Invitation

On behalf of the National Organising Committee (Uganda) and the International Organising Committee/Scientific Programme Committee, we take this opportunity to invite you to the Fifth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-V) to take place from 13th 15th October 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. This venue was selected during the ICAS-IV conference in Beijing, China.
The ICAS-V conference is open to all producers, suppliers, trainers and users of Agricultural Statistics, such as economists, statisticians, researchers, analysts and decision-makers from government entities, the academia, , development partners and international organisations. It is as well open to the private sector, including the business community. More details and updates regarding the conference can be found at the Conference website www.icas-v.org . A copy of the ICAS-V detailed programme and brochure can also be downloaded from the website. We request for your support and assistance in distributing the brochure and in publicising the information therein as widely as possible.
The Conference will focus on the UN report titled Global Strategy for Improving Agriculture Statistics under the theme Integrating Agricultural Statistics into National Statistical Systems. The need for integration of agricultural statistics stems from the fact that many countries have for instance been using piecemeal approaches rather than integrated frameworks that would be the basis of long term development plans towards sustainable statistical systems ... read more

 

Download the ICAS-V Brochure
English version ll French version
                Spanish version

Download the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics document

Download the ICAS-V programme

Download the ICAS-V Conference Registration Form

ICAS-V Session Organisers

ICAS-V SideEvent Agenda

PAPER SUBMISSION

 

 

  1. Authors Instructions

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers, either to the General Tracks, to the Workshops/Sessions or Poster Sessions. The papers are categorized as follows:

  1. Call for papers

Prospective participants are welcome to contribute papers in any of the topics listed.  The Programme Committee is being chaired by FAO.  Submit all ideas for papers to FAO at the following email address:
icasv@fao.org, Read more …………..
See the Conference web site for detailed information on submitting topics for papers.

  1. Abstracts and paper Presentation

Please submit abstracts for papers not exceeding 500 words in English by 31 May, 2010, including the title, names of all authors, and full postal and e-mail addresses of the corresponding authors. Abstract acceptance will be communicated before 20 June 2010. Please note that the abstract must be written in English. Full papers must be sent by 15 August 2010. Papers should focus on:
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  1. Important dates:

18/06/2010: Title and abstract
30/06/2010: Communication of acceptance
31/08/2010: Paper submission



Download call for papers document