Roundtable on countries census

plans Technical Session 2

Jairo CastanoSenior Statistician Leader, Agricultural Census and Survey TeamFAO Statistics Division

Regional Workshop on the operational Guidelines of the WCA

2020

Tanzania

23 – 27 March 2020

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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 (inc.

planned)

No. of participatingcountries

100 111 103 90 114 127 150

Africa (56) 28 25 23 20 25 22 44

N. America (28) 19 23 18 16 14 17 16

South America (13) 11 10 7 7 8 11 12

Asia (48) 19 19 21 14 29 29 34

Europe (45) 17 24 22 20 29 36 32

Oceania (22) 6 10 12 13 9 12 12

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Participation of FAO member countries by

WCA roundsN

UM

BE

R O

F C

OU

NT

RIE

S

WCA ROUNDS

55

10

81

100

111103

90

114

127

150

1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 20202020

forecast

Participation of FAO Member

Countries in the WCA 2020 Round

WCA 2020 Regional Status

Region Census planned/ongoing Conducted

Africa 41 3

Francophone 18 0

Anglophone 19 2

Other 4 1

Asia 27 7

Europe 30 2

North America 11 5

Oceania 8 4

South America 9 3

Total 126 244

Status of the WCA 2020 programme in

African countries (FAORAF members only)

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RAF countries AC

Status

Conducted 2

Planned 25

Ongoing 10

No Information 8

AGRIS 2

Total 47

2

2510

8

2

Conducted Planned Ongoing

No Information AGRIS

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Countries in FAO RAF with Agricultural Census

ongoing/conducted - WCA 2020 roundCountry Census Year

Angola 2019

Benin CM (core module) in 2019, SMs postponed

Burkina Faso CM (core module) in PHC 2019 postponed

Cameroon 2019

Comoros 2019

Congo (Rep. of) CM in 2017 and SMs in 2019

Ghana 2018 - finished

Guinea Bissau 2019/2020

Lesotho 2019/2020

Madagascar 2020

Senegal CM in 2017 PHC; AGRIS since 2018

Uganda AGRIS since 2018

Mozambique 2020/2021

South Africa 2018/2019 - finished

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Countries in FAO RAF with Agricultural

Census planned - WCA 2020 roundCountry Census Year

Burundi 2022

Cabo Verde 2025

Cote d’Ivoire 2026

Chad 2021/2022

DR Congo 2020

Ethiopia 2019/2020

Eritrea Tentative 2021

Gambia 2021/2022

Gabon 2019-2021

Guinea (Conakry) 2019 postponed

Equatorial Guinea 2025

Kenya 2019 (module in PHC 2019) postponed

Malawi 2020

Mali 2019 postponed

Mauritius 2021

Namibia 2023/2024

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Countries in FAO RAF with Agricultural Census

planned - WCA 2020 round (cont’d)

Country Census Year

Niger 2019/2020

Eswatini 2022/2023

Rwanda 2024

Seychelles 2021

Somalia 2021

South Sudan 2020

Tanzania 2018/2019

Togo 2022-2025

Zimbabwe 2023

•This list must be confirmed by countries with census plans for the 2020 census cycle.

Countries in FAO RAF with no information on

Agricultural Census - WCA 2020 round

9•This list must be confirmed by countries with census plans for the 2020 census cycle.

Name of Country Last Census

Botswana 2015

Djibouti 1995

Liberia 1971

Nigeria 1986

Central African Republic 1982

Sierra Leone 1982

Sao Tome and Principe 1990

Zambia 1990

WCA 2020 countries plans & projects

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In FAORAF, eight countries are planning to conduct an agricultural

census during the WCA 2020 round with FAO assistance:

Country Census Year Project Code

Angola 2019 UTF/ANG/061/ANG (2017-2021)

Cameroon 2019 GCP /CMR/041/EC (2018-2020)

Chad Livestock survey TCP/CHD/3701 (2018-2020)

Congo 2019 UTF/PRC/020/PRC (2019-2021)

Guinea Bisssau 2019/2020 TCP/GBS/3703 (2019-2021)

Dem. Rep. Congo 2020 TCP/DRC/3706 (2020-2021)

Gabon 2019 - 2021 UTF /GAB/012/GAB (2018-2021)

Lesotho 2019/2020 TCP/LES/3703/C2 (2019-2020)

Madagascar 2019 TCP/MAG/3702 (2018-2020)

Mozambique AGRIS since 2018 TCP/MOZ/3605 (2017-2019)

Uganda AGRIS since 2018 MTF /GLO/707/BMG (2016-2021)

Senegal AGRIS since 2018 GCP/GLO/677/USA (2016-2021)

Eq. Guinea Agricultural/rural statistics UTF/EQG/026/EQG (2020-2021)

COUNTRIES FEEDBACK IN PLENNARY ON:

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Census plans for the WCA 2020

round

Approaches and methodologies

planned to be used in the next

agricultural census

COUNTRIES FEEDBACK (DURING THE

WORKSHOP) ON :

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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:

WCA 2010 round:

http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-wca/wca-2010/countryinfo/en/

WCA 2020 round:

http://www.fao.org/world-census-

agriculture/wcarounds/wca2020/countries2020/en/ - under update

Mid – term online survey on the WCA 2020 available at:https://forms.gle/JcmLBnuXAXaHz7rR7

THANK YOU!

http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-wca/fr/

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