Action plan to improve statistics for food security, sustainable agriculture, and rural development in Africa
This is the Ninth Bulletin on the status of implementation of the Action Plan to Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Africa. The Action Plan, which covers the period 2011-2018, represents the Africa component of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics which was endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2010. The Action Plan for Africa is coordinated by the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In addition to overall coordination, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has responsibility for managing the technical assistance activities of the Plan. FAO oversees the research activities while ECA is responsible for training activities. This Bulletin presents the progress made by AfDB in coordinating Action Plan activities and in delivering technical assistance activities in African countries during the period from June 2016 to August 2017.