AGRISurvey Programme in Costa Rica

FAO

AGRISurvey Programme in Costa Rica

Process, findings and perspectives of implementation

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) Since April 2019, the Agricultural Integrated Survey programme (AGRISurvey) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided technical assistance to the Government of Costa Rica to improve and expand its national agricultural survey, the Encuesta Nacional Agropecuaria (ENA). The implementation of AGRISurvey will contribute to enlarge the scope of the survey and improve data quality, thus increasing the relevance of the survey findings to the agricultural sector. This country brief presents the finding and achievements related to the introduction of the AGRISurvey approach in Costa Rica.

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