International Conference on Agricultural Statistics IV

Advancing Statistical Integration and Analysis
22 - 24 October 2007, Beijing, China
The fourth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-IV) was hosted by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) and sponsored by FAO along with other international, regional, and national organizations.
Development of agricultural statistics
The Conference will focus on the fundamental issues related to the development of agricultural statistics within an integrated national statistical system. The theme of this Conference, Advancing Statistical Integration and Analysis, highlights many new directions and areas in agricultural statistics. The Conference promises a truly diverse and exciting programme consisting of plenary keynote speeches delivered by prominent speakers in this field, round table discussions and parallel sessions led by outstanding organizers from all over the world. These are supplemented by poster presentations and exhibitions.
Discussions and debate
Through discussion and debate, the Conference will provide a forum to facilitate a better understanding of the relationship between economic, social, political, and geographic issues related to rural development and the reduction of poverty; and ultimately to identify, maintain, and establish the core indicators needed for policy and decision making. To promote wide use of agricultural statistics, the Conference will, in particular, stress the importance of statistical harmonization and the need for comparability between countries.
Participation
The conference is open to the entire international agricultural statistical community, both producers and users of agricultural statistics such as statisticians, researchers, analysts and decision-makers from government agencies, academia, business and private sector, as well as the development community including international and regional organizations.
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Integration of Agricultural Statistics - System |
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Nicolaes Heerschap (Netherlands): Agriculture Statistics Innovation at Statistics Netherlands |
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Moses Mnyaka (South Africa): Lessons Learned from the South Africa 2002 Census of Commercial Agriculture |
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Dhrijesh Tiwari (India): Integration of Agricultural Statistics System in India |
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Methodology and Technology - Remote Sensing |
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Kumari Gurusamy (India): Creating Agricultural Drought Statistics for Developing Countries Using Historic Data from Satellite Images |
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Ronald Wesonga (Uganda): Stochastic Optimization Model Using Remote Sensing Technologies for Agricultural Management in Africa |
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Jianhua Zhao, Kaifen Shi, and Fenghua Wei (China): Research and Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Chinese Agricultural Statistics |
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Shuo Yang (China): Remote Sensing Monitoring Operation System for Agriculture |
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Agricultural and Rural Statistical Development - Indicators |
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V. K. Bhatia and S. C. Rai (India): Statistical Evaluation of Agricultural Development in Asian Countries |
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Timothy Marchant (UK): Strengthening Capacity to Monitor and Evaluate Agricultural and Rural Development Programs – Measuring Results in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions |
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Agricultural Surveys and Censuses - Experience |
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Xu Zhiquan (China): Experiences and Challenges of China's Agricultural Census |
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Data Quality & Comparability - System |
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Berkeley Hill and Jan Karlsson (UK): Recommendations for Internationally-Comparable Statistics on Rural Development and Agricultural Household Income - Issues in Constructing a Handbook on Statistics on Rural Development and Agricultural Household Income |
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Michael Peter Ward (UK): FAO Norms and Standards: A Suitable Basis for Securing the Shifting Foundations of Agricultural Policy? |
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Qi Wang, Zhihong Tian, and Yonghua Sun (China): Research on the Statistical Aspects of International Agricultural Trade |
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New Domains & Dimensions - MDGs |
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Luca Alinovi, Erdgin Mane (FAO) and Donato Romano (Italy): Towards the Measurement of Household Resilience to Food Insecurity: An Application to Palestinian Households |
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Ricardo Sibrian (FAO): Food Deprivation and Income Deprivation Indicators at National and Sub-National Levels: Methodological Issues |
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Keynote speeches |
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Misha Belkindas and Graham Eele (World Bank): Capacity Building for Better Agricultural Statistics |
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Integration of Agricultural Statistics - Accounts |
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Pratap Narain (India): Agriculture Activity in the National Accounts - How Well Is It Measured? |
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Linda Di Mico, Franco Mari, and Alfonso Scardera (Italy): Policy Evaluation Through Farm Statistics: The Case of the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (RICA) |
