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With Completion of Togo Program Implementation Plan, 50x2030 Expands Regional Partnership in West Africa

In May 2023, the 50x2030 Initiative finalized a Program Implementation Plan (PIP) in partnership with the Government of Togo. With completion of the PIP for Togo, efforts will now begin to launch agricultural survey data collection, technical assistance, and trainings to promote data use within key...

Agricultural Statistics Leaders Connect at ICAS 2023

Leaders of the 50x2030 Initiative recently attended the ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS) in Washington D.C. ICAS 2023 was organized by the World Bank and USDA in coordination with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). Key topics of focus for the...

50x2030 Supports Cambodia in Launching Data Programming to Achieve Key Developmental Priorities

In 2020, the Royal Government of Cambodia, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), sought to launch a new data program to accelerate sustainable development and improve livelihoods for the Cambodian people. MAFF and NIS...

50x2030 Partners with Ministries of Agriculture to Onboard Several West African Countries to Initiative

From 27 February to 3 March, 2023, the 50x2030 Program Management Team (PMT) traveled to West Africa to meet with several Ministries of Agriculture to jointly launch country participation in the Initiative. The countries visited during the mission include Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, and Benin. Each...

50x2030 Supports Senegal on Fifth Annual Survey Cycle Microdata Release

The Senegalese Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty (MAERSA) recently released microdata from the latest Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2021-2022 with the support of the 50x2030 Initiative. The EAA is the national survey carried out during the main agricultural season in...

Major Milestone: 50x2030 Supports Georgia’s Efforts to Advance Sustainable Agriculture and Produce Key SDG Indicator

This week, the National Statistics Office of Georgia has published the statistical report on sustainable agriculture in the country arising from the Production Methods and Environment (PME) survey conducted in 2021 in partnership with the 50x2030 Initiative. With the completion of the PME Survey...

50x2030 and Sierra Leone Launch Five-Year Partnership to Advance National and Regional Development Initiatives

Sierra Leone is currently working with the World Bank on an ongoing IDA Project focused on Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa, or HISWA. A key component of the project is to support the improvement and development of agricultural statistics in country, achieved through the...

Data from the latest agricultural survey allow Senegal to better calculate SDGs 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1

On December 21st, the Directorate of Analysis, Forecasting and Agricultural Statistics (DAPSA) held a national workshop for presenting the main results from the Annual Agricultural Survey (EAA) 2021-2022. This edition of the EAA comes with significant advances, starting with the compilation for the...

Key findings from the Uganda Annual Agricultural Survey 2020 provide facts for evidence-based decision making

The Government of Uganda, with the support of 50x2030 Initiative to Close the Agricultural Data Gap, presented the results of the Annual Agricultural Survey (AAS) 2020 on November 18, 2022. The dissemination workshop was led by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) with technical assistance from...

50x2030 Initiative to Close the Agricultural Data Gap

joins the celebration of the AFRICAN STATISTICS DAY 2022 “Strengthening data system by modernizing the production and use of agricultural statistics with a view of informing policies to improve resilience in agriculture, nutrition, and food security on the African Continent” The 50x2030 Initiative...

GEORGIA prepares preliminary estimate on SDG 2.4.1 indicator on productive and sustainable agriculture

Results of the 2021 Survey of Agricultural Holdings was released by the Geostat or national statistical office of Georgia on 1 November 2022 with an important breakthrough in compiling indicator on productive and sustainable agriculture, specifically SDG 2.4.1. Through the 50x2030 Initiative’s...

50x2030 supports the implementation of Ethiopia’s Nomadic Livestock Pilot Survey

Nomadic and seminomadic livestock is a common source of livelihood and income in Ethiopia, especially in the regions of Afar, Somali, south of Oromia and some parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNP). Despite the importance of this sector, data on livestock are...

Submit your abstract by October 14: the Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics

The Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS IX) is looking for abstracts! ICAS is an annual conference that focuses on fostering and leveraging best practices and research in response to the changing needs and opportunities for agricultural statistics. The conference brings...