Report of the expert consultation on livestock statistics
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An account of the proceedings of the 8 to 11 July 2003 consultation held at the FAO regional office in Bangkok, attended by ten experts in specialized areas of livestock statistics. The livestock sectors of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region have experienced phenomenal growth in recent years. However, the quality of livestock data and methodologies available have not kept pace with growth and need to be improved to allow proper planning for the sector to play an adequate role in food secur ity. Four areas required the special attention of the experts: strategies for improving national systems of livestock statistics; review of national methods and practices for producing and disseminating statistical data on livestock; methodologies for collecting data on livestock numbers and parameters; and methodologies for estimating livestock products. The documents and recommendations of the expert consultation will be used in the preparation of a series of publications documenting country p ractices.