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With nearly half of 50x2030 countries identified, the Initiative launches next call for applications

On July 20, 50x2030 will open its second official call for applications from countries wishing to partner with the Initiative.

Countries will be able to apply though a downloadable PDF form, available on the 50x2030 website with detailed instructions for completion and submission. As with the first application window opened in February 2021, countries will be assessed based on their agricultural statistics capacity...

Complete, updated 50x2030 questionnaire package now available

The full package is composed of the CORE-AG tool and additional specialized instruments that may be added according to country needs and capacity. In addition to the completion of the PME questionnaire, this release includes refinements and marginal revisions to the CORE-AG, Farm Income Labor and...

Fort des récents avancements du programme d’enquête agricole, le Sénégal se prépare à des améliorations plus profondes et durables grâce à l’Initiative 50x2030

Ont aussi participé à la réunion M. Babacar Ndir, Directeur généralde l’Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) et Mme Sylvie Dasylva, Chef de Division des statistiques à la DAPSA. Dans sa présentation sur le système statistique national agricole, Mme Dasylva a souligné les...

With recent advancements in agricultural survey program, Senegal prepares for deeper, sustainable improvements through 50x2030

He was joined by Babacar Ndir, Director General of the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) and Sylvie Da Sylva, Head of the Statistics Division at DAPSA. In a presentation on the national agricultural statistical system, Da Sylva outlined strengths (e.g. use of modern data collection...

Inaugural 50x2030 Annual Report published

The report also details activities carried out in the 12 counties where the Initiative was active during the period: Armenia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. It also covers major developments in the three areas of support that...

50x2030 on track to meet country engagement target for 2020 as Georgia begins planning

Representatives from Geostat, Georgia’s National Statistics Office, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) met to exchange with the 50x2030 Program Management Team and the three implementing partner agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International...

Uganda, first country to opt for the integrated 50x2030 survey, initiates program planning

Uganda is the first country to commit to piloting the 50x2030 integrated survey. The Initiative offers partner countries two survey model options – an agricultural survey program or an integrated agricultural and rural survey program. Uganda elected to implement the integrated survey because of its...

50x2030 commits to work plan for its second operational year

The 50x2030 Initiative has just released its annual work plan for 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 (FY2021), the second operational year of the Initiative. The plan details country and research activities that will be undertaken by the three implementing agencies – Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Agricultural data is of paramount importance for development, says Director General of Ethiopia’s statistical agency during 50x2030 kick-off meeting

On 4 September, Ethiopia become the latest country to initiate formal discussions with 50x2030 to define how it will align with the objectives of the Initiative and implement activities in country. Talks were held during a virtual meeting between the 50x2030 Program Management Team and implementing...

Cambodia becomes first country set to develop its 50x2030 implementation plan

The 50x2030 Initiative held a virtual meeting with Cambodia on 10 July to discuss next steps for formally articulating its multi-year work plan, the first under the Initiative.This preparatory process will involve working with the 50x2030 Program Management Team between July and December 2020 to...

Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa (HISWA)

On 26 March 2020, the World Bank Group Board has approved the project Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa (HISWA) to strengthen the statistical systems of Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo, and to support the African Union (AU) and the...

United Nations Statistical Commission side event on the 50x2030 Initiative

Haishan Fu, Development Data Group Director at the World Bank coordinated the session and the debate among the 40 participants and the Program Manager of the Initiative, El Iza Mohamedou, who joined remotely. José Rosero Moncayo of FAO and Gero Carletto of the World Bank presented the state of...

The Initiative presented to FAO member countries at AFCAS 2019 and APCAS 2020

The 50x2030 Initiative was recently presented to countries taking part in the twenty-sixth session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS, 4-8 November 2019) and in the twenty-eighth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS, 10-14 February...