Open Meeting of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Statistics (UN-CEAG) 2022

Co-organized by the UN-CEAG and FAO on the sidelines of the 53rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, the event took stock of the latest developments and progress in implementing the UN-CEAG's programme of work (2020-2023) and discussed additional topics of interest in the area of food security and agricultural statistics.

The United Nations Committee of Experts on Food Security, Agricultural and Rural Statistics (UN-CEAG) aims to develop and document good practices and guidelines on concepts, methods and statistical standards for food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development statistics. Created under the umbrella of the UN Statistical Commission at its 43rd session in 2012, the Committee brings together experts from national statistical offices, ministries of agriculture and international organizations.

The session was open to UN-CEAG member and non-member organizations and consisted of an interactive discussion to:

• Provide an overview of the preliminary results achieved by the UN-CEAG task teams on food security and food consumption measurement; National Quality Assurance Framework for Agricultural Statistics; and the Use of Earth Observation data for Agricultural Statistics;
• Share comments and direction on the activities and outputs of the various task teams and agree on the proposed additional consultation mechanisms and timelines;
• Discuss additional topics of interest in food security, agriculture and rural statistics relevant to the work of the UN-CEAG that could be included in its programme of work.