Phnom Penh, 5 February 2021 – On the 9th of February 2021, the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the Ministry of Planning (MoP), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), and with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will...

The agricultural sector is one of the pillars of Senegal's economy with an estimated contribution of 15 percent to the GDP in 2018 and a significant portion of the population in rural area (60%) which continues to depend directly on it for their livelihoods.

Given the strategic nature of the agricultural...

FAO's AGRISurvey programme – now part of the 50x2030 Initiative –  provides financial and technical assistance to the Uganda Annual Agricultural Survey (AAS) administered by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). In the last three years, AGRISurvey has introduced significant enhancements to the AAS in the domains of survey design,...

FAO, through its AGRISurvey programme, joined forces with Cambodia’s National Institute of Statistics of the Ministry of Planning (NIS) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) to organize the Training of Trainers (ToT) for the Cambodia Agricultural Survey 2020. The ToT was successfully delivered from 23 to 27...

On October 15 2020, the FAO Animal Production and Health Division, the Statistics Division and the FAO Livestock Technical Network organized a joint webinar on “How can we improve data gathering on antimicrobial usage at national level? Lessons from Uganda”.

The lack of good quality data affects the design and implementation of policies...

The agricultural sector has been the backbone of the Uganda’s economy for decades, employing over 80 percent of the rural population and about 64.3 percent of the working population. Agriculture is a source of food, raw materials for industries and foreign exchange given the many agricultural exports. The Agricultural Sector...

The United Nations Statistical Commission is the highest body of the global statistical system. It brings together the Chief Statisticians from member states from around the world. It is the highest decision making body for international statistical activities especially the setting of statistical standards, the development of concepts and methods...

The 50x2030 Initiative was presented to countries taking part in the twenty-eight session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS, 10-14 February2020).

The Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) is a statutory body of FAO. APCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the...

The Eighth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) was held on 18 -21 November 2019 in New Delhi. About 400 delegates from around the world gathered to discuss issues related to agricultural statistics development, focusing in particular on the theme: ‘Statistics for transformation of agriculture to achieve Sustainable Development Goals...

The 50x2030 Initiative was presented to countries taking part in the twenty-sixth session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS, 4-8 November 2019).

AFCAS brings together all FAO member countries of the African continent to review and exchange ideas on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent....