Joint FAO/PARIS21 Workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural Systems in Africa

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Future meetings:
	Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics 22nd Session (APCAS 22) 9-13 June 2008, Kuching, Malaysia
Past meetings:
	National Demonstration Centre (NDC) on Food Security and Consumption Statistics from Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 7–11 April 2008, San José, Costa Rica
	20^th Session Of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) 10–13 December 2007, Algiers, Algeria
	FAO/PARIS21 Regional Workshop on the Integration of and Access to Agricultural Statistics for Better Formulation and Monitoring of Rural Development Policies 8–9 December 2007, Algiers, Algeria
	Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4) 22-24 October 2007, Beijing, China
	NDC BAMAKO: National Demonstration Centre (NDC) on Food Security and Consumption Statistics from Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) Bamako, Mali, 6 - 10 August 2007
	NDC BAMAKO: National Demonstration Centre (NDC) on Food Security and Consumption Statistics (General Information) Bamako, Mali, 6 - 10 August 2007
	High-Level Workshop on CountrySTAT and Metadata 11-14 December 2006, Cairo, Egypt
	Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics 21st Session (APCAS 21) 11-15 September 2006, Phuket, Thailand
	Subregional Workshop on CountrySTAT and Metadata 23-27 October 2006, Manila, Philippines
	Table Ronde Technique FAO/AFRISTAT sur le Programme Mondial du Recensement de l'Agriculture 2010 Bamako, Mali, 20-24 mars 2006
	Roundtable Meeting on Programme for the 2010 Round of Censuses of Agriculture Bangkok, Thailand, 28 November - 2 December, 2005
	Twenty Third Session of the FAO-OEA/CIE-IICA Working Group on Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-10 November 2005
	Nineteenth Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics Maputo, Mozambique 24-27 October 2005
	Joint FAO/PARIS21 Workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural Systems in Africa Maputo, Mozambique 20-22 October 2005
	Statistics Advisory Committee of Experts, Fourteenth Session Rome, Italy 15 - 16 September 2005
	Expert Consultation on Analysis and Dissemination of Census and Survey Data Bangkok, Thailand , 18 - 21 July 2005
	Workshop on Agricultural Surveys and Crop Forecasting Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, 10-15 July 2005
	Joint UNECE/EUROSTAT/FAO/OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe Rome, Italy, 29 June - 1 July 2005
	NDC CAIRO: National Demonstration Centre (NDC) on Food Security and Consumption Statistics from Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) Cairo, Egypt, 16 - 26 April 2005
	Technical Review Meeting on World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 Rome Italy, 9 - 10 March 2005
	MEXSAI: Third International Conference on Agricultural Statistics Cancun, Mexico, 2 - 4 November 2004
	Workshop on Measurement of Food Deprivation 22 October 2004, Statistics Division, FAO, Rome, Italy.
	20th Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics New Delhi, India, 20 - 24 September 2004
	Expert Consultation on Horticulture Statistics Harare, Zimbabwe 19 - 22 July 2004
	Seminar on National Food and Agricultural Statistics Bucharest, Romania 19 - 21 May 2004
	Workshop on Use of Major Databases and their Applications in Support of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies Bangkok, Thailand 10 - 14 May 2004
	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
	Statistics Advisory Committee of Experts, Thirteenth Session Rome, Italy 28 - 30 April 2004
	National Demonstration Centre (NDC) on Food Security and Consumption Statistics from Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) Sinaia, Romania 22 March to 1 April 2004
	Meeting of the FAO-OEA-IICA Working Group on Agricultural Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Cancun, Mexico, 18-21 November 2003
	Workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in the Pacific in Support of Food Security and Poverty Reduction Strategies and Programmes Nadi, Fiji, 10-13 November 2003
	Eighteenth Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics Yaoundé, Cameroon, 27 - 30 October, 2003
	Technical Workshop on Rural and Agricultural Statistics for Policy Support: Best Practices and Emerging Methods Yaoundé, Cameroon, 23-25 October 2003
	National Demonstration Centre (NDC) on Food Security and Consumption Statistics from Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 15-25 September 2003, Accra, Ghana
	Workshop on "Moving towards an Agricultural Statistics System for the Market Economy" Kishinev, Republic of Moldova, 1 - 5 September 2003
	Regional Workshop on the Development of Integrated Agricultural Statistics Systems in Support of Food Policies and Programmes Accra, Ghana, 28 July - 2 August 2003
	Expert Consultation on Livestock Statistics Bangkok, Thailand, 8 - 11 July 2003
	ECE-FAO-Eurostat-OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics Geneva, 2-4 July 2003
	6th International Round Table Discussions on Current Agricultural Production and Trade Statistics San Jose, Costa Rica, 7-11 April 2003
	Informal Expert Consultation on CountrySTAT Rome, Italy, 17-19 March 2003
	Expert Consultation on Root Crop Statistics Harare, Zimbabwe, 3-6 December 2002
	Nineteenth Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics Seoul, Republic of Korea, 21-25 October 2002
	Seminar on a New Partnership to Strengthen Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa for Poverty Reduction and Food Security 16-17 September 2002
	National Demonstration Centre(NDC) on Food Consumption Statistics from Household income and expenditure surveys (HIES) Bangkok, Thailand, 19-29 August 2002
	The Statistics Division held a Technical Meeting (ESS-TM) on "The Major Limitations / Problems Related to the Accuracy of the Measurement of Food Deprivation". FAO, Rome, Saturday, 29 June 2002.
	Meeting of the FAO/OAS-CIE/IICA Working Group on Agriculture & Livestock Statistics for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region Panama, 20-23 November 2001
	Joint ECE/EUROSTAT/FAO/OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe Geneva, 17-19 October 2001
	Seventeenth Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics Pretoria, South Africa, 27-30 November 2001
	FAO/WB Workshop: Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in Africa in Support of Food Security and Poverty Reduction Policies and Programmes 22-26 November 2001, Pretoria, South Africa.
	Expert Consultation on Development of Agri-business Statistics Bangkok, Thailand, 4-7 September 2001
	Sub-Regional Workshop on the World Census of Agriculture 2000 Prague, Czech Republic, 23-29 June 2001
	Technical Workshop on Livestock Statistics Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2001
	Atelier Technique Sous-Régional FAO/AFRISTAT sur Les Statistiques de L'élevage Bamako, Mali, 12-16 Mars 2001
	Technical Session on Agricultural Census as a Basis for the System of Agricultural Statistics Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 19-21 February 2001
	Workshop on Moving Towards an Agricultural Statistics System for the Market Economy Bangkok, Thailand, 15-20 January 2001
	FAO/SIAP Workshop on Agricultural Surveys Based on Multiple Frame Sampling Methods Bangkok, Thailand, 22-28 November 2000.
	Eighteenth Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics Bali, Indonesia, 6-10 November 2000.
	Sub-Regional Technical Meeting on Methodology for Food Crop Forecasting Bamako, Mali, 15-16 May 2000.
	FAO/SADC Technical Meeting on Methodology for Food Crop Forecasting Harare, Zimbabwe, 10–11 April 2000.
	Technical Meeting on Methodology for Food Crop Forecasting Bangkok, Thailand, 13–14 December 1999.
	FAO/World Bank/USDA Workshop on Strengthening National Systems of Food and Agricultural Statistics in Africa Conakry, Guinea, 23–25 June 1999.

