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Abstract: This supplement provides specific recommendations for countries in the Near East for carrying out agricultural censuses. It is part of the Programme for the 1990 World Census of Agriculture. This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This supplement provides specific recommendations for countries in Asia and the Pacific for carrying out agricultural censuses. It is part of the Programme for the 1990 World Census of Agriculture. This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This supplement provides specific recommendations for countries in the European region for carrying out agricultural censuses. It is part of the Programme for the 1990 World Census of Agriculture. This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: Price observation of individual agricultural commodities and input items represent important information for data users in government, business management, or in other areas, conducting economic analysis. However, individual commodity price data alone do not always provide sufficient guidance for studying general price trends. This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This book provides guidance on processing the census of agriculture data in an effecient and cost-efficient way. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication provides information about the 1990 World Census of Agriculture. It is aimed to assist countries in planning, developing and operating the statistical component of a national information system for food and agriculture. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The purpose of this report is to present a description of the FAO's production index and its evolution, published regularly in the FAO Production Yearbook and in the FAO Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, as well as in The State of Food and Agriculture report. This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This is the first issue of the FAO Statistical Development Series of manuals. It is aimed to assist countries in planning, developing and operating the statistical component of a national information system for food and agriculture.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series. The first part sets out the reasons why specific legislation is needed. The second consists of a comparative study of the main aspects of such legislation. The third part contains the texts of several laws, regulations and similar enactments of various countries.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The information presented in this report gives the results of a statistical analysis of the agricultural holdings main characteristics (i.e. distribution of the number and area by size, using the log normal distribution). This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
