Regional Roundtable on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
22-26 May 2017
Roundtable on countries
census plans
Technical Session 2
Jairo Castano
Senior Statistician
Leader, Agricultural Census and Survey Team
FAO Statistics Division
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Participation of FAO member
countries by WCA rounds
Participation of countries and territories in the WCA rounds
2020
Region
1960 1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
(planned)
No. of
participating 100
111
103
90
114
131
95
countries
Africa (55)
28
25
23
20
25
23
36
North and
Central
19
23
18
16
14
17
7
America (27)
South
11
10
7
7
8
11
8
America (13)
Of which FAO
Caribbean
n.a
n.a
n.a
n.a
n.a
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Asia (48)*
Europe (41)#
19
17
19
24
21
22
14
20
29
29
32*
37
33
6
Oceania (19)
6
10
12
13
9
11
5
*This number includes also Palestine. (Palestine is not a full member state of FAO).
# This number includes also Greenland and Kosovo (Greenland is part of Denmark, Kosovo is not a full member state)
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Participation of FAO member countries by
census rounds
140
No. of countries
120
100
80
131
60
100
111
90
81
40
114
103
55
20
0
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
WCA round
1990
2000
2010
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WCA 2010 status in FAO Caribbean
countries participating in the Roundtable (14)
No
census
50%
Census
Conducted
50%
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FAO Caribbean countries that conducted an
agricultural census during the WCA 2010 (and
WCA 2020 plans)
No
Country
WCA 2010
round
(2006-2015)
WCA 2020 Plan
(2016-2025)
1
2
Antigua and Barbuda
2007
no info
Belize
2011
no info
3
Grenada
no info
4
5
Haiti
2012
2008/2009
2007
no info
6
7
Saint Lucia
2007
2008/2009
no info
Jamaica
Suriname
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any census plans for 2020 census round?
no info
no info
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Countries in the region that did not conduct a
census during the WCA 2010 round (and plans)
No
Country
Last census year
Census planned
1
Bahamas
1994
no info
2
Barbados
1989
no info
3
Dominica
1995
no info
4
Guyana
1968/69
2017/2019
5
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2000
no info
6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2000
2019
7
Trinidad and Tobago
2004
no info
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any census plans for 2020 census round?
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Coverage of WCA 2010 themes in participating
Caribbean countries (7 countries)
Crop
Land
Agricultural services
Agricultural practices
Demographic and social…
Farm labour
Livestock
Irrigation and water management
Management and holding
Aquaculture
Forestry
Household food security
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Most covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in
Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable
Crops
Land
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint
Lucia
Suriname
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint
Lucia
Suriname
Demographic
Agricultural Agricultura
and social
services
l Pratices characteristics
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Haiti
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Farm
labour
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Haiti
Saint Lucia
Suriname
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Less covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in
Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable
Livestock
Antigua &
Barbuda
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Lucia
Irrigation and
water
management
Grenada
Haiti
Suriname
Manag. of
holding
Antigua &
Barbuda
Saint Lucia
Aquaculture
Forestry
Suriname
Saint
Lucia
Household
food
security
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FAO census projects
The following Caribbean countries benefited from FAO technical assistance
through projects
Country name
GRENADA
Census year
2012
Project Title
TCP/GRN/3402 (EOD 01/08/2013– NTE 31/08/2015)- Support to the
Data Processing, Analysis and Dissemination of the Census of
Agriculture;
TCP/HAI/3101 (EOD 01/06/2006-NTE 31/05/2008) – Reinforcement
of the National Agricultural Statistical and preparation of the
general agricultural census;
HAITI
2008/2009
GCP /HAI/020/EC (EOD 01/06/2007-NTE 31/12/2009) – Assistance to
the preparation of the General Agricultural Census of Haiti;
GCP /HAI/026/EC (EOD 01/01/2010 – NTE 31/10/2013) – Processing
of data of General Agricultural Census of Haiti;
SAINT LUCIA
SURINAME
2007
2008
TCP/STL/3102 (EOD 01/07/2006- NTE 30/09/2008) – Assistance to
Agricultural Census and Statistics;
TCP/SUR/3003 (EOD 01/04/2005-NTE 31/01/2007) –Preparatory
Assistance for the 2008 Agricultural Census of Suriname;
UTF /SUR/002/SUR (EOD 01/08/2006-NTE 30/06/2014) – Assistance
to Agricultural Census 2008 of Suriname
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Countries feedback
(during the roundtable) on:
• Some countries have not yet validated the metadata sent on July/August
2014. Please validate the metadata (sent to you by e-mail) on the last
agricultural census conducted in your country. Please return it by the end of
the Roundtable.
• Some countries must fill-in the metadata. FAO have no census materials
from you. Please fill-in the metadata form (sent to you by e-mail) on the last
agricultural census conducted in your country. Please complete and return it by
the end of the Roundtable.
Please provide the missing census materials for the on-line census library,
available on FAO website: http://www.fao.org/world-census-
agriculture/wca2020/wca2010/countries2010/en/
Country participation in different rounds: http://www.fao.org/world-census-agriculture/countries/countryparticipation/en/
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COUNTRIES FEEDBACK IN PLENNARY ON
• Updates on the past censuses conducted in the WCA
2010 round
• Census plans for the WCA 2020 round
• Approaches and methodologies planned to be used
in the next agricultural census
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THANK YOU!
http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-wca/en/
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