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Meeting on Programme for the 2010 Round of Censuses of Agriculture
Bangkok, Thailand,
28 November- 2 December, 2005
Presentations and papers are posted here.
BACKGROUND
The meeting was the first in the series of meetings
planned to present the World
Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 to the FAO member
countries in different regions.
PURPOSE
The meeting aimed to disseminate among the member
countries of FAO from Asia the new World Programme for the Census
of Agriculture 2010 which will cover the period 2006–2015.
It was organized with the objective of helping the participants
gain a deeper understanding of the new strategy of adopting a modular
approach to data collection being advocated by FAO through this
new Programme. Plans of the countries for implementing the next
round of agricultural census and surveys were also reviewed.
PARTICIPANTS
The participants of the meeting were the professional
statisticians and census leaders who are likely to play a role the
planning and execution of agricultural census in their respective
countries during the decade to which the Programme pertains (2006–2015).
A total of 23 participants
and an observer from 17 countries attended the Meeting. The countries
represented were: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,
Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
DOCUMENTS
The report
of the meeting is available. Other meeting documents including the
programme,
papers and presentations, reference material and the room documents
are posted here.
CONTACT
For further information, please contact:
Mr Hiek Som
Chief, Surveys and Statistical Development Service
FAO Statistics Division
Hiek.Som@fao.org
Tel.: +39 06 570 55070
Fax: +39 06 570 55615).
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