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1. Workshop on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
Amman, Jordan
16-19 May 2016
Roundtable on countries
census plans
Technical Session 4
Jairo Castano
Senior Statistician
Leader, Agricultural Census and Survey Team
FAO Statistics Division
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2. Participation of FAO member countries
by WCA rounds
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Participation of countries and territories in the WCA rounds
Region 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
2020
(planned
)
No. of
participating
countries
100 111 103 90 114 132 44
Africa (55) 28 25 23 20 25 24 25
North and
Central America
(27)
19 23 18 16 14 18 3
South America
(13)
11 10 7 7 8 11 3
Asia (48) 19 19 21 14 29 32 9
Europe (39) 17 24 22 20 29 36 2
Oceania (19) 6 10 12 13 9 11 2

3. 3
Participation of FAO member countries by
WCA rounds
55
81
100
111 103
90
114
132
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Numberofcountries
WCA round

4. No of RNE countries with an AC
conducted
Conducted 10
No census 6
No information 3
Total countries 19
Conducted,
53%
No Census,
32%
No
information,
16%
Conducted No Census No information
WCA 2010 status in the Near East and
North Africa region
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5. 5
Countries in Near East and North Africa region with
an Agricultural Census conducted during the WCA
2010 round
No Name of country Name/Census year for WCA 2010 round
1 Bahrain General Census of Population, Housing,
Buildings, Establishments and Agriculture 2010
2 Egypt Agricultural census 2009/2010
3 Iraq Agricultural census 2011/2012
4 Jordan Agricultural census 2007
5 Lebanon Agricultural census 2010
6 Oman Agricultural census 2012/2013
7 Palestine Agricultural census 2010
8 Saudi Arabia Agricultural census 2010
9 Sudan Agricultural census 2015
10 United Arab Emirates Agricultural census 2012
• This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO
missing any country? Any census plans for 2020 census round?

6. Countries in the region that did not conduct a
census during the WCA 2010 round (and plans)
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No Name of
country
Last census/year Census planned
11 Djibouti Agricultural census 1995 Livestock census 2016
12 Kuwait Agricultural census 1970 -
13 Libya Agricultural census 2001 -
14 Mauritania Agricultural census 1980 Agricultural census 2017
15 Morocco Agricultural census 1996 Agricultural census
2016/2017
16 Qatar Agricultural census 2000/01 -
17 Syrian Arab
Rep.
Agricultural census 1981 -
18 Tunisia Agricultural census 2004/2005 Agricultural census 2017
19 Yemen Agricultural census 2003 -
• This list is to be confirmed by countries. Any census plans for
2020 census round?

7. COVERAGE OF WCA 2010 CORE ITEMS AND
THEMES IN RNE (10 COUNTRIES)
0%
0%
0%
10%
10%
30%
50%
50%
60%
70%
90%
100%
100%
70%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
MANAGEMENT OF HOLDING
AQUACULTURE
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
FISHERIES
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL…
FARM LABOUR
IRRIGATION
FORESTRY
LIVESTOCK
LAND
CROPS
CORE ITEMS
WCA THEMES
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8. WCA 2020 countries plans &TCPs
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 In the Near East and North Africa three countries are planning to
conduct an agricultural census during the WCA 2020 round:
 FAO is providing technical assistance to Morocco, Tunisia and
Djibouti, through the following TCPs:
• Morocco, TCP/MOR/3503 (EOD: 01/06/2015-NTE: 31/05/2017, LTU: ESS)-
Support for the preparation of the General Census of Agriculture (RGA)
• Tunisia, TCP/TUN/3503 (EOD: 27/04/2015-NTE: 27/04/2017, LTU: ESS)-
Preparatory assistance for the Census of Agriculture.
• Djibouti, TCP/DJI/3501 (EOD: 17/02/2014-NTE: 01/12/2015)- Methodology for the
National Livestock Census.
Country name Census/Year
Mauritania Agricultural census 2017
Morocco Agricultural census 2016/2017
Tunisia Agricultural census 2017
Djibouti Livestock census 2016

9. COUNTRIES FEEDBACK (DURING THE
WORKSHOP) ON:
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 Please fill-in the metadata form (handed to you) on the
last agricultural census conducted in your country. Please
complete and return it by the end of the Workshop.
 FAO is missing some census materials from you. We
would be grateful if you could provide these materials to
us. The list of missing census materials is provided to
you.
 The on-line census library is available on FAO website:
http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-wca/wca-2010/countryinfo/en/

10. COUNTRIES FEEDBACK IN PLENNARY ON:
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 Updates on the past censuses conducted
 Census plans for the WCA 2020 round
 Approaches and methodologies planned to be
used in the next agricultural census

11. THANK YOU!
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