Food Balance Sheets (FBS) statistics are critical for assessing a country’s food security situation and, more broadly, for assessing the general strength of a country’s entire food and agriculture sector. They help to understand the state of supply and use of each food commodity within a given country, track progress against established development goals and inform the decision makers.
In view of this, COMESA and the African Development Bank have organized a Statistical Capacity Building Regional Workshop on Food Balance Sheets to improve the skills of national and Regional Economic Communities agricultural experts in the compilation of FBS. It will take place in Nairobi Kenya, 24 – 28 October 2022.