the
participants on the status of food and agricultural statistics
in their respective countries to identify gaps and weaknesses
for possible improvement.
- Review the latest data sets on crop and livestock production
and trade for all countries.
- Critique, country by country, the food balance sheet 2002 as
prepared by FAO for improvement of data quality and interface
with national estimates of undernourishment.
- Introduce the participants to the international concepts, definitions,
standards and classifications of food and agricultural statistics.
- Train the participants on the construction of supply/utilization
accounts and food balance sheets in order that countries will
be able to produce them by themselves.
CONTACT
For all information, person to contact:
Edward Gillin
Chief Basic Data Branch
FAO Statistics Division
Edward.Gillin@fao.org
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