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Appendix B: Agenda
Pages 150-154

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... • Identify potential alternative approaches and possible improve ments to the series based on alternative data sources and calcula tion methods. This workshop is sponsored by the Economic Research Service of the U.S.
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... 10:00 Q&A with Speakers 10:30 BREAK SESSION 2: Historical and Current Uses of the Data for Economic Modeling and Reporting of Statistical Trends MODERATOR: Sarah Nusser (Department of Statistics, Iowa State University) 11:00 AM The Food Availability Data System: Importance for Research -  aurian Unnevehr (Professor Emerita, University of L Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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... 1:20 of Canadian Food Availability An Overview Estimates -  abitha Rich (Economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food T Canada) 1:40 Q&A with Speakers 2:00 BREAK SESSION 3: Alternative Approaches for Estimating Food Availability -- International and Domestic MODERATOR: Jay Variyam (Director, Food Economics Division, USDA-ERS)
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... 4:30 PM PLANNED ADJOURNMENT DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 8:30 AM-11:30 PM, CONFERENCE ROOM 201 8:30 AM Welcome Back and Brief Recap from Day 1 - Mary Muth (Committee Chair; RTI International) SESSION 4: Alternative Approaches for Estimating Food Loss -- International and Domestic MODERATOR: Josef Schmidhuber (Deputy Director, Statistics Division, FAO)
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... • Are commodities and commodity groups treated the same within the FA and the LAFA data series? • What are the most promising opportunities in terms of new data for the FA data series, the LAFA data series, or the associated food loss estimates?
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  • food balance
  • economic modeling
  • data exist
  • balance sheets
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  • food consumption
  • morvarid bagherzadeh
  • food security
  • series based
  • helen jensen

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  • economics division
  • statistical trends
  • josef schmidhuber

  • calculation methods
  • food economics
  • mark jekanowski
  • household surveys
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