Modernization of Food & Agriculture Statistics in

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Modernization of Food & Agriculture Statistics in support of SDG2 Pietro Gennari Chief Statistician, FAO Enhancing the evaluability of Sustainable Development Goal 2 IFAD, 17-18 November 2015 Theme 3: National M&E systems and data availability – building on the progress made and addressing existing (capacity) gaps. SDG process & New data requirements SDG indicators will drive the international statistical agenda for the next 15 years UN Statistical Commission responsible for developing SDG monitoring framework IAEG-SDG: 28 countries as members, IOs as observers RBAs jointly prepared the proposal for SDG 2. This proposal was agreed by all Chief Statisticians of the UN Electronic discussion platform active in July-October 2nd meeting of the IAEG-SDG on 26-28 October Recommendations on the list of indicators: Green indicators: accepted; to be finalized by end of November Grey indicators: need further work, hopefully before the UNSC Formal adoption UNSC March 2016 Selection of the 2030 SDA Indicators 3 New data requirements (1) Global, regional, national & thematic monitoring an indicator architecture A comprehensive and complex agenda with 169 multidimensional targets around 230 global indicators many new indicators, no established methodology, data not currently produced some indicators produced outside of the national statistical system A universal agenda, for both developed & developing countries different indicators for rich and poor countries New data requirements (2) An ambitious agenda: not only reducing, but eliminating hunger accuracy of indicators for values close to 0 (thresholds) Emphasis on monitoring inequalities within countries disaggregated data for territorial areas and vulnerable groups of the population A policy-oriented agenda that can help guide interventions, identify results chains & drivers of change need for real time data inclusion of instrumental targets (MoI) possibility to establish links between outcome targets Indicators to monitor SDG 2 7 List of green & grey indicators for SDG2 8 List of green & grey indicators for SDG2 Level of development of National Agricultural Statistical Systems Progress in social statistics and MDGs, but poor status of agricultural statistics No regular system of surveys in place between two censuses; Admin data/extension workers main data source (“eye estimates”) Specialization of surveys often conducted on “ad hoc” basis Old/expensive/inefficient methods Limited policy relevance of the available data (no linkage with socio-economic dimensions; no link with non-farm activities; poor timeliness; limited data access) Current status of Ag Statistics Limited funding for agricultural statistics (agricultural statistics not a priority; poorer countries have the poorest data) Lack