End of the second round of the AMIS Exchange Programme. After nine weeks with the AMIS Secreteriat, five intensive learning modules and some 20 presentations by the AMIS commodity experts, Mr. Dongjie Wang from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Mr. Battu Lal from the Ministry of Agriculture of India returned home to apply their new knowledge. Here is how they experienced the Programme:

Dongjie Wang: It was an honour for me to participate in the AMIS Exchange Programme and a pleasant and truly memorable experience. Working together with the AMIS commodity experts deepened my understanding of the goals of AMIS, its mission and methodological conventions, which will help me to improve our national commodity balance sheets. I strongly encourage focal points from other countries to consider participating in the programme.

Battu Lal: The AMIS Exchange Programme has been very beneficial for my overall skill development. It provided me with a better understanding of commodity balances and the different techniques that are used for their construction. I am now able to give feedback to my colleagues back home and to instruct them on the proper forecasting methodologies. Thanks to the Programme, I feel more competent to do the compilation of national balance sheets, to overcome challenges of global aggregation, and to provide good data to the AMIS Secretariat.