MONROVIA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Liberia in collaboration with the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo Information Services (LISGIS) on Thursday 8th September concluded a two-day training of 32 enumerators for the conduct of Food Supply, Agricultural Livelihoods and Food Security Monitoring Survey in the context of COVID-19 (Round Three) in Liberia. According to FAO’s Data Analyst/ Statistician, Jacob B. Kolleh, the survey seeks to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and other periodic shocks on agricultural production, rural livelihoods, market flows, and food security in Liberia. ‘’Many of such food security related surveys have been undertaken in the past with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization in Liberia over the years’’, concludes the Director General of LISGIS. In his overview, Statistician Jacob Kolleh, said the enumerators training comprised of drilling the enumerators through the reference sheets for targeted interviewees/ respondents, administration of questions, FAO’s general training principles, familiarization of Kobo content, practice and sample data collection among others. ‘’Thereafter, the survey data collected will be imputed and analysed within one month to be able to come out with the survey findings,’’ said the FAO Statistician.

Source: Front Page Africa September 13, 2021 23:59 UTC