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FAO/PARIS21 REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE INTEGRATION OF AND ACCESS
TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR

BETTER FORMULATION AND MONITORING OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

Algers, Algeria 8-9 December 2007

Back-to-back with the 20th AFCAS

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BACKGROUND

In collaboration with several Partner Agencies, a Workshop on "Strengthening Food and Agricultural Systems in Africa " will be organized just prior to the 20th AFCAS Session.

This followed the success of the 17th, 18th and 19th 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: National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) - integration of agricultural statistics
  • Theme 2 : New Tools for Dissemination and Storage of Agricultural Data
  • Theme 3 : Modelling and Needs for Agricultural and Rural Statistics
  • Theme 4 : Contribution of Partners in the Development of Agricultural Statistics in Africa

PARTICIPANTS

The Workshop will be of interest to Senior Government Officials in Ministries of Agriculture, and National Statistics Offices concerned with the collection, compilation, analysis, dissemination and use of rural, food and agricultural statistics as well as the users of such information. The Workshop will be conducted in English and French and the cost of participation will be borne by the nominating Government.

DOCUMENTS

The following documents are available:

English
Title Type | Size
List of Papers DOC | 68 kB
Provisional Agenda (Detailed) DOC | 71 kB
Provisional Agenda DOC | 81 kB

Français
Title Type | Size
Liste des Papiers DOC | 73 kB
Ordre du Jour Provisoire (détaillé) DOC | 74 kB
Ordre du Jour Provisoire DOC | 81 kB

LIST OF PAPERS

Paper number Papers Presenters
SESSION 1 : NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS (NSDS) INTEGRATION OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
African Charter on the development of the statistics (AU) Yeo Dossina/ Kouassi N'guettia , African Union Commission
Mainstreaming Sectoral Statistics in Africa : A guide for planning an integrated national statistical system Norah Madaya, UBOS/Intersect
Integration of agricultural statistics in the NSDS: Case of Senegal ANSD, Senegal

Integration of agricultural statistics in the NSDS: Case of Uganda

UBOS

Integration of agricultural statistics in the National Statistics System: Case of Philippines

Romeo Recide

Integration of agricultural statistics in the NSDS: Case of Algeria/Morocco  
SESSION 2: NEW TOOLS FOR DISSEMINATION AND STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL DATA

Presentation of Accelerated Statistics Programme (ASP) and IHSN Tools (Toolkit, NADA) for the dissemination and archiving of data from surveys and agricultural censuses

François Fonteneau, PARIS21

Application to the Census of Agriculture and Livestock of Niger

Issoufou, Niger

Application to Survey data in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Application to Survey data in .......

Country
Presentation of CountrySTAT and Metadata Caprazli / N. Keita FAO/ ESS
Experience of Philippines in implementation of CountrySTAT and Metadata Romeo Recide
Experience of Niger in using CountrySTAT for dissemination of Agriculture and Livestock Census data

Issoufou, Niger

Experience of Tanzania in using CountrySTAT for dissemination of Agriculture and Livestock Census data Gambamala , Tanzania
SESSION 3 : MODELLING AND NEEDS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL STATISTICS
Rural Development Statistics and Farmers Income Data for Policy Monitoring Edoardo Pizzoli, ISTAT/FAO
SESSION 4: PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CLOSING OF WORKSHOP

Main issues and recommendations of the Workshop

Workshop

PROVISIONAL AGENDA (detailed)

Saturday 8 December 2007
Registration

Opening ceremony

09:30 - 10:00 Welcome coffee
Election of Officers
Adoption of the agenda and programme
SESSION 1 : NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS (NSDS) – INTEGRATION OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Presentations and discussions:
- African Charter on the development of the statistics (Presentation by Yeo Dossina/ Kouassi N'guettia, African Union Commission ).
Presentations and discussions:
- Mainstreaming Sectoral Statistics in Africa : A guide for planning an integrated national statistical system (Presentation by Norah Madaya, UBOS ).
- Integration of agricultural statistics in the NSDS: Examples of countries : Senegal ( ANSD ), Uganda ( UBOS ), Philippines (Romeo Recide), Algeria/Morocco
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
SESSION 2: NEW TOOLS FOR DISSEMINATION AND STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL DATA

Presentation and discussions:
- Presentation of Accelerated Statistics Programme (ASP) and IHSN Tools (Toolkit, NADA) for the dissemination and archiving of data from surveys and agricultural censuses (Presentation by François Fonteneau, PARIS21) .
- Application to the Census of Agriculture and Livestock of Niger ( Issoufou , Niger )
- Application to Survey data in Ethiopia
- Application to Survey data in.......

16:00- 16:30 The/coffee break

Presentation and discussion
- Presentation of CountrySTAT and Metadata ( Caprazli/N. Keita, FAO )
- Experience of Philippines in implementation of CountrySTAT and Metadata (Romeo Recide, Philippines)
- Experience of Niger in using CountrySTAT for dissemination of Agriculture and Livestock Census data (Issoufou, Niger)
- Experience of Tanzania in using CountrySTAT for dissemination of Agriculture and Livestock Census data ( Gambamala, Tanzania )

Sunday 9 December 2007
SESSION 3 : MODELLING AND NEEDS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL STATISTICS

Presentation and discussion
- Rural Development Statistics and Farmers Income Data for Policy Monitoring (Presentation by Edoardo Pizzoli, ISTAT/FAO).

09:15 - 09:45 The/Coffee break
SESSION 4: PRESENTATIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CLOSING OF WORKSHOP
Drafting of the main issues and recommendations of the Workshop ( Drafting Team )
Presentation and adoption of the main issues and recommendations
Closing of the Workshop

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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