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Abstract: Worldwide developing countries have reduced hunger since the MDG bench-mark period of 1990–1992 to the latest available of 2001–2003. A closer look at the proportion of population insufficient to their needs brings positive news on regional hunger reduction such as in Sub-Saharan Africa and Western Asia. This paper is part of FAO Statistics Working Paper Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Ten years after the World Food Summit (WFS) and less than 10 years before 2015 (the target year for halving the number of undernourished), the hunger situation in the Developing World still remains of great concern. This paper is part of FAO Statistics Working Paper Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Household Budget Surveys, Household Income and Expenditure Surveys and Food Balance Sheets, provide useful data for epidemiological research and for developing National Food and Nutrition Policies. This paper is part of FAO Statistics Working Paper Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This manual, which is part of FAO Statistics Working Paper Series, provides a set of guidelines to professionals involved in the estimation of food security statistics, using food consumption data collected in National Household Surveys (NHS).
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication, which is part of FAO Statistical Development Series, presents guidelines for the 2010 round of agricultural censuses, covering agricultural censuses to be undertaken between 2006 and 2015. For this round, a new approach is being used, with the emphasis on conducting agricultural censuses within the framework of the system of integrated agricultural censuses and surveys and in the broader context of the national statistics system.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication, which is part of FAO Statistical Development Series, is a supplement to the definitions, concepts and standards presented in the Programme for the World Census of Agriculture 2000. It is intended to help countries generate databases that are internationally comparable.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: These Guidelines set out a methodology for the collection of data and information on various aspects of the fisheries and aquaculture sector, especially concerning small-scale operators.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This supplement to the Report on the 1990 World Census of Agriculture (WCA) presents the census results collected from the reports issued by the countries that conducted censuses during the 1986-1995 decade and made them available to FAO after mid-1997. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication, which is part of FAO Statistical Development Series, is the second volume of an introduction to establishing and conducting area and multiple frame probability sample survey programmes, emphasizing methods and practices applicable in developing countries.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This supplement, which is part of FAO Statistical Development Series, is intended to assist countries in improving their current surveys of aquaculture and to provide a framework for those countries planning to develop databases on aquaculture.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
