The Global Office of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS) has been developing a number of research topics on new, cost-effective and sound methods to enhance the quality and reliability of agricultural statistics in developing countries.
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Resource Centre
Annual Reports, Reports
Annual Narrative Report 2016
Global Strategy Narrative Report 2016
Reports, UNSC Reports
48th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC)
Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on new developments in agricultural and rural statistics (7-10 March 2017)
Training Material
Training Course on Agricultural Cost of Production (CoP) – French
This training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP.
Training Material
Training Course on Agricultural Cost of Production (CoP) – English
This training material on the estimation of CoP targets statisticians, analysts and data producers from the National Statistical System (NSOs or statistical departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, for example) as well as from other public or private institutions that are either producers or users of information on CoP.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Improving the Methodology for Using Administrative Data in an Agricultural Statistics System
The aim of this research topic is to find methods to improve the collection, management and use of administrative data for the production of agricultural statistics in developing countries. This technical report includes a country-tested methodology.
News
Global Office hosts Expert Meeting on Master Sampling Frames for Fisheries and Aquaculture
On 11-12 May 2017, the Global Office conducted an expert meeting on Master Sampling Frames for Fisheries and Aquaculture.
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News
Technical Assistance kicks off in Benin: supporting the compilation of Food Balance Sheets
In order to meet the lack of appropriate knowledge and skills in food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), supported by the Global Strategy (GS), has developed an improved methodology for estimating supply and utilization accounts and food balance sheets through the GS research program.
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News
Working towards improving Cost of Production Statistics in the Seychelles
The Government of Seychelles had expressed its need for technical assistance to collect and compile data on Agricultural Cost of Production (AgCoP).
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News
Global Office and EASTC join to provide training on CAPI
On 15-19 May 2017, a workshop on Survey Solutions Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) was carried-out at the East African Statistical Training Centre (EASTC) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Publications
Building Agricultural Market Information Systems: A Literature Review (AMIS)
Market information can play an extremely important role in promoting agricultural development, especially among small-scale producers.
Guidelines & Handbooks, Publications
Guidelines for designing and implementing grain stock surveys (AMIS)
These Guidelines have been prepared on the basis of assessments of the methods currently used by countries to produce data on stocks, and seek to help countries design and implement both on-farm and off-farm stocks.