The 8th meeting of the Global Executive Board (GEB) and the 13th meeting of the Global Steering Committee (GSC) were held in Rome on 8 February 2017.
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Resource Centre
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
A Review of Literature Related to Master Sampling Frames for Fisheries and Aquaculture Surveys
This Technical Report reviews the literature related to the monitoring of characteristics of fisheries and anglers. It begins with an overview of why monitoring several dimensions of a fishery is important for the development of effective management plans, and considers aspects that might have particular relevance for developing and emerging economies.
IAEG-AGs
1st Report of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Food Security, Agricultural and Rural Statistics (IAEG-AG)
Guidelines & Handbooks, Publications
Guidelines to Enhance Small-Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics through a Household Approach
These Guidelines set out a methodology for the collection of data and information on various aspects of the fisheries and aquaculture sector, especially concerning small-scale operators.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Productivity and Efficiency Measurement in Agriculture – Literature Review and Gaps Analysis
This Technical Report seeks to define the different concepts and present the main measurement methods for agricultural productivity and efficiency.
News
Global Strategy brings together stakeholders from the statistical community to discuss agricultural statistics in Africa
In the margins of the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics, the African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment of Senegal organized an important conference on ‘Sustaining the Development of Agricultural Statistics through National Policies’.
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News
Workshop on Productivity and Efficiency Measurement in Agriculture
A technical workshop on Productivity and Efficiency Measurement in Agriculture was organized on the 6th and 7th of December 2016, at the headquarters of the Economics Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA/ERS), in Washington D.C.
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News
Incorporating a decision-making module in agricultural surveys to improve the availability of gender-relevant data
Large data gaps exist in agricultural surveys, which limit our understanding of the gender dimensions in agriculture. An aim of one of the Global Strategy’s priority areas is to improve the availability of comparable sex-disaggregated and gender-relevant data within agricultural surveys.
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Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Review of National Surveys and Censuses that Could Incorporate a Woodfuel Supplementary Module
The aim of this research is to provide an optional tool to integrate a Woodfuel Supplementary Module (WSM) into national household surveys with a view to enabling developing countries to enhance their statistics on the production and consumption of woodfuel.
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
The Social Dimension of Rural Statistics
This Technical Report focuses on the social dimension of rural statistics, offering ideas and possible solutions to improve information on rural populations that is relevant to the formulation of poverty reduction policies.
Brochures & leaflets, Publications
The Agricultural Integrated Survey (AGRIS) – Poster
Publications, Technical Reports & Working Papers
Measuring Crop Area and Yield under Pure Stand, Mixed and Continuous Cropping: Findings from the Field Tests in three countries
This Working Paper provides findings of field tests conducted in three countries i.e. Indonesia, Rwanda and Jamaica on the basis of the methodology developed by the team at ICAR-IASRI for the estimation of crop area, yield and production under mixed and continuous cropping.
