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Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Improved Data and Information Systems for Policy Planning and Tracking the SDGs in Nigeria - TCP/NIR/3702

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A lack of high quality agricultural data and poor data management systems hinder the monitoring of progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals ( in Nigeria, as well as the planning of effective agricultural policies This project was designed to strengthen the capacities of national and state level institutions to generate, analyze, store and disseminate accurate and timely data and information for tracking progress towards the achievement of the SDGs and their targets and to inform policy and strategy planning The institutions targeted at national level were various Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( including the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ( Ministry of Budget and National Planning ( National Bureau of Statistics ( and the Office of the Senior Special Adviser to the President on SDGs (OSSAP SDGs) The project also targeted State Bureaus of Statistics ( in four beneficiary states Adamawa, Cross River, Kano and Lagos The project design took into account a thorough review of the status of the agricultural statistical system in Nigeria, as well as information gathered at a consultative meeting for statistics stakeholders, hosted by FAO Nigeria, and a high level consultation with senior Government officials This ensured that all stakeholder concerns and contributions were captured during the formulation stage.

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