The seventh International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS) 2016 is organized by the Italian National Institute of Statistics and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) with the support of three Committees. The conference convenes senior agricultural statisticians from all over the world, both from developed and developing countries. Most of them represent national statistical offices and ministries of agriculture.

Agricultural Statistics Focus

Therefore, ICAS VII focuses on bringing together research and best practices in the field of agriculture statistics in response to the changing needs and opportunities for agricultural statistics, in view to develop the indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals.

The technical content of this Seventh International Conference on Agricultural Statistics is set by the ICAS VII Scientific Programme Committee, co-chaired by the President of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) and the Chair of ISI CAS.

Programme

The agenda of the three-day International Conference on Agricultural Statistics will be organized around five plenary sessions, one poster session and 41 parallel sessions focusing on eight sets of themes. Each session will last 90 minutes.

For more details about the programme and sessions, please visit the ICAS VII website.