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Abstract: Stocks play an important role in achieving the objectives of world food security by maintaining the continuity of cereal supplies to the consumer and offsetting year to year fluctuation in production. It is part of FAO Economic and social development paper series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: As determinants of crop production, statistics on crop areas and yields have been amongst the most important components of he international statistical activities of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since its inception. This publication is part of FAO Economic and social development paper series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication provides, in an internationally comparable form, a summary of data describing the main characteristics of agricultural structures, such as number and area of agricultural holdings, land tenure, agricultural holders and land use. It contains data from 89 countries. This paper is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The main objective of this manual is to assist countries in the improvement of their price statistics including its use in the training of national staff in the collection and compilation of agricultural producer prices. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The manual is intended to serve as a guide to the statistical methodology for assessing and collecting data on post-harvested food grain losses. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: These guidelines contain information based mainly on the experience of selected international and national agricultural census experts working and/or having worked in the developing countries. They are part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This guide is intended to assist countries in the planning and execution of programmes for the collection of agricultural population and employment statistics which are a major component of the statistics needed for agraria reform and rural development. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The 1970 World Census of Agriculture was the third decennial census of agriculture promoted by FAO. The present publication, which is part of FAO Statistical Development Series, deals with the concepts, definitions and methodology of census taking as applied by countries participating in the 1970 World Census of Agriculture. The information presented is drawn from the available national census reports, documents of various FAQ meetings and sessions, and from the FAO experts who were actually involved in the planning and implementation of the census of agriculture taken around 1970 in the developing countries. While every effort was made to pool together all possible sources of information, it is by no means claimed to be exhaustive. Most of the census reports available from the countries were lacking in adequate information on the planning and methodological procedures. On a number of items the information presented in some of the national reports was too scanty for a comparative analysis to be included in the present volume. Naturally these limitations reflect correspondingly on the contents of this publication.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This book provides material presented at various seminars and workshops organised by FAO. The aim of these lectures was to spread awareness of the quality problem of statistical data and to promote interest in quality checks.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The aim of this publication is primarily to provide, in an uniformed form, census results for countries that have particpated in the 1960 world census of agriculture.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
