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Recap and Resources: 50x2030 Seminar: Integrating Surveys and Satellites for Agricultural Monitoring in Smallholder Farming Systems

On 15 April, 50x2030 hosted "Integrating Surveys and Satellites for Agricultural Monitoring in Smallholder Farming Systems," the first in its new seminar series that will highlight learning and tools emerging from activities under the Initiative. More than 350 people participated in a 90-minute exploration of how large-scale household surveys should be conducted to generate the data needed to train models for satellite-based crop type mapping in smallholder farming systems.

This inaugural seminar was based on the new 50x2030 working paper, Understanding the Requirements for Surveys to Support Satellite-Based Crop Type Mapping: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, The paper examines experiences and recommendations for integration of survey and satellite imagery for maize...

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...

50x2030 presented at ICAS 2019

The Eighth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) was held on 18 -21 November 2019 in New Delhi. About 400 delegates from around the world gathered to discuss issues related to agricultural statistics development, focusing in particular on this year’s theme: ‘Statistics for...

LSMS Supports FAO-Led AGRISurvey pilot

Fieldwork has commenced in Ecuador for the FAO-led pilot on the AGRISurvey Economy module. The pilot study, which is conducted under the Global Rural and Agricultural Integrated Surveys (GRAInS) Partnership between FAO and the World Bank, features a test of the World Bank’s Survey Solutions...

The 50x2030 Initiative launched at UNGA 73

The Data to End Hunger event - organized by the Governments of Ghana, Kenya and Sierra Leone, FAO, the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during the 73rd United...