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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...

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...