Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Following an in-depth needs analysis through bilateral consultations organized between FAO and the DRC’s counterparts responsible for producing and using agricultural statistics, and based on the information collected through a questionnaire prepared by FAO and completed by the national agricultural statistical team, the following activities, planned for the period 2021-2024, are implemented in DRC with the aim to fill gaps in different levels of technical expertise and capacities.

  • Leadership and Communication: Strengthen leadership and communication skills;
  • Scholarship Programme: Participation in the scholarship programme;
  • Basic Training: Basic training in agricultural statistics;
  • AGPROD: Support in preparing survey tools for agricultural production surveys;
  • TOOLS: Technical assistance on the use of statistical software tools for data processing and analysis;
  • Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI): Training and support to the country in developing, implementing, and maintaining CAPI-based surveys to improve data quality and cost-efficiency of agricultural surveys;
  • Dissemination: Develop awareness on the importance of statistical dissemination policies and build the skills required for data dissemination and preservation programmes.
06/11/2023
En RDC, une série d'ateliers de formation facilités par le programme GSARS s'est achevée avec succès. Dirigé avec diligence par l'expert Abdoulaye BA, le dernier d’une série de trois ateliers techniques a été organisé du 23 au 28 octobre 2023 à Kinshasa pour encourager l'amélioration de l'accessibilité et de l'utilisation des microdonnées d’enquêtes agricoles. Des thématiques telles que les techniques de communication et de diffusion statistiques ou encore le standard « Open Data » avaient pu être abordés lors des deux premières formations (organisées en Juin et Juillet 2023).
12/04/2023

As part of the activities relating to the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS II), a training workshop in data processing and analysis tools was held from February 6th to 17th, 2023 in DRC.

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