ADB/FAO Statistical Capacity Building in the Asia and Pacific Region: Workshop on Agricultural Statistics and Agriculture Census
Hotel Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square,
2-5 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Purpose:
This workshop aims to strengthen the national agricultural statistical system and integrate efforts of data producers and planners towards improving the data for agriculture and food security planning. 

Objective:
The objectives of the workshop are to (i) review the agriculture statistics systems in the participating DMCs and their medium-term plans for statistical development for producing timely, reliable, and accurate statistics for planning and policy formulation for agriculture and food security; (ii) advocate an integrated approach to development of agriculture and food statistics within the national statistical system; and (iii) strengthen the capacity of the DMCs in conducting agriculture surveys and census and producing food security statistics. 

Expected Outputs:
At the end of the workshop, the participants will have familiarized and discussed international standards and good practices for generating agriculture and food security statistics and shared country practices.
 

Target Participants:

Participation is by invitation only to the following:

      - Senior officials from the National Statistics Office, Ministry of Agriculture, and Planning Agency from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal and Timor-Leste

DOCUMENTS
      - Provisional Workshop Agenda

      - Technical Note to Participants

      - Information Notes for Participants

 

CONTACT
For further information, please contact:
Mr. Jairo Castaño
Senior Statistician
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
39 Phra Athit Road, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
E-mail: Jairo.Castano@fao.org

Kaushal Joshi

Statistician, ERDI, ERD, ADB

Tel.: +632 632 5969

Fax: +632 636-2361

Email: kjoshi@adb.org

Melissa Pascua
Workshop Secretariat

Tel: +632 632-6439

Fax: +632 636-2361

E-mail: mpascua@adb.org
 

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