As previously reported, Georgy Kvinikadze, a statistician of the Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Europe and Central Asia, arrived in the Republic of Uzbekistan to participate in a pilot agricultural census on August 23-25, 2022.
FAO Representative Georgy Kvinikadze visited the Parkent district of the Tashkent region on August 23 and the Jombay district of the Samarkand region on August 24, where he took part in the pilot agricultural census.
Today, on August 25, an international expert met with employees of the central office of the State Statistics Committee, headed by Deputy Chairman Ikramov Agzam Anvardzhonovich. Employees of the territorial statistical offices responsible for the census in the field of agriculture also took part in the event online.
The event discussed the prepared questionnaires, methodological manuals of the census in the field of agriculture, as well as further improvement of hardware and software.
Also, as part of the support, FAO provided technical assistance for the organization of a pilot agricultural census, namely, provided information and communication materials, such as: banners, posters, brochures, booklets, flyers, etc. Support is provided as part of the FAO project “Support pilot agricultural census”, the purpose of which is to improve the system of agricultural statistics in Uzbekistan and train the staff of the State Statistics Committee in methodology and conduct field work on the agricultural census.
Following the meeting, the parties discussed new promising areas of cooperation and agreed to continue the practice of bilateral meetings for the exchange of experience.
Press Service