Unlocking food and agriculture microdata to achieve the SDGs: the FAM Catalogue (2022)

Virtual Event, 27/10/2022

The Office of the Chief Statistician of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a webinar to introduce the content and the potential use of the microdata published on the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue. The webinar also discussed the main features and functionalities of the FAM Catalogue.

FAO's microdata platform on food security...

The spatial disaggregation of the SDG 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by river basin

Virtual Event, 03/10/2022

The webinar titled "The spatial disaggregation of the SDG 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by river basin", which was organized by the FAO Technical Network on Climate Change, showed some results of the spatial disaggregation of the SDG 6.4.2 indicator at river basin level, at global and subnational scale.

Water stress has an impact on countries of every continent and hinders the sus...

Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for the SDGs (20-28 September 2022)

Virtual Event, 20/09/2022 - 28/09/2022

From 20 to 28 September 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Office of Chief Statistician organized a virtual training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation (SAE) for the SDGs. The main objective of the training was to introduce SAE methods and techniques to statisticians and data analysts from the agriculture statistics divisions of the Na...

Report's launch: "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2022"

Hybrid Event, 19/09/2022

Seven years into the 2030 Agenda, there is an urgent need to understand where the world stands in eliminating hunger and food insecurity, as well as in ensuring sustainable agriculture. FAO's new report, “Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators”, offers analysis and trends on indicators across eight SDGs (1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14 and 15), highlighting areas o...

Virtual Seminar on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using EHCVM surveys

Virtual Event, 08/09/2022

FAO held a webinar on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using the Enquête harmonisée sur les conditions de vie des ménages (EHCVM) or Harmonized Living Conditions Surveys on 8 September 2022. Participants came from national statistical offices, ministries of agriculture and other stakeholders of six countries from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). Experts ...

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...

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...

Virtual Seminar Series for UNCT Data Officers and Economists

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

 

"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...

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...

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...

Measuring SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2: training for Senegal

Virtual Event, 23/11/2021 - 24/11/2021

Seminario regional de fortalecimiento de capacidades en la medición y reporte del indicador 12.3.1.(a) de los ODS

Virtual Event, 18/11/2021 - 19/11/2021

En el marco del proyecto de cooperación técnica subregional TCP/RLA/3730, la FAO organizó, del 18 al 19 Noviembre de 2021, una formación virtual para la capacitación de los países en el indicador 12.3.1.a de los ODS. 

El objetivo general de esta formación virtual fue proveer a los funcionarios gubernamentales responsables del monitoreo del Indicador 12.3.1. de los...

Global online workshops on SDG Indicator 14.4.1 "The proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels"

Hybrid Event, 17/11/2021 - 24/02/2022

With a view to raising awareness of countries in monitoring their progress towards the achievement of the SDGs, FAO will be hosting a series of virtual regional workshops and training events in three different languages (English, Spanish, and French) to support the monitoring and reporting of SDG 14.4.1.

The overall goal of the workshops and training events is to raise awareness of the...

Accelerating FAO support on SDG monitoring Follow-up Meeting with FAO Representatives and Decentralized Offices in REU and RNE

Virtual Event, 03/11/2021

The FAO Regional Offices for Near East and North Africa (FAORNE) and Europe and Central Asia (REU), jointly with the Office of Chief Statistician (OCS), organized a follow-up meeting on the resources to support decentralized offices in accelerating FAO monitoring of SDGs.

The objective of the meeting was to discuss with FAO representatives and staff in decentralized offices how to...

Virtual Training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, African countries

Virtual Event, 11/10/2021 - 14/10/2021

FAO organized a Virtual training on SDG indicators 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 that took place from 11 to 14 October 2021. The objective was...