Joint FAO/PARIS21 Workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural Systems in Africa
Maputo, Mozambique 20-22 October 2005

Back-to-back with the 19th AFCAS

BACKGROUND

In collaboration with several International Agencies, a Workshop on "Strengthening Food and Agricultural Systems in Africa" will be organized just prior to the 19th AFCAS Session.
This followed the success of the 16th, 17th and 18th sessions of AFCAS where such back-to-back technical workshops were organized.

PURPOSE OF THE MEETING

The workshop will focus on addressing and sharing experiences on:

Theme 1: good practices and innovative methods in agricultural statistics
Theme 2: strategic planning, capacity building, advocacy for agricultural statistics
Theme 3: statistical development and capacity building activities of other partner agencies in Africa

PARTICIPANTS

The workshop will bring together :

Data users: Heads of PRSP and Food Security Programmes, Research and planning institutions, others ;
Data producers: Directors of National Statistics Offices and Directors of National Agricultural Statistics Services;
Concerned International, Regional, Sub-regional and bilateral Agencies as well as regional training centres.

DOCUMENTS

The following documents are available:

Provisional list of themes and papers: English and French versions

LIST OF PAPERS

Paper number	Papers	Presenters
SESSION 1 : GOOD PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE METHODS IN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
	A. FAOSTAT 2/CountryStat
MW-05-01-A-1	Overview of FAOSTAT2/CountryStat	Caprazli, FAO
MW-05-01-A-2	Overview of CountrySTAT	Caprazli, FAO
	B. World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 (WCA2010)
MW-05-01-B-1	Overview of the new World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2010	Keita, FAO
	*C. NEW METHODS AND TOOLS*
MW-05-01-C-1	Enumerating nomadic livestock: Case studies from Mali, Ethiopia and Niger	Keita, FAO Zekaria, Ethiopia
MW-05-01-C-2	Use of scanning techniques in agricultural censuses - Case of Canada	Trant, Statistics Canada
MW-05-01-C-3	Use of scanning techniques in agricultural censuses - Case of Tanzania	Tanzania
MW-05-01-C-4	Use of GPS for crop area measurement and reduction in costs of agricultural surveys	Ngoma, FAO
MW-05-01-C-5	Analysis and use of agricultural statistics in support of policy , Mozambique	Diogo, Mozambique
MW-05-01-C-6	Analysis and use of agricultural statistics in support of policy: Deriving vulnerability zones and population from annual agricultural survey d: CILSS/Agrhymet	Sacko, Agrhymet/CILSS
SESSION 2: STRATEGIC PLANNING, CAPACITY BUILDING, ADVOCACY FOR AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
MW-05-02-1	National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) and guidelines for integration of agricultural statistics	Simonpietri, PARIS21
MW-05-02-2	National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) and guidelines for integration of agricultural statistics- Case of Rwanda	Charoy, FAO/PARIS21 Rwanda
MW-05-02-3	The organisation of the National Statistical System of Mozambique and the place of Food and Agriculture Statistics.	Mozambique
MW-05-02-4	Advocacy video on Food, Agriculture and Rural Statistics	Simonpietri, PARIS21
MW-05-02-5	Quality framework for the production of agricultural statistics	Sacko, Agrhymet / CILSS
MW-05-02-6	Monitoring MDGs Goal 1: Contribution of Food and Agricultural Statistics Systems in of African countries to data requirements	Eele, World Bank
MW-05-02-7	Monitoring MDGs/PRSPs: Case of Ethiopia	Zekaria, Ethiopia
MW-05-02-8	Monitoring MDGs/PRSPs: Case of Cape Verde	Lourdes, Cape Verde
MW-05-02-9	Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics and related activities such as the International Household Survey Network	Eele, World Bank
MW-05-02-10	International Initiative for Strengthening Food, Agriculture and Rural Statistics in Africa: Report on the implementation of the interim phase and preparation of the regional programme	Keita, FAO
SESSION 3 : STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES OF OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES IN AFRICA (Statements)
