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Estimating global and country level employment in agri-food systems - RAF/AFCAS/29/12.3

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 5 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Synopsis (short abstract) The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a Statutory Body of FAO and meets every two years. AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review and exchange ideas on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent and advise member countries on the development of their agricultural statistical systems within FAO's Programme of Work and Budget for Africa.

Statutory body / Meeting title African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS)

Meeting symbol RAF/AFCAS/29/12.3

Meeting Session Number Sess. 29

Meeting date 24–28 November 2025

Meeting location Hammamet, Tunisia

Language English

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