About the Project

The regional project Strengthening Regional Data Exchange System on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Asia and Pacific Countries (GCP/RAS/184/JPN) was launched in December 2001. It was the follow-up project to "Improvement of Agricultural Statistics in Asia and Pacific Countries (GCP/RAS/171/JPN)". These two projects were funded by the Government of Japan and executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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ADB/FAO will conduct the Statistical Capacity Building in the Asia and Pacific Region: Workshop on Agricultural Statistics and Agriculture Census at Hotel Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square, Bangkok, Thailand, 2 – 5 November 2009.  more>>>

Afghanistan becomes new APCAS member: Following its attendance as an observer to the 22nd APCAS Session,Afghanistan has been recently accepted by FAO as a new member of the number of APCAS members to 25. The members of APCAS now include Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China People's Rep. of, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Viet Nam. more>>>

FAO held the Twenty-second Session of APCAS in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from 9 to 13 June 2008. The objective of this meeting was to: (i) assess the current status of food and agricultural statistical development in member countries; (ii) inform the member countries about the FAO activities in food and agricultural statistics during the preceding biennium, particularly in Asia and the Pacific; and (iii) discuss new developments in agricultural statistics. more>>>