1. Roundtable on countries’ census plans
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

2. Participation of FAO member countries by WCA rounds
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
Africa (55) 28 25 23 20 26 47
North and Central America (27) 19 18 16 14 17 7
South America (13) 11 10 8
Asia (49)* 21 29
32* 33
Europe (40)** 24 22 37 6
Oceania (22)*** 12 13 9
Out of 7
*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. Participation of FAO member countries by census rounds

4. WCA 2010 status in FAO Pacific countries (22*)
* Countries/territories

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

8. Agricultural Practices Demographic and social characteristics
Most covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in Anglophone African countries participating in the Roundtable
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

9. Agricultural services Household food security
Less covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in Pacific countries participating in the Roundtable
Agricultural services
Irrigation
Farm labour
Aquaculture
Management of holding
Household food security
American Samoa (USA)
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam (USA)
New Zealand
Niue
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
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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/ /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
TCP/NIU/3301 (23/03/ 2010 – 31/072011) - TCP Facility – Assistance to the Processing of the Niue National Agricultural Census.

11. 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 ( ) - 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 ( ) - 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.

12. Countries feedback (during the roundtable) on:
Some countries validated the metadata sent in FAO is missing census materials from you (the list of missing census materials was provided to you by ). We would be grateful if you could provide these materials to us.
Some countries have not yet validated the metadata sent in Please validate the metadata (sent to you by ) 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 ) 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: agriculture/wca2020/wca2010/countries2010/en/
Country participation in different rounds:

13. 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

14. THANK YOU!