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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
Complete and submit the questionnaire
on-line in English
or Spanish,
or complete the MS WORD questionnaire in English
or Spanish
and return it as an e-mail attachment or by fax.
BACKGROUND
This meeting is a Statutory Body of FAO, organized
regularly for more than 40 years by FAO in collaboration with regional
institutions. Since 1994, these meetings have been part of the activities
of the Working Group FAO-OEA/CIE-IICA on Agricultural and Livestock
Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The purpose of the Meeting is to review the state
of food and agricultural statistics in the Region, to advise Member
Nations on the development and standardization of agricultural statistical
services and to convene study groups or other Subsidiary Bodies
of national experts required for this purpose. In particular, new
technological and methodological advances for the improvement and
development of the national programmes on Food and Agricultural
Statistics will also be presented.
PARTICIPANTS
Senior Officers of the National Institutions from
the Region responsible for food and agricultural statistics. International
organisations concerned with the development of statistical system
in the Region.
DOCUMENTS
The draft agenda is attached in English
and Spanish.
QUESTIONNAIRE
All countries of the region, whether attending the
session or not, are kindly requested to complete a questionnaire
on their food and agricultural statistics activities and submit
to FAO by 15 October 2005. The information provided will be analysed
and the main findings presented at the meeting. The questionnaire
can either be completed in English
or Spanish
‘on-line’ or a WORD document may be accessed in English
or Spanish
for completion and returning as an e-mail attachment or by fax.
CONTACT
For all information, please contact:
Mr David Marshall
Senior Statistician
Surveys and Statistical Development Service
FAO Statistics Division
Fax +39 06 570 55615
David.Marshall@fao.org
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