Eighth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS) VIII

The International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS) focuses on fostering and leveraging best practices and research in response to the changing needs and opportunities for agricultural statistics. ICAS brings together experts from around the world to share research and operational accomplishments, and to explore the latest methodological innovations by countries and development partners.

ICAS VIII was held from November 18 to 21, 2019 in New Delhi, India, under the aegis of the Committee on Agricultural Statistics of the ISI.

ICAS VIII discussed the following themes:

• Data Analysis / Data Integration
• Data Sources / Data Collection/ Data Quality
• Data Dissemination & Communication
• Use of statistics for policy making & research
• Food Security, Poverty, Rural Development and Social Dimensions of Agriculture
• Sustainable Agricultural Production and Consumption
• Natural Resource use in Agriculture
• Climate Change and Environmental Issues
• Social protection and risk mitigation measures in agriculture
• Capacity building in Agricultural Statistics