1. 1 FAOSTAT THE STATISTICAL DATABASE OF FAO

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3. 3 STATISTICS IN FAO Economic and Social Statistics Division Forestry Planing and Statistics Branch Food and Nutrition Division Fisheries Information, Data and Statistics Unit Commodities Division

4. 4 Virtual Questionnaires Electronic Files Other Questionnaires Other Statistical Sources Publications and Yearbooks Cross-Check and Validation FAOSTAT Database Update Analysis and Adjustments

5. 5 YEARS: FROM 1961 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: 200 COUNTRY AGGREGATIONS: MAX 180 ITEMS: MAX 1700 ITEM GROUPS: MAX 360 ELEMENTS: 24 DATA SERIES FOR EACH ITEM STATISTICS FOR EACH COUNTRY: ~1,000,000 CELLS FAOSTAT DATABASE - TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE

6. 6 FAOSTAT’S MAJOR ELEMENTS FAOSTAT DATABASE – TECHNICAL ARHITECTURE

7. 7 THE STRUCTURE OF FAOSTAT’S COMMODITIES

8. 8 FAO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC QUESTIONNAIRES NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS Statistical/Agricultural Yearbooks, Periodicals, etc. INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN ESS STATISTICIANS AND NATIONAL EXPERTS DATA SOURCES

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10. 10 DATA SOURCES VIP!

11. 11 DATA SOURCES

12. 12 DATA SOURCES INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS Oil World Bulletins Licht’s Reports on Sugar, Molasses, sweeteners and coffee EEC Agricultural Service International Agri-Afrique Bulletin de l’Afrique Noir Cotton Advisory Committee Bulletins DPA Bulletins International Egg Commission bulletins International Tea Commission Bulletins

13. 13 DATA SOURCES INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS (Cont’d) International Rubber Study Group Bulletins ZMP Balances International Cocoa Organization Bulletin International Coffee Organization Bulletin Marchés Tropicaux et Méditerranéens - REUTER Telex BBC Printed Daily and Weekly Reports Xinhua News Agency Bulletins The Public Ledger The Financial Times

14. 14 DATA PROCESSING Opening Stocks Production Imports SUPPLY UTILIZATION ACCOUNTS (SUA’S) SUPPLY

15. 15 DATA PROCESSING (SUA’S) SUPPLY UTILIZATION ACCOUNTS FOOD Feed Exports Seed Waste Processing for food Other Utilization Closing Stocks Domestic Utililzation Utililization UTILIZATION

16. 16 DATA PROCESSING BASE EQUATION FOOD BALANCE SHEETS Opening Stocks Production Imports FOOD Feed s Exports Seed Waste Processing for Food Other Utilization Closing Stocks Domestic Utililization SUPPLY = UTILIZATION

17. 17 DATA PROCESSING

18. 18 DATA PROCESSING VIP!!

19. 19 COMMODITY TREES DATA PROCESSING

20. 20 DATA PROCESSING

21. 21 DATA PROCESSING STANDARD FORMAT OF FOOD BALANCE SHEETS

22. 22 DATA PROCESSING –results VIP!

23. 23 FAO DATABASE USAGE STATISTICS monthly accesses for downloading-used by 56,000 visitors

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35. 35 FOOD SUPPLY CHANGES 1960’s - 1990’s

36. 36 Late 90’s: Calories Per Caput Per Day 2803

37. 37 Early 1960’s: World Calories Per Caput Per Day 2310

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44. 44 REPORTED TOBACCO IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.

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46. 46 REPORTED TOBACCO EXPORTS OF THE U.S.

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50. 50 WWW.FAO.ORG WWW.FAO.ORG/ES/ESS/ Thank you Edward (Ted) Gillin edward.gillin@fao.org