Virtual Seminars on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using Demographic and Health Surveys

Virtual Event, 17/08/2022 - 22/08/2022

FAO held a series of webinars on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) on 17, 18 and 22 August 2022. Participants came from national statistical offices, ministries of agriculture and other stakeholders of 18 countries. Experts of the DHS Programme and global and regional gender statisticians of UN Women served as resource persons.

Report's launch: SOFI 2022

Hybrid Event, 06/07/2022

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is an annual flagship report to inform on progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition and to provide in-depth analysis on key challenges for achieving this goal in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This year's edition will focus on repurposing food and agricultural policies to ...

Workshop on strengthening the use of geospatial information for the production of SDG indicators

Virtual Event, 21/06/2022 - 24/06/2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Digital Earth Africa and the UN Statistics Division (UNSD) are working together to provide capacity building to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) and partners through the UNSD-FCDO project on SDG monitoring.

This project aims to increase the availability, timeliness and disaggregation of national SDG data while integratin...

Interactive regional training course on SDG 6.4 indicators (in Portuguese)

Hybrid Event, 21/06/2022 - 30/06/2022

FAO Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6), in collaboration with AQUASTAT and the Office of the Chief Statistician, organized a regional 2-week interactive online training course on SDG indicators 6.4.1 (Change in water use efficiency over time) and 6.4.2 (Level of water stress), from 21 to 30 June 2022.

The main target group of this online trainin...

Virtual Seminar Series for UNCT Data Officers and Economists

Virtual Event, 11/05/2022 - 22/06/2022

 

2022 Virtual Trainings on SDG Indicator 2.4.1 “Proportion of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture”

Virtual Event, 09/05/2022 - 13/10/2022

From May to October 2022, FAO has organized a series of virtual training workshops on SDG indicator 2.4.1 “Proportion of Agricultural Area under Productive and Sustainable Agriculture” for which FAO is the custodian agency.

The goal was to provide governm...

6th Expert Meeting on Statistics for SDGs

Virtual Event, 05/05/2022 - 06/05/2022

The 6th Expert Meeting on Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals was aimed at experts from national statistical offices, international organizations and other stakeholders involved in the production, communication and coordination of the reporting of statistics for SDGs.

The meeting served as a platform to share experiences, good practices and lessons learned; to s...

"Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture", Lecture within the framework of the Diploma in Sustainability in the Food Industry, 2022

Virtual Event, 05/05/2022

This lecture, organized by the University of Buenos Aires as part of the Diploma in Sustainability in the Food Industry, covered the theme "Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture."

This indicator measures progress in achieving more productive and sustainable agriculture. It is made up of relevant sub-indicators that will provide governments with strategic information for evid...

53rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

Virtual Event, 28/02/2022 - 04/03/2022

The 53rd UN Statistical Commission will take place virtually from 28 February-4 March 2022. The annual Commission provides an opportunity for FAO to inform the wider statistical community of the progress it has made over the past year and what lies ahead.

FAO’s statistical work and role to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals will be high on the agenda at the UN Statistical Commis...

Resource Partners Briefing “Funding Data for the SDGs: progress made, remaining gaps and new funding opportunities”

Virtual Event, 09/12/2021

On Thursday 9 December, the Office of Chief Statistician organized a Partner Briefing on Data for the SDGs within the framework of the Measuring the SDGs umbrella programme. 

The general objective of the briefing was to call on the international community to step up its investment in SDG data, especially on a few indicators under FAO custodianship...