	PARIS21	Simonpietri
	World Bank	Eele/Nwanze
	AfDB	Mubila
	USDA	Holland
	Statistics Canada	Trant
	CILSS/AGRHYMET	Sacko
	OTHERS

AGENDA

Thursday 20 October 2005
08:00 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:30	Opening ceremony
09:30 - 10:00	Welcome coffee
10:00 - 10:15	Election of Officers
10:15 - 10:30	Adoption of the agenda and programme
SESSION 1 : GOOD PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE METHODS IN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
10:30 - 12:00	Presentations and discussions: - Overview of the new World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2010 (FAO) - Enumerating nomadic livestock: Case studies from Mali and Ethiopia (FAO/Ethiopia)
12:00- 12:30	Use of scanning techniques in agricultural censuses, (Statistics Canada)
	Lunch break
14:00-14:30	Use of scanning techniques in agricultural censuses, (Tanzania)
14:30-15:00	Discussions
15:00-15:45	Presentation and discussion: - Use of GPS for crop area measurement and reduction in costs of agricultural surveys (FAO)
15:45- 16:15	The/coffee break
16:15- 17:30	Presentation and discussion: - Use of agricultural statistics in policy, planning, research and training: opportunities and constraints (Mozambique) - Analysis and use of agricultural statistics in support of Policy: Deriving vulnerability zones and population from annual agricultural survey data (CILSS/Agrhymet)
Friday 21 October 2005
SESSION 2: STRATEGIC PLANNING, CAPACITY BUILDING, ADVOCACY FOR AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
08:30 - 09:30	Presentation and discussions: - Overview of FAOSTAT Project (FAO) - Overview of CountrySTAT (FAO)
09:30- 10:30	Presentation: - National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) and guidelines for integration of agricultural (PARIS21) - National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) and integration of agricultural statistics - Case of Rwanda (FAO/Rwanda) - The organisation of the National Statistical System of Mozambique and the place of Food and Agriculture Statistics (Mozambique)
10:30 - 10:45	The/Coffee break
10:45- 11:30	Discussions
11:30- 12:00	Presentation and discussion - Advocacy video on Food and Agricultural Statistics: Status of preparation and way forward (FAO/PARIS21)
12:00- 12:45	Presentation and discussion: - Quality framework for the production of agricultural statistics data (CILSS/Agrhymet)
12:45-14:00	Lunch break
14:00- 15:30	Presentation and discussion: - Monitoring MDGs Goal 1: Contribution of Food and Agricultural Statistics Systems in of African countries to data requirements (World Bank) - Monitoring MDGs/PRSPs: Case of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) - Monitoring MDGs/PRSPs: Case of Cape Verde (Ethiopia)
15:30-15:45	The/coffee break
15:45- 16:30	Presentation and discussion: - Marrakech Action Plan and related activities such as the International Household Survey network (World Bank)
16:30- 17:30	Presentation and discussion: - International Initiative for Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in Africa: Report on Interim phase and Proposal for expansion phase (FAO)
Saturday 22 October 2005
SESSION 3 : STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES OF OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES IN AFRICA
08:30 - 09:30	Statements by: - PARIS21 - World Bank - AfDB - USDA - Statistics Canada - CILSS/AGRHYMET - OTHERS
09:30 - 10:00	Organisation of the working groups
SESSION 4 : PARALLEL WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
10:00 - 15:00	Meetings of the working groups, preparation of presentation of conclusions and discussions from the Groups
SESSION 5: PRESENTATIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CLOSING OF WORKSHOP
15:00- 16:00	Presentation and adoption of conclusions and recommendations from the Groups
16:00-16:30	The/coffee break
17:00	Closing of the Workshop
Sunday 23 October 2005
	FIELD VISIT

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

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