MEXSAI Program at a Glance
Mexsai Logo Monday, November 1, 2004
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
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Mexsai Logo Tuesday, November 2, 2004
8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Registration  
 
8:30 - 9:30

Welcome and Conference Key Note

 Juan Manuel Galarza (SAGARPA)

 Rafael Leon Negrete (Srio. Desarrollo Agrop. e Indigena del Gob. de Quintana Roo)

 Gilberto Calvillo (INEGI)

 
9:30 - 10:15
Key Note Topic 1
Speaker

From Agricultural to Rural Development Indicators
 

10:15 - 11:00

  "New Challenges in Agricultural Statistics"

 Haluk Kasnakoglu (FAO)
  "Good Indicators are Hard to Find"
 Susan Offutt (USDA-ERS)
 
11:00 - 11:30
 Coffee Break
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
 
11:30 - 1:00
Parallel Sessions

Data Requirements for Rural Development Indicators
papers

Juan Manual Galarza (SIAP)

It Makes a Difference: Household versus Farm as a Unit of Measurement
papers

Susan Offutt
(USDA/ERS)

Contributed
Papers Topic 1
papers

Jaime de la Llata
(INEGI)

 
1:00 - 2:30
Lunch      
 
2:30 - 4:30
Parallel Sessions

Labor Force in Rural Areas (Concepts and Methodology)
papers

Jan Karlsson
(UNECE)

Income and Employment
of the Rural Household
papers

Andreas Lindner
(OECD)

 
Mexsai Logo Wednesday, November 3, 2004    
 
9:00 - 10:00
Key Note Topic
2
Speaker

International Standards and Methodology for Agriculture
and Rural Statistics
 
10:00 - 11:00

  "Observations and Suggestions for Improving Agricultural and  Rural     Statistics in Developing Countrys"        
 Isodora P. David (Ret. ADB)  
 
  "International Interests in Agriculture and Rural Statistics"  
Ron Bosecker  (USDA/NASS)
 
11:00 - 11:15
 Coffee Break
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
 
11:15 - 12:45
 Parallel Sessions

Strategies for Developing a National System of Agriculture and Rural Statistics
papers

Ben Kiregyera
(Uganda)

New Development in Census Methodologies
papers

Hiek Som
(FAO)

Contributed Papers
Topic 2
papers

Marshall Dantzler (USDA/NASS)
 
12:45 - 2:00
 Lunch      
 
2:00 - 4:00
  

The Innovative Use of Surveys and Censuses - Practical Solutions to Today's Challenges
papers

Denis Chartrand (Statistics Canada)

The Innovative Use of Surveys and Censuses - Applications in Frame Development and Sampling
papers

Mike Steiner (USDA/NASS)

 

Methodology and New Techniques for Statistical Systems
papers

Robert Mayo
(FAO)
 
5:00
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Thursday, November 4, 2004
    
 
9:00 - 10:00
Key Note Topic 3

  "Rural Poverty and Hunger (MDG1)"

  Kevin Cleaver  (World Bank)
 
10:00 - 11:00
General Topic

  "Panel Session: Statistical Capacity Building"

  Fred Vogel   (World Bank)
 
11:00 - 11:30
 Coffee Break
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
 
11:30 - 1:00
 Parallel Sessions

Measuring Rural Poverty and Hunger (MDG1)
papers

Nwanze Okidegbe
(WB)

Contributed Papers Topic 3
papers

Jorge Mernies
(FAO)

Contributed Papers
General
papers

Elisabetta Carfagna
(University of Bologna, Italy)
 
1:00 - 2:30
 Lunch      
   
Key Note Topic 4
Environmental Sustainability, Food Safety, Animal Health, and Social Welfare
 
2:30 - 4:00
 Parallel Sessions

Measuring Social Welfare and Environmental Sustainability
papers

Tim Davis
(Statistics Canada)

Measuring Agriculture
papers

Derek Peare
(Eurostat)
Contributed Papers Topic 4
papers

Cristina Salvioni
(University of Pescara, Italy)
 
4:00 - 4:30
 Coffee Break      
 
4:30 - 5:15
Conference Wrap-Up
  Fred Vogel  (World Bank)
 
5:15 - 5:30


Closing Ceremony

 Juan Manuel Galarza (SAGARPA)

 Javier Usabiaga (SAGARPA)

 
7:00

Thematic Dinner