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Nineteenth Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics
Maputo, Mozambique 24-27 October 2005

Participate in the 2005 Survey on:
"The State of Food and Agricultural Statistical Systems in Africa" -ENGLISH-

Participez à l'enquête 2005 sur:
"L’Etat des Systèmes de Statistiques Alimentaires et Agricoles en Afrique" -FRENCH-

BACKGROUND

The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a statutory body of the FAO and meets in session every two years. The FAO Conference at its Eleventh Session (1961) approved the creation of the regional Agricultural Statistical Commission for Africa. The Commission was accordingly established by the Director-General in October, 1962.

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. They review and exchange ideas on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent and advise member countries on the development of their agricultural statistical systems within FAO's programme of Work and Budget for Africa.

The previous Session of the Commission was held in Yaounde, Cameroon in 2003.

PURPOSE OF THE MEETING

The conference aims are to review the state of food and agricultural statistics in the African Region and advise Member Nations on the development and standardization of agricultural statistics within the general framework of FAO's work in statistics, and to convene study groups or other Subsidiary Bodies of national experts required for this purpose.

A back-to-back technical workshop will be organised 20-22 October 2005 at the same venue.

MEMBERSHIP

Member Nations and Associate Members whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the African Region or who are responsible for the international relations of any non-self-governing territories in the Region.

DOCUMENTS

The following documents are available:

LIST OF PAPERS

Paper number Title Author Presenters
Overview of FAO activities in Africa Region since the 18th AFCAS Keita, ESSS Keita, ESSS
Report on activities implemented under the International Initiative for Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in Africa Keita, ESSS Keita, ESSS
Conclusions and recommendations of the Technical Workshop (organized back to back with 19th AFCAS) Workshop Rapporteur TBD
Introduction of the International Handbook on Rural Household, Livelihood and Well-being: Statistics on Rural Development and Agriculture Household Income. Keita, ESSS Keita, ESSS
Report on the State of Food and Agricultural Statistics Systems in the Region (on the basis of country questionnaires). Consultant, RAF Soumaré, RAF
Report on the monitoring system of Maputo Declaration of African Heads of States on investing 10 % of budget in agriculture. Barre, ESSA Ngoma
Food Balance Sheet in the context of National Statistical Systems in Africa. Ngendaku-mana, ESSB Ngendaku-mana, ESSB
Report on FAOSTAT2/CountrySTAT project Mayo, FAOSTAT2 K. Caprazli
Report on international classifications used for agricultural statistics and their application in FAOSTAT2 framework. Gong, ESSS and Schmitt, FAOSTAT2 Ngendaku-mana, ESSB
Report on new resource accounts and resource questionnaires. Ballayan, ESSA Ballayan, Ngoma
Report on the implementation of CountryStat in pilot countries K. Caprazli, FAOSTAT2 and Kenya K. Caprazli, FAOSTAT2 and Kenya
Presentation of the new World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 (WCA2010): main features and innovations. Som, ESSS Som, ESSS
Gender in agricultural census: lessons learned from past censuses and integration of gender issues in WCA2010. Tempelman, RAFS and Keita, ESSS Tempelman, RAFS and Keita, ESSS
Fishery and aquaculture statistics in the framework of WCA2010. TBI Staff from fisheries

AGENDA

  1. Overview of FAO activities in Africa Region since the 18th AFCAS
  2. Report on activities implemented under the International Initiative for Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in Africa
  3. Conclusions and recommendations of the Technical Workshop (organized back to back with 19th AFCAS)
  4. Introduction to Handbook on: Rural Household's Livelihood and Well-Being: Statistics on Rural Development and Agriculture Household Income.
  5. Other Information items
    a. Up-coming African Statistical Journal
    b. Preparation for the World Conference on Agriculture Statistics, Beijing, 2007
    c. Other events
  1. Report on the State of Food and Agricultural Statistics Systems in the region on the basis of country questionnaires. (followed by Country interventions and comments on the questionnaires and report)
  2. Community level statistics and local data bases: application to the agriculture sector
  3. Food Balance Sheets in the context of a National Statistical System in Africa
  1. The redevelopment of the FAOSTAT statistical system
  2. Report on international classifications used for agricultural statistics and their application in FAOSTAT2 framework .
  3. Report on new resource accounts and resource questionnaires
  4. Report on implementation of CountrySTAT in pilot countries
  1. Presentation of the new World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 (WCA2010): main features and innovations
  2. a. Gender in agricultural census: introduction to the document on lessons learned from past censuses and integration of gender issues in WCA2010
    b. Introducing the African gender and development index - AGDI
  3. Fishery and aquaculture statistics in the framework of WCA2010
  4. Coordinating Population and Agricultural Census: Case of Canada
  5. Lessons learned from the last Census of Agriculture and Livestock of Mozambique
Topics, date and venue for the next AFCAS Session

CONTACT

For all additional information, the person to contact is :

Naman Keita
Senior Statistician
Surveys and Statistical Development Service
FAO Statistics Division
Email: Naman.Keita@fao.org

See FAO Regional Office for Africa web site on the event.

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