The New Statistical Yearbook 2012 Global Yearbook and Regional Yearbook for Africa

The old statistical yearbook was primarily a compendium of data tables The new “World, Food, and Agriculture,” will be innovative in two key ways Thematic-driven, statistical overview of major trends and issues related to food and agriculture The architecture, which is utilizing open source resources, that is being applied to build the publication

The Concept Organized by major topics/themes, statistical overview Text, graphs/maps, and data tables Data from a variety of sources: – FAO departments – Sister UN agencies – International partners Target audiences: – Decision-makers/policymakers – Researchers – Journalists – International organizations Improved readership and accessibility

The Structure Foreword Special feature Part I: Overview Part II: Feeding the World Part III: Hunger Dimensions Part IV: Sustainability Dimensions Part V: Metadata

Special feature Focus on major statistical activities, especially those being undertaken by the division in the current year : – Statistics for evidence-based policy-making, and informed decision- making – Progress on the three pillars of the “Global Strategy on Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics – Market information and transparency under the G20 – Towards an improved framework for measuring undernourishment – Towards better statistics/datasets for measuring climate change/investment/agricultural national accounts

Part I: The Overview Setting of agriculture activities Macro economy (GDP, Agr. VA, imports, exports, exchange rates, ToT, etc. ) Resources : – People and demography – Land and water availability – Labor – Capital/investment/external assistance – Inputs – Rural Infrastructure

Part II: Feeding the World Food production index Crops (changing cultivation patterns, productivity trends) Livestock and feed systems (trends) Fisheries (aquaculture and capture fishery trends) Trade, food stability and food security Risks, hazards and shocks

Part III: Hunger Dimensions Food consumption patterns and dietary diversification Health and sanitation Undernourishment Prices of food-security staples Poverty and inequality Gender Emergencies, short-term and protracted crises, natural disasters Food assistance

Part IV: Sustainability Dimensions Climate and environment Biodiversity Feedstocks for bio-based economy Feedstocks for renewable industries

Part V: Metadata Concepts and methods Definitions and sources

The Architecture Statistical software: R (open source) Graphical: LaTeX Benefits of script (vs. menus) Re-generation of output with new data rapid Reproducibility and traceability Management by Division in entire process Low cost for regional additions

Planned spinoffs Website Pocket book Regional books – Regional statistical yearbook is to filter-out regional versions from the global version – An automated procedure will do the “data extraction, transform and render into tables, charts, graphics, maps” as a subset for the RAF countries – additional analysis to the themes from the Regional perspective. Smart phone apps

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