FAO-La Sapienza Seminar Series “Case Studies on Food and Agricultural Statistics”

Join the fifth series of FAO-La Sapienza seminars titled "Case Studies on Food and Agricultural Statistics". 

This series, comprising 13 seminars, will run from 25 February to 27 May. It includes both laboratory activities and theoretical introductions to various topics, based on FAO data archives.

Organized under the framework agreement between La Sapienza and FAO, these seminars aim to promote and develop the European Master of Official Statistics (EMOS). This initiative, shared by Eurostat and the European Statistical System, seeks to connect official statistics producers with the academic world at the European level.

The seminars will introduce various topics with a view to potential collaborations for internships and thesis projects.

Sessions will be held in a hybrid format at 6:00 PM in Lecture Room 34 (Department of Statistical Sciences, CU002 building, 4th floor) and will last for 2 hours. For online participation, please visit this link:  https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/98572638271?pwd=YlhxZExsaUZXcjNkb0hGWnlnbjBmUT09#success.

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PROGRAMME 2024/25

Date	Title	Presenter
25 February	Introduction to the 2025 Seminar Series on Food and Agricultural Statistics	Valérie Bizier, Statistics Division (FAO) Ashley Steel, Forestry  Division (FAO)
4 March	Methodology for the disaggregation of SDG indicators	Aida Khalil, Statistics Division (FAO) Stefano Di Candia, Statistics Division (FAO)
11 March	Laboratory: Small Area Estimation techniques for the disaggregation of SDG indicators	Aida Khalil, Statistics Division (FAO)
18 March	SDG indicator 15.4.2: Monitoring progress on the conservation of mountain ecosystems	Javier De Lamo, Forestry Division (FAO)
25 March	National Forest Monitoring	Javier Garcia Perez, Forestry Division (FAO)
1 April	Laboratory: Monte Carlo techniques for the study of forest cover statistics	Javier Garcia Perez, Forestry Division (FAO)
8 April	Wood fuel statistics	Ashley Steel, Forestry Division (FAO)
15 April	Laboratory: how to measure Wood Fuel	Oliver Stoner, Forestry Division (FAO)
29 April	Food insecurity Experience Scale	Carlo Cafiero, Statistics Division (FAO)
6 May	Laboratory: how to measure the Food insecurity Experience Scale	Sara Viviani, Statistics Division (FAO)
13 May	Estimating the Prevalence of Undernourishment and the Percentage of people who cannot afford a healthy diet. Theoretical and empirical aspects	Carlo Cafiero, Statistics Division (FAO)
20 May	Developing Models with data	Rishi Sharma, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (FAO)
27 May	Understanding SDG 14: from theory to practice - Rishi Sharma, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division	Rishi Sharma, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (FAO)