The activities of the African Group on Statistical Training and Human Resources (AGROST) during the period 2015-2016 focused on support to the training component of the Action Plan for Africa of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa.

This paper is focuses on Sub-regional knowledge exchange and capacity building workshop on the economic valuation of land and ecosystem services: final report.

With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on.