Sierra Leone has reached a significant milestone in its efforts to improve the availability of national agricultural data with the release of the 2023 Annual Agricultural Survey (AAS) microdata. AAS 2023 marks the first round of annual agricultural surveys conducted in the country and is a cru...

On March 20^th, during the 69^th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, FAO and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) co-organized a side event focused on Measuring Women's Empowerment in Large-Scale Surveys.

The event p...

Reducing post-harvest losses is a key priority for Niger, as it can significantly contribute to enhancing national food security and strengthening the entire agricultural and agrifood value chain.

Efforts to address agricultural losses are underway at regional level, with the African Uni...

Two four-wheel drive vehicles slither to a halt for the umpteenth time. The route they’re travelling, southeast of Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, is one of the country’s major highways. But the seasonal rains have transformed it into a gooey morass of reddish-brown mud.

More and better data are crucial in supporting sound policy decision-making for sustainable development. However collecting statistical data is not easy, due to adverse weather events or difficulty in accessing remote locations. Watch the video and see how FAO is providing support in the producti...

The 50x2030 Initiative recently completed a technical assistance mission in Bamako, Mali, highlighting ongoing commitment to empowering partner countries like Mali with tools to generate agricultural data to shape public policy and increase food security. The 50x2030 Initiative is implemented thr...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing technical support to The Gambia in preparing for the 2025 National Agricultural Sample Census (NASC). This initiative is part of the broader technical assistance programme under the 50x20...

At the start of May 2024, the 50x2030 Initiative traveled to Sierra Leone to conduct a hands-on training focused on building capacity in designing and using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) survey tools using CSPro. This training aimed to provide national experts from Statistics Sie...

In late 2023, the 50x2030 Initiative welcomed a new partner, Cote d’Ivoire, through the signature of the Program Implementation Plan (PIP), with the objective of supporting the country in the implementation of the annual agricultural survey for the production and dissemination of more timely and comprehensive statistics at national level.

Women are key to agrifood systems transformation. Nevertheless, they face various obstacles that limit their contribution to their households and communities, including discrimination and limited access to resources.

Evidence shows...

Cambodia is making strides towards harnessing the power of agricultural survey data to inform policymaking and monitor processes. The country recently released the results of the Cambodia Agriculture Survey (CAS) 2021, providing users...

On November 27, 2023, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) organized a national dissemination workshop in Tbilisi to present key results from the Georgian Survey of Agricultural Holdings (GSAH) 2022. The workshop, organized with FAO support...

Quality data in the agricultural sector is vital for informing effective policymaking and accelerating efforts toward sustainable development within the country.

With FAO’s support, in the context of the 50x2030 Initiative, Senegal just released the key results from the implementation of the Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2022-2023, the national sample survey providing statistics on household agricultural production.

On 20 December 2023 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 technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

Over 400 staff from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning (NIS-MOP) have been deployed on what promises to be one of the most comprehensive data collection initiatives, the Cambodia Agriculture Survey 2023 (CAS 2023)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has kicked off a weeklong provincial level training workshop aimed at strengthening national capacity on analysis and interpretation of agricultural statistics and data.

In November 2022, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the auspices of the Government of Uganda and with the financial support of the 50x2030 Initiative to Close the Agric...

The Senegalese Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty (MAERSA) recently released microdata from the latest Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2021-2022 with the support of the 50x2030 Initiative.