African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), 29th Session
(Tunisia), 24/11/2025 - 28/11/2025
The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a statutory body of FAO and meets every two years. AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review and exchange ideas on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent and advise member countries on the development of their agricultural statistical systems within FAO's Programme of Work and Budget for Africa.
The Twenty-nineth Session will be held in Hammamet, Tunisia from 24 to 28 November 2025. The forthcoming Session of the Commission will discuss items that are of direct relevance to the monitoring of agrifood system transformation in Africa, enhancing clarity and standardization in food insecurity and nutrition statistics, implementation of the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture and related upcoming updates in the operational guidelines, among others.
As before, participants to the Commission’s meeting are expected to be sponsored by their respective governments.
Information and Meeting Documents
| Document Symbol | Title | Language |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/INF1 | Information Note | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/INF2 | Provisional Programme | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/INF3 | List of participants | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/INF4 | Report of the 29th Session of African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS-29) | ENG|FRE |
Papers and Presentations for the Main Event / AFCAS-29 Meetings
| Document Symbol | Title | Paper | Presentation |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/3.1 | Overview of technical cooperation projects in Africa and achievements of key recommendations of the 28th AFCAS | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/3.2 | Summary of response rates to FAO questionnaires for Africa | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/4.1 | Implementation status of the 50x2030 Initiative in Africa | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/4.2 | Lessons learned from the design and implementation of national agricultural survey program in Burkina Faso | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/4.3 | Design and implementation of agricultural survey program in Liberia | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/4.4 | Design and implementation of agricultural survey program in Zambia | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/4.5 | Future funding perspectives of the 50x2030 Initiative | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/5.1 | Overall perspective on the importance of FBS for guiding national policies on agriculture and food security | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/5.2 | Status of ongoing national Food Balance Sheet (FBS) projects in Africa | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/5.3 | Technical support on national FBS compilation by AfDB | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/5.4 | Lessons learnt and key results from 2024 national FBS of Zimbabwe | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/5.5 | Lessons learnt and key results from 2023 national FBS of Rwanda | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/6.1 | Status of ongoing agricultural census projects in Africa | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/6.2 | Key results and lessons learned from 2024 Agricultural Census of Algeria | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/6.3 | Design and implementation of agricultural census of Tunisia | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/6.4 | AfDB work on agricultural census in Africa | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/6.5 | Outcomes of consultations and launch of the 2030 World Programme for the Census of Agriculture to be presented in the 2026 UN Statistics Commission | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/7.1 | Differentiating acute (emergency) and chronic (structural) food insecurity in statistical reporting | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/7.2 | The role of National Statistical Offices (NSOs), regional and international institutions in convening national dialogues on food insecurity measurement, aligning with national food system policies | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/7.3 | Leveraging the newly established Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) statistical domain approved by the UN Statistics Commission to enhance data collection, interpretation, and use | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/7.4 | Methods for computing the cost and affordability of healthy diets | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/8.1 | Gap analysis and solutions on EO requirements and field data collection protocols in agricultural surveys. Case study of Senegal and Uganda | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/8.2 | Use of EO data for farmer registry as a platform to integrate i) crop type mapping, ii) yield forecasting iii) drought and flood mapping in Zimbabwe | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/8.3 | Use of Area frame methodology in estimating the area-based indicators and crop type mapping in Rwanda | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/8.4 | Area frame sampling for agricultural statistics in Tunisia | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/9.1 | Progress of the ASTI project in Africa: first data collection round and capacity building actions | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/9.2 | The integration of ASTI into the National Statistics System of Cote d’Ivoire | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/9.3 | Insights on the implementation of ASTI in Kenya | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/9.4 | ASTI Regional analysis and CAADP targets reporting by CORAF | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/10.1 | Progress in SDG indicators reporting in Africa, recent developments and support to AFCAS members on SDG monitoring | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/10.2 | Overview on SDG 2.4.1 proxy indicator methodology | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/10.3 | Presentation on the new SDG 2.2.4 indicator for measuring minimum dietary diversity | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/10.4 | Status of SDG indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2 reporting in Africa | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/10.5 | Measuring SDG indicators 12.3.1 in Ethiopia | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/10.6 | Update on SDG indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2 data reporting in Morocco | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/11.1 | Fishery and aquaculture statistics, issues and activities to support the Blue transformation | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/11.2 | Insights from National Fisheries Information System of Kenya | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/11.3 | Fisheries data collection and statistics in Algeria | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/11.4 | Presentation of the Global Forest Resources Assessment - FRA 2025 | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/11.5 | Innovations in Forest Products Statistics – Global and Africa snapshots | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/12.1 | Introduction to agrifood systems indicators | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/12.2 | Computing greenhouse emissions | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/12.3 | Methods for computing employment in agrifood systems | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/12.4 | Methods for computing value added in agrifood systems and methods for food expenditure | ENG|FRE | ENG|FRE |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/13.1 | UNECA statistical capacity building programmes for member countries | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/13.2 | Overview of AFRISTAT agricultural statistics capacity building initiatives | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/13.3 | STATAFRIC work on agricultural statistics and priorities in Africa | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/13.4 | Overview of SADC agricultural statistics capacity building programme | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/13.5 | Overview of EAC agricultural statistics capacity building programme | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/13.6 | Overview of COMESA agricultural statistics capacity building programme | ENG|FRE | |
| RAF/AFCAS/29/14.1 | Statistical Perspectives on Data and Reporting Framework for CAADP Post-Malabo | ENG|FRE |
Contact
Dominique Habimana, PhD
AFCAS Secretary & Regional Statistician
Tel.: +233 (0) 536185002
Accra/Ghana
E-mail: [email protected]
Petrina Ami Massan Kumapley
AFCAS Secretariat & Programme Assistant
Tel.: +233 (0) 244 735544
Accra/Ghana
E-mail: [email protected]