Workshop on Strengthening Food and Agricultural Statistics in the Pacific in Support of Food Security and Poverty Reduction Strategies and Programmes

(Nadi, Fiji, 10-13 November 2003)

SUMMARY OUTLINE OF WORKSHOP

1.      Developing Food and Agricultural Statistics in Support of Food Security and Poverty Reduction in the Pacific

• Improving the relevance and contribution of Food and Agricultural Statistics in Poverty reduction strategies and food security programmes
• Millennium Development Goals, Targets and Indicators (Measuring the progress)  
• Better Statistics for Decision Making
• Proposal for strengthening food and agricultural statistics for poverty reduction in the Pacific  
• Food and Agricultural Statistics within National Statistical Systems 

2.   Poverty Reduction, Food Security and Sustainable Development in the Pacific: Information requirements, methods and technical tools

§    Using Supply Utilization Accounts and Food Balance Sheets as Tools for Improvement of data Quality 

§    Development of Food Balance sheets in Fiji ,  

§    Complementary role of qualitative information – examples

§    Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System: General Information

§    Introduction to the Key Indicators Mapping System (case study)

§    Vulnerability in Household Food and Nutrition Security 

§    Vulnerable Group profiling methodology/examples

3.   Promoting the effective utilization of information for decision making on poverty alleviation and sustainable development

·        Technical Issues for Collecting Food and Agriculture Statistics through Household Surveys 

·        Software used for processing agricultural census and survey data (IMPS, CSPro and SPSS)   

·        Country Experience for use of software 

·         Disseminating Agriculture and Survey data using Intranet and Internet

·         Application of FIVIMS in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation

·         Poverty Mapping:  A Technical Tool in support of Poverty Reduction Programmes

4.   Promoting the Use of Data on Food and Agriculture

·        Thematic Mapping  

5.   Capacity Building in support of agencies responsible for statistics to measure progress toward food security and poverty reduction

·        Development of capacity building strategies for the Pacific 

·        World Bank Trust Fund 

·        Next steps for strengthening food and agricultural statistics in the Pacific