The Eighth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS VIII) will be held under the auspices of the Committee on Agricultural Statistics of International Statistical Institute (ISI-CAS).

FAO is working together with the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) of Ecuador to implement the AGRISurvey programme with the aim of strengthening the country’s agricultural statistical system and improving data dissemination and use.

Following the launch of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s projects to support an annual survey of agriculture in late March 2019, they saw the data collection commenced since the start of July and set to be finished this week.

The “50 x 2030” Initiative brings together the strongest partners in agricultural development to address key data gaps for the implementation of SDG 2. It is aimed at promoting evidence-based decision-making, by implementing agricultural and integrated household-agricultural survey programs in 50 low and lower-middle income countries by 2030.  The initiative was announced at...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative, Mr Alexandre Huynh, and HE Hean Vanhan, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), signed an agreement for a Technical Cooperation project to support the application of agriculture survey data to policy, strategy, and...

A four days Workshop for the development of AGRISurvey Questionnaires jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development the Government of Nepal (MoALD), Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and FAO kicked off on 5 March 2019 in Dhulikhel.

The lack of high quality and timely agricultural data is a key constraint on transforming the agriculture sectors and implementing the 2030 Agenda. To tackle this situation, FAO and partners have invested heavily in the development of the Agricultural Integrated Survey Programme (AGRISurvey)

Cambodia needs more and better quality statistical data in agriculture and the rural sector and these data are required much faster. Timely and reliable statistics are vital for development of responsive policies and progressive agricultural programmes.  Cambodia Inter-Censal Agricultural Survey is scheduled for 2019, under the leadership of the National Institute...

The need for better, cost-effective and timely statistical data for agricultural and rural areas is widely recognized. Critical gaps in data production and dissemination persist in several countries - a consequence of long-standing issues such as shortages of financial and human resources, and the resulting limitations in technical capacities. In...