The Food and Agriculture
Organisatoion (FAO) of the United Nations has signed an agreement with the Department
for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom to improve
agricultural statistics.
According to the agreement, as
revealed to NaijaAgroNet in a press statement made available by the UN agency, the Department
for International Development is to support an innovative new global
partnership with the sum of $25million, about N3.938 billion.
The innovative new global
partnership is to ensure the improvement of agricultural statistics available
to governments and farmers around the world.
The UK's contribution is to cover
the programme's first phrase between 2012 and 2016. NaijaAgroNet also gathered that the
contribution will support mainly African and Asian countries.
Commenting on the agreement, FAO
Director-General, José Graziano da Silva said "Empowering farmers can
change their lives. By improving statistics, this programme will contribute to
this goal."
"The UK Government's generous
support will help deliver enormous benefits to governments around the world and
the people they serve," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
The first phase of the programmes
is to improve how governments organize and manage their statistical systems and
on technical assistance and staff training in national statistics offices and
ministries of agriculture.
NaijaAgroNet further gathered
that the DFID's contribution will also support research to identify innovative
approaches for cost-efficient data collection, analysis and dissemination. This
includes digital and georeferencing technology and devices, such as
smartphones, GPS and satellites.
Yinka Awosanya/LS
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