~ Program ~

Registration ~ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration ~ 7:00 am - 9:00 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks ~ 9:00 am - 9:30 am

~ Fred Vogel, Program Chairperson, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
~ Marcel Van den Broecke, Director, International Statistical Institute
~ Donald Bay, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

Agricultural Statistics for Public Policy Issues
~ Keith Collins, Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Statistics Requirements and Uses ~ 9:55 am - 12:30 pm

Chairperson: Andreas Lindner, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Discussant: Michael Ward, The World Bank

Agricultural Statistics for Private Sector and Global Marketing
~ Daniel Amstutz, North American Export Grain Association

Agricultural Statistics for Environmental Monitoring and Policy
~ Kevin Parris, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Agricultural Statistics for Rural Development
~ Ray D. Bollman, Statistics Canada

International Standards and Definitions for Agricultural Statistics
and Requirements for World Census of Agriculture
~ Odell Larson & Pratap Narain, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Luncheon ~ 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Sources of Agricultural Statistics - Part 1 ~ 1:45 pm - 5:15 pm

Chairperson: Odell Larson, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (retired)
Discussant: Bal B.P.S. Goel, Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics

Experience with Annual Censuses of Agriculture
~ Geoff Heffernan, Glen Sward & Alan Mackay, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Experiences with Census of Agriculture in Africa
~ Ben Kiregyera, FAO Consultant, Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania

Sampling Strategy for Agricultural Censuses and Surveys in Developing Countries
~ Isidoro P. David, Asian Development Bank

Agricultural Census and Improvement of Rural Statistics in China
~ Zhu Xiangdong, State Statistical Bureau, China

Integration of Administrative Data with Survey and Census Data
~ Michael Trant & Patricia Whitridge, Statistics Canada

Reception ~ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sources of Agricultural Statistics - Part 2 ~ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Chairperson: Denis Chartrand, Statistics Canada
Discussant: Ulf Jorner, Statistics Sweden

Crop Cutting vs. Farmer Reports - Review of Swedish Findings
~ Lars Hagblad, Statistics Sweden

Agrometeorological Crop Yield Forecasting Methods
~ René Gommes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Statistics Canada's Near Real-Time Crop Condition Assessment Program Utilizing NOAA AVHRR Data - Remote Sensing, GIS and the Internet
~ Gordon C. Reichert, Paul R. Nixon, & Richard N. Dobbins, Statistics Canada

Data Collection for Environmental Monitoring of the Agriculture Industry
~ Geoff Heffernan, Sarah Coleman, Nicholas Stathis & Alan Mackay,
    Australian Bureau of Statistics

Surveys for Farm Structure, Agricultural Accounts and Total Income of Agricultural Households
~ Berkeley Hill, Wye College, University of London, UK

Luncheon ~ 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Advancements in Survey Methodology and Analysis ~ 1:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Chairperson: Isidoro P. David, Asian Development Bank
Discussant: Francisco Javier Gallego, Institute for Remote Sensing Applications

National Resources Inventory in the United States
~ Jeffrey Goebel, Natural Resources Conservation Sevice, USDA

Land Cover and Land Use Classification using TER-UTI
~ Christian Gay & Jean-Claude Porchier,
    Service Central des Enquêtes et Etudes Statistiques, France

Utilization of Document Imaging Technology by the 1996 Canadian Census of Agriculture
~ Mel Jones & Ivan Green, Statistics Canada

New Methods of Editing and Imputation
~ Svein Nordbotten, University of Bergen, Norway

Partial Overlap Samples and Combining Information
~ Wayne Fuller, Iowa State University, USA

Small Area Estimation in India - Crop Yield and Acreage Statistics
~ B.D. Tikkiwal, Institute of Developmental Research and Statistics, India
    & G.C. Tikkiwal, J.N.V. University, Jodhpur, India

Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems for Agricultural Statistics ~ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Chairperson: David Heath, Eurostat
Discussant: George Hanuschak, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

New Elements for Harmonized Approaches on Land Cover/Land Use Information Systems
~ Jean Meyer-Roux, & A. Annoni, Joint Reasearch Center of the European Commission, C. Vidal & D.W. Heath, Statistical Office of the European Communities & C. Duhamel, CESD-Communautaire

Area Frame Sample Design Alternatives: A Comparison with the MARS Project
~ Elisabetta Carfagna, University of Bologna, Italy

Remote Sensing in México
~ Juan Manuel Galarza & Guillermo Arita, Centro de Estadistíca Agropecuaria,
    Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural, México

Crop Monitoring in Morocco Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems:
From a Management Perspective
~ Seghir Bouzaffour, Ministry of Agriculture, Morocco
    & George Hanuschak, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

GIS Use in the Framework of a National Statistical Office:
Establishment of Land Use Statistics and Geocoding of National Censuses
~ Rainer Humbel, Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Luncheon ~ 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Future Perspectives for Agricultural Statistics ~ 1:45 pm - 5:05 pm

Chairperson: Gerald Bange, World Agricultural Outlook Board, USDA
Discussant: Kelley White, Economic Research Service, USDA

Issues and Concerns for Developed Countries
~ Andreas Lindner, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Issues and Concerns for Emerging Market Countries
~ Irena Oresnik, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

Issues and Concerns for Developing Countries
~ Pratap Narain, Ladislav Kabat, L. Naiken & A. David Marshall,
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Technological Trends
~ Wouter J. Keller, Statistics Netherlands

Trends Affecting Agricultural Statisticians
~ Rich Allen, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

The Future Role of Public and Private Sector Statisticians
and International Organizations in Agricultural Statistics
~ Zoltan Kenessey, International Statistical Institute (retired)

Closing Remarks ~ 5:20 pm - 5:30 pm

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