FAO STATISTICAL PROGRAMME OF WORK 2012/13 1 Table of contents PART I ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 I. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................... 12 II. STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE FAO STATISTICAL PROGRAMME OF WORK IN 2012-13 .................. 16 III. SUMMARY OF FAO STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES BY DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ................................................ 17 Inter-departmental statistical activities ................................................................................................................... 18 Agriculture and consumer protection department (AG).......................................................................................... 18 Information Technology Division (CIO) ................................................................................................................. 19 Economic and social development department (ES) ............................................................................................... 20 Fisheries and aquaculture department .................................................................................................................... 33 Forestry department ................................................................................................................................................ 38 Natural resources management and environment department ................................................................................ 41 Office of knowledge exchange, research and extension .......................................................................................... 42 Technical cooperation department .......................................................................................................................... 43 IV. CHALLENGES FOR FAO STATISTICS IN THE BIENNIUM 2012/13 ..................................................................... 57 PART II ........................................................................................................................................................................... 63 STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES BY FAO DEPARTMENTS ........................................................................................ 63 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES AND INTEGRATION OF STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ................................................................ 63 Coordination of FAO Statistical Systems ................................................................................................................ 64 AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT .................................................................... 66 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH DIVISION (AGA): ................................................................................. 66 (I) Domestic animal diversity ................................................................................................................................. 67 (I) EMPRES Global Animal Disease Information System (EMPRES-i) ................................................................. 70 (I) Global Livestock Impact Mapping System (GLIMS) ......................................................................................... 72 (III) Programme for the collection, analysis and dissemination of household-level agricultural data, with a focus on livestock .............................................................................................................................................................. 75 PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION DIVISION (AGP): .......................................................................... 77 (I) Compilation of major fertilizer prices ............................................................................................................... 78 (I) Annual World Fertilizer Outlook ...................................................................................................................... 79 NUTRITION & CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION (AGN): .......................................................................... 80 (I) Collection and compilation of compositional data of foods .............................................................................. 81 (II) Production of guidelines and standards for Food Composition Data ............................................................. 83 (IV) Evaluation of food components ....................................................................................................................... 84 (V) International Food Data Conference (IFDC) .................................................................................................. 85 (V) International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods (ICDAM).................................................................. 85 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (CIO) ................................................................................................. 86 KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CIOK): ............................................................................................. 86 (III) Statistical data warehouse project .................................................................................................................. 87 (III) Statistical working system project .................................................................................................................. 88 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (ES) ...................................................................... 89 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVISION (ESA): ................................................................. 89 (I) Nutrition surveys ............................................................................................................................................... 90 (I) Rural food security rapid assessments covering the agriculture and livestock sectors..................................... 92 (I) Urban and internally displaced persons (IDPs); food security surveys; urban food security rapid assessments ................................................................................................................................................................................. 94 (I) Market price monitoring system ........................................................................................................................ 96 (I) Rural income generating activities (RIGA) project ........................................................................................... 98 (III) Data analysis training (Statistics, SPSS, Excel) ........................................................................................... 100 (III) SMART methodology data analysis training ................................................................................................ 102 (IV) Market integration and food price index study ............................................................................................. 103 (IV) Meta analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 104 (IV) Global Perspective Studies ........................................................................................................................... 105 STATISTICS DIVISION (ESS): ............................................................................................................................. 107 2 (I) Agricultural production................................................................................................................................... 109 (I) International merchandise trade of food and agriculture products ................................................................ 111 (I) CountrySTAT ................................................................................................................................................... 113 (I) Supply utilization accounts and food balance sheets ...................................................................................... 116 (I) Agricultural investment: machinery and equipment ....................................................................................... 119 (I) Capital stock in agriculture ............................................................................................................................. 121 (I) Land use .......................................................................................................................................................... 123 (I) Agricultural population estimates ................................................................................................................... 125 (I) Production, trade, use and consumption of fertilizers ..................................................................................... 127 (I) Pesticides consumption ..................................................................................................................................