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Activities listed on this page:
Capacity building and technical assistance in food and agriculture statistics
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Twentieth Session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on
Agricultural Statistics (APCAS)
The twentieth session of APCAS was organized by FAO in New Delhi, India from
20 to 24 September 2004 with attendance of 86 delegates and observers from 17 member countries (out of 24).
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FAO direct technical assistance
Assistance was provided to Indonesia on livestock statistics; to Myanmar on preparation
for an agricultural census; to Tonga on the development of a sustainable agricultural statistics
system; to Viet Nam on the analysis of the agricultural census and strengthening of
a food security information system with funding from an Italian trust fund project; to Cambodia on agricultural productivity improvement; and to Bangladesh on crop yield forecasting and agro-meteorology.
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Strengthening the Regional Data Exchange System
The ongoing regional project has been extended to:
Iran through the Agricultural Survey Improvement Programme that would establish a
methodology to produce, twice a year, basic national and provincial level data for the
agricultural sector, including crop forecasts and post-harvest crop estimates, livestock
composition and information on economic and social aspects of the agricultural sector;
Malaysia through assistance to the Agricultural Census 2006 with
the goal to improve the performance of the agricultural sector and to
ensure food security for all through the development of a system of reliable,
relevant and timely food and agricultural statistics; and Timor-Leste through
the development of an agricultural statistics system that would
provide reliable and timely statistics on food, agriculture and livestock
required for effective planning and monitoring of the agricultural sector so that policy
and administrative decisions can be supported by objective
and accurate information.
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Workshops and technical sessions
Workshops and technical sessions have been conducted in support of regional
capacity building activities, including: Data for Food Security in the Framework of an
Integrated System of Agricultural Statistics conducted in Bangkok in November 2002 with 20 participants
from Asian countries; Expert Consultation on Livestock Statistics in Bangkok
in July 2003 with eight experts from the region providing input for the improvement
of livestock statistics by reviewing FAO recommendations and national methods
for collecting data, particularly for nomadic and semi-nomadic livestock;
FAO/World Bank Workshop on Strengthening Agricultural Statistics in the
Pacific in Support of Food Security and Poverty Reduction Strategies and
Programmes in Nadi, Fiji in November 2003; and the Workshop
on the Use of Major Databases and their Applications in Support of Agricultural
and Rural Development Policies in Bangkok in May 2004 for senior statisticians
and policy-makers from countries in the region. Technical review sessions have been
scheduled concurrently with meetings of the focal points of the Regional Data Exchange System project.
An expert consultation in Analysis and Dissemination of Census and Survey
Data took place in July 2005. |
Disaster management for sustainable agriculture
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Workshop on Reducing Food Insecurity Associated with Natural Disasters in Asia and the Pacific
The workshop took place from 27 to 28 January 2005 in Bangkok to develop a set of
policy guidelines harmonizing the ongoing initiatives at international, national
and regional levels along five themes, namely: (i) reducing vulnerability through
sustainable agriculture; (ii) developing guidelines, enforcing laws and regulations;
(iii) strengthening early warning, vulnerability information and forecasting systems;
(iv) collaborative partnerships and institutional arrangements; and (v) quantitative
risk and impact assessment (see workshop report). |
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