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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

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
Français
LIST OF PAPERS
| 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 |
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| 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)
| Registration |
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Opening ceremony
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| 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 ) |
| 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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