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Final Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics

Johannesburg, South Africa, 4–8 December 2023

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 87 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

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.The 28th session of AFCAS was conducted in Johannesburg from 4 to 8 December 2023. This report presents the outcomes and recommendations from AFCAS 28.

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

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FAO. 2024. Final report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics – Johannesburg, South Africa, 4–8 December 2023. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9533en

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