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50x2030 Brown Bag Lunch Explores How Agricultural Data Can Enable Inclusive AI for Better Food Systems

On October 14, 2026, the 50x2030 Initiative hosted the Brown Bag Lunch Data-Smart Agriculture: Building Inclusive AI for Better Policy and Resilient Food Systems. Held in the lead-up to the UN World Data Forum, the event brought together participants from government, international organizations...

50x2030 Expands the Agricultural Evidence Base in Developing Countries: 49 Microdata Sets and 77 Publications Now Publicly Available

The 50x2030 Initiative is strengthening the agricultural evidence base for policy, resource allocation, and results monitoring. Across 21 participating countries, 77 statistical publications and 49 public-use microdata sets are available, with further products advancing through country-led clearance...

Cambodia Graduates from 50x2030, Sustaining a National Agricultural Data System

After six years of strengthening its agricultural data system with 50x2030, Cambodia has graduated from the Initiative with a survey program that is now nationally owned and financed. In 2025, the Government of Cambodia fully financed the Cambodia Agricultural Survey (CAS) for the first time, while...

50x2030 Brown Bag Lunch. Data-Smart Agriculture: Building Inclusive AI for Better Policy and Resilient Food Systems.

In the lead-up to the UN World Data Forum, the 50x2030 Initiative is organizing a Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) to bring together experts and practitioners for a deeper discussion on the how agricultural data systems can support and enable inclusive, trusted, and responsible use of AI for better food...

50x2030 at ICAS X: Advancing Agricultural Statistics for Sustainable Agrifood Systems

From 8 to 10 July, the 50x2030 Initiative participated in the 10th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS X) in Kraków, Poland, joining the global agricultural statistics community to share country experiences, methodological innovations, and practical approaches to strengthening...

Benin releases first agricultural survey data under the 50x2030 Initiative

Benin has published the first results from the 2024 Agricultural Statistical Survey (Enquête Statistique Agricole – ESA), marking an important milestone in the country's participation in the 50x2030 Initiative. The release makes a wide range of official agricultural indicators publicly available...

50x2030 Workshop Supports Countries in Adopting Improved Survey Methods and Tools

Rome, Italy | April 22–23, 2026 The 50x2030 Initiative convened country partners and technical experts in Rome for a two-day event focused on advancing the adoption of improved survey approaches for agricultural data collection. Organized under the Initiative’s Methods & Tools Development component...

The 50x2030 Initiative launches its Medium-Term Report highlighting six years of results

The 50x2030 Initiative has released its Medium-Term Report (2019–2025), marking six years of progress in supporting countries to close agricultural data gaps and strengthen national agricultural data systems. Since its launch in 2019, the Initiative has worked with partner countries to implement...

La Côte d’Ivoire publie un nouveau rapport sur l’Enquête Agricole Annuelle

Le Gouvernement de la Côte d’Ivoire vient de publier les résultats de l’Enquête Agricole Annuelle 2024/2025, une avancée majeure pour renforcer la prise de décision fondée sur des données probantes en matière de politiques, de programmes et d’investissements agricoles. Un nouveau rapport met en...

Côte d’Ivoire Releases New Agricultural Survey Brief

The Government of Côte d’Ivoire just released its 2024/2025 Annual Agricultural Survey report, marking an important step in supporting data-driven decision-making for agricultural policies, programs, and investments. The newly released brief highlights key findings on agricultural households...

Mali: 7.45 Million Hectares Cultivated and 8.84 Million Tonnes of Cereals Produced

New data on Mali’s agricultural sector for the 2023–24 agricultural season is available, covering production, farming systems, and population dynamics: · Cultivated land spans 7.45 million hectares, with 90% under sole cropping and 10% under intercropping · Cereal production reached 8.84 million...

Strengthening Guinea’s Agricultural Transformation Through Data, Investment and Jobs

Agriculture is a cornerstone of Guinea’s economy—employing over half of the workforce and offering strong potential to drive jobs, income growth, and value addition. Yet limited investment, particularly in processing and agribusiness, continues to constrain productivity and rural employment. Data is...

Sierra Leone Begins New Phase of Agricultural Data Work with 50x2030 Support

Sierra Leone has launched the Strengthening Agricultural Data and Data Use for Policy initiative (AgriData-SL), marking a new phase in the country’s generation, sharing and use of agricultural data. A recent launch event brought together national ministries, Statistics Sierra Leone, development...