Joint UNECE/EUROSTAT/FAO/OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe

Rome, Italy, 29 June - 1 July 2005

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE MEETING

The Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe, convened jointly by Eurostat, FAO, OECD and the UNECE, was held in Rome, Italy, 29 June - 1 July 2005.

Additional information can be found on the website of UNECE at the following address:

http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2005.06.agri.htm

Information on the last session of this meeting is available (ECE-FAO-Eurostat-OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics, Geneva, 2-4 July 2003).

OBJECTIVE

The following substantive topics were discussed at the meeting on the basis of invited and supporting papers prepared and conference room documents :

• Information items :
  • MEXSAI, 3rd World Conference on Agriculture Statistics
  • Programme for the World Census of Agriculture 2010
  • FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT
• Statistics related to food safety and related quality control procedures
• Introduction of the international Handbook on Rural Household, Livelihood and Well-Being: Statistics on Rural development and Agriculture Household Income
• Rural development statistics (part I of the Handbook)
• Measurement of agricultural household income including the definition of the agricultural household (part II of the Handbook)
• Agri-environmental, organic farming and sustainability statistics
• The role of the agriculture, agri-food and the agri-industry in the economy
  

INVITED PARTICIPANTS

Representatives of the different European countries were invited, as well as Officers from international organizations involved in the subject.

CONTACT

For further information, please contact:

Mr. Hiek Som
Chief,
Surveys and Statistical Development Service (ESSS),
FAO Statistics Division, Rome, Italy
Hiek.Som@fao.org