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Book (stand-alone)Report of the twenty-second session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics 2008
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No results found.This document presents the report of the twenty-second session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics held in Kuching, Malaysia from 9 to 13 June 2008. Attended by some 50 delegates from 14 member countries, the session assessed both the current status of food and agriculture statistics in member countries and progress on strengthening regional data exchange on food and agricultural statistics in the region. The session also examined the preliminary findings by selected me mber countries on the use of metadata compilation in their countries. The Commission recognized that the task of establishing a complete metadata framework for national agricultural statistics was a continuing process. The session also reported on a sourcebook, developed by FAO and the World Bank, on tracking results in agriculture and rural development in less-than-ideal conditions. A round table on rising food prices and the role of statisticians was convened in-session with the aim of assisti ng policy-makers formulate timely corrective measures when confronted with food market crises. Recommendations of the session are included in the report. -
Book (stand-alone)Twenty-third session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics 2010
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No results found.This document presents the report of the twenty-third session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics held in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 26 to 30 April 2010. Attended by some 60 delegates from 16 member countries, the session assessed both the current status of food and agriculture statistics in member countries and progress on strengthening regional data exchange on food and agricultural statistics in the region. The session was informed about a new global strategy to improv e agricultural and rural statistics, an initiative of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). A roundtable discussion on statitical capacity building was held, focusing on countries' training needs and constraints. The Commission reported on implementation of the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 (WCA 2010) in Asia and the Pacific region. Other topics included gender statistics for agricultural and rural development in the region, implementation of CountrySTAT and agri cultural statistics relating to the environment. Recommendations of the session are included in the report. -
Book (stand-alone)Twenty-fourth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on agricultural statistics 2012
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No results found.This publication presents the outcome of the twenty-fourth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics held in Da Lat, Viet Nam from 8 to 12 October 2012. Attended by over 65 delegates from 21 member countries, the session assessed both the current status of food and agriculture statistics in member countries and progress in monitoring country capacity to produce agricultural statistics. The session was informed about progress made in implementation of the global strate gy to improve agricultural and rural statistics in the region and the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA) 2010, including recommendations for improving WCA 2020. Other topics discussed were new methodological developments in food security statistics to ensure a more realistic estimation of the undernourished population and recent advances in economic, social and environmental statistics in the agricultural sector, such as recent efforts by FAO to include greenhouse gas emission d ata in FAOSTAT.
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