II Experts Meeting of the Community of Practice in Agricultural Statistics of Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic

9:00 – 9:10

Inauguration

• Leda Peralta, Head of Agricultural Development and Climate Change Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - Subregional Headquarters in Mexico City

9:10 – 10:10

Session 1. Measuring and Understanding the Global Burden of Crop Loss – Data Requirements and Opportunities on Yields, Pest Presence and Economic Burden of the Hazards.

• Anna Szyniszewska, Technical Lead Digital Team of CABI UK

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI)

10:10 – 11:10

Session 2. Statistical Downscaling and Bias Error Correction of Climate Change Data Applied to Crop Modeling in Central America

• Carlos Navarro Racines, Research Specialist (Via Remote)
• Carlos Eduardo Gonzaléz, Senior Research Associate

Alliance of Biodiversity and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT in Spanish)

11:10 – 12:10

Session 3. Selected Topics in Food Price Volatility and Price Transmission from International Commodities Markets to the Central American Region (Exact title subject to change)

• Manuel Hernandez, Senior Research Fellow

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

12:10 – 13:00

Lunch/ Recess

13:00 – 13:45

Session 4. Introducing the Prototype of SIAGRO+: ECLAC Mexico´s Agricultural and Climate Change Open-Source Database

• Co The Sou, Associate Statistician

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters in Mexico City

Including a survey for guests to give us feedback on the design and desired features.

13:45 – 14:45

Session 5. National Institute of Statistics of Honduras + Honduran Foundation of Agricultural Research (FHIA in Spanish)

• Representative from INE Honduras /FHIA (to be confirmed)

The National Agricultural Census in Honduras- More than 30 Years of Lessons Learned and Preparations in the Making

14:45 – 15:00

Closing Remarks