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Book (stand-alone)Expert consultation on farmers' income statistics 2008
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No results found.Recent reports have shown that the decline in the $1-a-day poverty rate in developing countries - from 28 percent in 1993 to 22 percent in 2002 - has been mainly the result of falling rural poverty rates. Underestimation of farm income and gaps in data distorts or blurs the vision of policy-makers in governments and international development organizations, and handicaps national and international financial systems in the optimal allocation of resources to agriculture and rural development. Given that significant amounts of resources have been and will be committed to rural development programmes that require continual monitoring and evaluation, the impact of improper or ineffective policies can have costly implications. To fill these information gaps, alternative methods are needed to complete the analysis. This expert consultation on Farmers' Income Statistics, held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 to 14 December 2007, aimed to contribute to the improvement of farmers' income statistics i n the Asia-Pacific region and to make recommendations for improvement of the collection and analysis of farmers' income data, thereby strengthening FAO's technical assistance and capacity building activities for the further development of statistical analysis programmes in member countries. Recommendations are provided in the report. -
Book (stand-alone)Expert consultation on statistics in support of policies to empower small farmers 2009
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No results found.Small farmers play a key role in agricultural development in Asia and the Pacific region. Lack of adequate data on small farmers who comprise the bulk of farm households and food-insecure people in the region is a constraint to devising effective policies to empower them. This is especially true in the context of trade liberalization and globalisation and soaring food prices which have adversely affected small farmers in Asia and the Pacific. The Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Sta tistics (APCAS), at its June 2008 session in Kuching, Malaysia, emphasized the need to review data collection methods and types of information collected to keep information systems attuned to data needs for early warning signals of price and market fluctuations in order to support the setting up of mitigating measures against negative impacts of rising prices. This expert consultation was therefore organized to shed light on the role of statisticians in assisting policy-makers formulate timel y corrective measures when confronted with food market crises. Experts from Australia, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Thailand and concerned FAO technical officers from headquarters and the regional office contributed to discussions on these issues and developed recommendations. It is hoped the summary account contained in this report will be useful to both decision-makers and information practitioners in meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of the region's malnourished by 2015. -
MeetingAsia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics. Information Note
New Delhi, Republic of India, 20 – 24 September 2004
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