Roundtable on countries census plans, approaches and methodologies. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Regional Workshop for Monitoring the SDGs related to the
Food and Agriculture Sector and on the WCA 2020
Nadi, Fiji 6-10 November 2017
Roundtable on countries’
census plans
Technical Session 7
Jairo Castano
Senior Statistician
Leader, Agricultural Census and Survey Team
FAO Statistics Division 1

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 90 115 131 111
Africa (55) 28 25 23 20 26 23 47
North and
Central
(27)
19 23 18 16 14 17 7
South America
(13)
11 10 7 7 8 11 8
Asia (49)* 19 19 21 14 29 32* 33
Europe (40)** 17 24 22 20 29 37 6
Oceania (22)*** 6 10 12 13 9 11 10
*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)
***This number includes also Tokelau, the FAO associate member.

3. 3
Participation of FAO member countries by
census rounds
55
10
81
100
111
103
90
115
131
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
NO.OFCOUNTRIES
WCA ROUND

4. WCA 2010 status in FAO Pacific countries (22*)
4
Census
conducted
50%
No census
50%
* Countries/territories

5. FAO Pacific countries that conducted an agricultural
census during the WCA 2010 (and WCA 2020 plans)
5
No Country
WCA 2010
round
(2006-2015)
WCA 2020 Plan
(2016-2025)
1 American Samoa (USA) 2007&2012 2019
2 Australia 2010/2011
2015/2016
2020/2021
3 Cook Islands 2011 no information
4 Fiji 2009 2019
5 Guam (USA) 2007&2012 2019
6 New Zealand 2012 no information
7 Niue 2009 2019
8 Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 2007&2012 2019
9 Samoa 2009 2019
10 Tonga 2015 no information
11 Vanuatu 2007 2020
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)
6
No Country Last census year Census planned
1 French Polynesia (Fr) 1995/1996 no information
2 Kiribati 1950 no information
3 Marshall Islands 1980 no information
4 Micronesia, Fed. States 1980 2016
5 Nauru no census no information
6 New Caledonia (Fr) 2002 no information
7 Palau 1989 no information
8 Papua New Guinea 1961/1962 planned
9 Solomon Islands 1950 2017
10 Tuvalu 1960 no information
11 Tokelau* no census no information
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any census plans for 2020 census round?
* FAO associate member

7. Coverage of WCA 2010 themes in Pacific
countries (11 countries)
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Household food security
Management of holding
Aquaculture
Agricultural services
Farm labour
Irrigation
Demographic and social characteristics
Agricultural practices
Forestry
Livestock
Crops
Land

8. 8
Land Crops Livestock Forestry
Agricultural
Practices
Demographic
and social
characteristics
American
Samoa (USA)
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Niue
Northern
Mariana
Islands (USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
American
Samoa (USA)
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Niue
Northern
Mariana
Islands (USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
American
Samoa (USA)
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Niue
Northern
Mariana
Islands (USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
American
Samoa (USA)
Australia
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Niue
Northern
Mariana Islands
(USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
American
Samoa (USA)
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
Niue
Northern
Mariana Islands
(USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
American
Samoa (USA)
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
Niue
Northern
Mariana
Islands (USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
Most covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in
Anglophone African countries participating in the
Roundtable

9. 9
Agricultural
services
Irrigation
Farm labour
Aquaculture
Managem
ent of
holding
Household
food
security
American Samoa
(USA)
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Niue
Northern Mariana
Islands (USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
Australia
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Northern
Mariana Islands
(USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
American Samoa
(USA)
Cook Islands
Fiji
Niue
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
Cook Islands
Fiji
Niue
Samoa
Tonga
…………….. ………………..
Less covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in
Pacific countries participating in the Roundtable

10. 10
FAO census projects
The following Pacific countries benefited from
FAO technical assistance through projects
Country
name
Census
year
Project Title
Cook Islands 2011
TCP/CKI/3302 (07/11/2011 – 31/12/2013) - Agricultural Census and
Statistics. To strengthen the capability of the Cook Islands Government to
develop a sustainable Food and Agriculture Statistics System.
Fiji 2009
TCP/FIJ/3203 (24/06/2009 – 23/06/2011) - National agricultural Census. To
conduct the 2009 NAC.
FS Micronesia 2016/2017
TCP/MIC/3503 (04/09/2015-31/08/2017) – National Agricultural Census to
improved agricultural information to support in the development of
evidence based policy that delivers better food security and income from
agriculture
Niue 2009
TCP/NIU/3301 (23/03/ 2010 – 31/072011) - TCP Facility – Assistance to the
Processing of the Niue National Agricultural Census.

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FAO census projects
The following Pacific countries benefited from
FAO technical assistance through projects
Country
name
Census
year
Project Title
Samoa
Agricultural
Survey 2015
TCP/SAM/3502 (2014- 2017) - Improving the capacity for evidence-based
policy monitoring and development (Samoa agricultural survey 2015)
2019 Assistance requested
Solomon
Islands
No census
TCP/SOI/3602 – (01/10/2016 – 30/09/2018) National Agriculture
Livelihood Survey (SINALS)
Tonga 2015
TCP/TON/3403 (2014 - 2015) - National Agriculture Census. Enhanced
availability/accessibility to the census data for development planning
and policy formulations.
Vanuatu 2007
TCP/VAN/3101 (01/08/2006 – 31/12/2008) - Agricultural census and
statistics. To establish a flow of relevant, reliable and timely data on
agriculture and livestock.
Samoa
Agricultural
Survey 2015
TCP/SAM/3502 (2014- 2017) - Improving the capacity for evidence-based
policy monitoring and development (Samoa agricultural survey 2015)

12. Countries feedback
(during the roundtable) on:
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• Some countries validated the metadata sent in 2014. FAO is missing
census materials from you (the list of missing census materials was provided
to you by e-mail). We would be grateful if you could provide these materials
to us.
• Some countries have not yet validated the metadata sent in 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 has 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/

13. COUNTRIES FEEDBACK IN PLENNARY ON
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• 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

14. THANK YOU!
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