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Mingmei Zhang (China): The Status of EAA in China and Its Reform Ideas |
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Rick Brunton and Carol Trickett (Australia): Measurement of Agricultural Output in the Australian System of National Accounts: Methods and Issues |
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Methodology and Technology - Enumeration Unit |
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Bryan Thomas Lohmar, Cynthia Nickerson (US) and Jintao Xu (China): "Land Conservation in theUnited States and China: A Comparison of Policies, Property Rights, and Data Implications for Assessment and Evaluation |
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Willis Oluoch-Kosura (Kenya): What Does Integration Imply in Choosing an Enumeration Unit:Enterprise, Holding or Individual? Does it Matter? Perspectives from Africa |
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Agricultural and Rural Statistical Development - Capacity Building |
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Ayissi Timothee (Cameroon): Agricultural and Rural Statistical Development – Capacity Building in Cameroon |
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Dominique Desbois (France) and Abdoulaye Adam (AfDB): Stakes and Pitfalls of the Development of Statistical Systems in Agriculture: the Web of Sustainable Development |
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Naman Keita (FAO): Agricultural and Rural Statistical Development – Capacity Building |
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Eloi Ouedraogo (AFRISTAT): The Development of Agricultural and Rural Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Challenges in Capacity Building to Meet Design, Monitoring and Policies Evaluation Needs |
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Agricultural Surveys and Censuses - Methodology |
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Anne-Marie Karlsson and Marie-Louise Widen (Sweden): Using Administrative Registers For Agricultural Statistics - Methodologies, Techniques and Experiences |
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Data Quality & Comparability - Dissemination |
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Marcelle Dion (Canada): Metadata: An Integral Part of Statistics Canada's Data Quality Framework |
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New Domains & Dimensions - Labour |
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Monica Rodrigues (CEPAL): Agricultural Employment Trends in Latin America: Are There New Requirements for Statistics? |
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Pal Boday and Eva Laczka (Hungary): What Is the Best Indicator of Work Performed in Agriculture? |
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Shande Chen, Alfred A. Bartolucci, Karan P. Singh, and Sejong Bae (US): Using a Classification Tree to Associate Risk Factors with Farm Injury |
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Laiyun Sheng (China): China Rural Labour Force Migration on The Impact and Effectiveness of Economy |
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Challenge in Data Needs - Models |
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Challenge in Data Needs - Scientific Research |
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Robert Smith (Statistics Canada): The SEEA as a Tool for Agricultural Statistics |
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Jairo Castano (FAO): Sustainable Timber Trade: are Discrepancies in Trade Data Reliable Indicators of Illegal Activities? |
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Integration of Agricultural Statistics - Organization |
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Inger Eklund (Sweden): The System of Official Statistics in Sweden |
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Clementine Ananaga Messina (Cameroon): Agricultural Statistics: Who Should be in Charge - The National Institute of Statistics or the Ministry of Agriculture? |
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Yury Akatkin (Russia): Should Agricultural Statistics Be Responsibility Of National Statistics Services Or Ministries Of Agriculture? |
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Methodology and Technology - Forecasting |
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Agricultural and Rural Statistical Development - Typology |
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Edoardo Pizzoli and Xiaoning Gong (FAO): How to Best Classify Rural and Urban? |
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Vassiliki Benaki, Emmanuel Alexandrakis, andConstantinos Apostolopoulos (Greece): Entrepreneurial Parameters and Classification – Typology for Rural Areas |
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Agricultural Surveys and Censuses - Scope |
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Hiek Som (FAO): World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 |
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Hubert Charlier (EU): The EU Farm Structure Surveys from 2010 Onwards |
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Robert T. Bass (US): The 2005 U.S. Census of Aquaculture: Broadening the Scope to Meet Data Needs |
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Data Quality & Comparability - Database |
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James Johnson, Glenn Schaible, Utpal Vasavada (US): Integrating Economic Surveys in Agriculture: Lessons Learned from the ARMS-CEAP Survey |
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Juan Manuel Galarza (Mexico): Agri-Food Chain Information System – SISPRO |
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New Domains & Dimensions - Input |
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