Chair: Director, Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture

Co-Chair: Director, Programs, Policies and Standards Office
National Statistical Coordination Board

Vice Chair: Director, Agriculture Staff
National Economic and Development Authority

Members: Director, Policy Research
Department of Agriculture
Director, Planning and Policy Office
Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Director, Forest Management Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Director, Bureau of Labor and Employment
Statistics
Department of Labor and Employment
Director, Economic Statistics Office
National Statistical Coordination Board

Executive Director, National Agricultural and Fishery Council
Department of Agriculture
Executive Director
Statistical Research and Training Center

Director, Livestock Development Council
Department of Agriculture

Director, Business Development and Promotions Directorate
National Food Authority

Director, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Department of Agriculture

Director, Agricultural Credit and Policy Council
Department of Agriculture

Chief, Census Planning and Operations Division
Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office

Senior Research Fellow
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Technical Staff
Union of Local Authorities in the Philippines

1. To serve as a forum for the discussion of the issues raised by concerned producers and users of agriculture, fishery and forestry statistics;
2. To assess and evaluate existing statistics on the agriculture, fishery and forestry sector in terms of quality, usefulness and timeliness, and determine areas of duplication, discrepancies and gaps;
3. To review the concepts, techniques, and methodologies used in the collection, processing and reporting of agriculture, fishery and forestry statistics to ensure conformity with prescribed statistical standards; and
4. To recommend an efficient and workable scheme for the allocation of agency responsibilities in the production of agriculture, fishery and forestry statistics

1. Comparison of the 2002 Census of Agriculture and Fishery (CAF) vis-à-vis the 2002 Survey Results of BAS to identify the discrepancies in terms of  area planted/harvested of selected crops and inventory of livestock   and poultry
2. Developed an updated regional basket of agricultural commodities-base year: 2000 (ongoing)

1. Recommendations on the results of the comparison of the 2002 CAF and the 2002 Survey results of BAS
2. Approval and implementation of the updated regional basket of commodities-Base Year 2000
3. Reconciliation of Sugar Statistics between BAS and SRA
4. Updated composition of “Others” in Other Crops
5. Approval of the Glossary of Terms used in Agriculture and Fishery and the Standard concepts and definition  of selected statistical terms in Agriculture and Fishery

• Memorandum Order No. 01-95
  Creating An Inter-Agency Committee On Agriculture, Fishery And Forestry Statistics
• Memorandum Order No. 01-2000
  Reorganizing The Inter-Agency Committee On Agriculture, Fishery And Forestry Statistics
• Memorandum Order No. 05-03
  Reconstituting The Inter-Agency Committee On Agriculture, Fishery And Forestry Statistics