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Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) - LACCAS/32/3.3

Thirty-second Session of the Latin American and the Caribbean Commission for Agricultural Statistics, Asunción, Paraguay, 26-28 March 2025

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6 p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Synopsis (short abstract) The Latin American and the Caribbean Commission for Agricultural Statistics, (LACCAS) is a statutory body of FAO (formerly known as (FAO/OEA-CIE/IICA Working Group on Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean).Comprising 32 Member Nations, LACCAS provides a space for discussing critical issues related to national agricultural statistical systems. Each session results in recommendations that drive capacity development projects across the region.

Statutory body / Meeting title FAO/OEA-CIE/IICA Working Group on Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean

Meeting symbol LACCAS/32/3.3

Meeting Session Number Sess. 32

Meeting date 26-28 March 2025

Meeting location Asunción, Paraguay

Language English

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