This document discusses participation in the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA) by FAO member countries. It provides data on country participation by WCA round from 1960 to the planned 2020 round. It also lists the European and Central Asian countries that conducted an agricultural census in the 2010 WCA round and any planned censuses for the 2020 round. Finally, it discusses feedback received from countries during a regional roundtable on missing census metadata and materials to validate for the FAO online census library.

1. Regional Roundtable on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
Budapest, Hungary
3- 7 April 2017
Roundtable on countries
census plans
Technical Session 2
Jairo Castano
Senior Statistician
Leader, Agricultural Censuses and Surveys 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 85
Africa (55) 28 25 23 20 25 23 37
North and
Central
America (27)
19 23 18 16 14 18 6
South
(13)
11 10 7 7 8 11 7
Asia (48)* 19 19 21 14 29 32* 27
Europe (41)# 17 24 22 20 29 37 3
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)

3. 3
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
No.ofcountries
WCA round
Participation of FAO member countries by
census rounds

4. 4
WCA 2010 status in Europe and Central
Asian countries (FAOREU)
Census
conducted
79%
No
census
21%
Europe and Central Asia
(53 member countries)

5. 5
Europe and Central Asian countries with an
agricultural census conducted during the WCA 2010
and WCA 2020 plans
No Country
WCA 2010 round
(2006-2015)
WCA 2020 Plan
(2016-2025)
1 Albania 2012 2022
2 Armenia 2014 no info
3 Austria 2010 2020
4 Azerbaijan 2015 2025
5 Belgium 2010 2020
6 Bulgaria 2010 2020
7 Croatia 2010 2020
8 Cyprus 2010 2020
9 Czech Republic 2010 2020
10 Denmark 2010 2020
11 Estonia 2010 2020
12 Finland 2010 2020
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any census plans for 2020 census round?

6. 6
Europe and Central Asian countries with an
agricultural census conducted during the WCA 2010
and WCA 2020 plans – cont’d
No Country
WCA 2010 round
(2006-2015)
WCA 2020 Plan
(2016-2025)
13 France 2010 2020
14 Georgia 2014 2024
15 Germany 2010 2020
16 Greece 2009 2020
17 Hungary 2010 2020
18 Iceland 2010 2020
19 Ireland 2010 2020
20 Italy 2010 2020
21 Kazakhstan 2006/2007 2017
22 Latvia 2010 2020
23 Lithuania 2010 2020
24 Luxemburg 2012 2020
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any census plans for 2020 census round?

7. 7
Europe and Central Asian countries with an
agricultural census conducted during the WCA 2010
and WCA 2020 plans
No Country
WCA 2010 round
(2006-2015)
WCA 2020 Plan
(2016-2025)
25 FYR Macedonia 2007 no info
26 Malta 2010 2020
27 Moldova 2011 2022
28 Montenegro 2010 no info
29 Netherlands 2010 2020
30 Norway 2010 2020
31 Poland 2010 2020
32 Portugal 2009 2020
33 Romania 2010 2020
34 Russian Fed. 2006 2016
35 Serbia 2012 2021
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any census plans for 2020 census round?

8. 8
Europe and Central Asian countries with an
agricultural census conducted during the WCA 2010
and WCA 2020 plans
No Country
WCA 2010 round
(2006-2015)
WCA 2020 Plan
(2016-2025)
36 Slovakia 2010 2020
37 Slovenia 2010 2020
38 Spain 2009/2010 2019/2020
39 Sweden 2010 2020
40 Switzerland 2010 2020
41 Tajikistan 2013 no info
42 UK 2010 2020
This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country?
Any other census plans for 2020 census round?

9. 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 Andorra no census no census
2 Belarus no census 2019
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1960 no info
4 Israel 1981 2018
5 Kyrgyzstan 2002-2003 2020
6 Monaco no census no census
7 San Marino no census no census
8 Turkey 2001 2020
9 Turkmenistan no census no info
10 Ukraine no census no info
11 Uzbekistan no census no info
9This list is to be confirmed by countries. Any census plans for 2020 census round?

10. Coverage of WCA 2010 core items and themes in
participating countries from Europe and Central
Asia (12* countries)
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Management of holding
Household food security
Aquaculture
Forestry
Agricultural services
Farm labour
Demographic and social characteristics
Irrigation and water management
Agricultural practices
Livestock
Crop
Land
Core items

11. 11
Crops Livestock Land
Agricultural
Pratices
Irrigation and
water
management
Demographic
and social
characteristic
s
Albania
Armenia
Georgia
Hungary
Kazakstán
Moldova
Montenegro
Russian Fed
Serbia
Tajikistan
FYR
Macedonia
Albania
Armenia
Georgia
Hungary
Kazakstán
Moldova
Montenegro
Russian Fed
Serbia
Tajikistan
FYR
Macedonia
Albania
Armenia
Georgia
Hungary
Kazakstán
Moldova
Montenegro
Russian Fed
Serbia
Tajikistan
FYR Macedonia
Albania
Armenia
Georgia
Hungary
Kazakstán
Moldova
Montenegro
Russian Fed
Serbia
Tajikistan
FYR
Macedonia
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Hungary
Moldova
Montenegro
Serbia
Tajikistan
FYR Macedonia
Albania
Armenia
Georgia
Hungary
Moldova
Montenegro
Serbia
FYR
Macedonia
Most covered Themes during the WCA
2010 round in Europe and Central
Asian countries (12 countries)

12. 12
Farm labour
Agricultural
services
Forestry Aquaculture
Household
food
security
Manag. of
holding
Albania
Armenia
Hungary
Moldova
Montenegro
Russian Fed
Serbia
TFR Macedonia
Albania
Armenia
Georgia
Hungary
Moldova
Montenegro
Serbia
Tajikistan
TFR Macedonia
Tajikistan
FУR
Macedonia
Armenia Azerbaijan --------------
Less covered Themes during the WCA
2010 round in Europe and Central Asian
countries (12 countries)

13. WCA projects TCPs/GCPs
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In Europe and Central Asia, the following countries benefitted from FAO
technical assistance through projects .
Country name Census
year
Project Title
ARMENIA 2014
TCP/ARM/3401 (EOD 01/06/2012– NTE 31/05/2015)- Preparatory
Assistance for the First Agricultural Census;
ARM/13/001//01/34 & ARM/13/001//01/34 ( EOD 01/10/2013-NTE
30/09/2014) - Support to Comprehensive Agricultural Census (phase 1
and phase2)
GCP/ARM/006/EC (EOD 30/12/2014– NTE 29/12/2017)- ENPARD
Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture;
KYRGYSTAN 2018
TCP/KYR/3501 ( EOD 01/11/2014-NTE 31/10/2015) - Assistance to the
National Statistics Committee in preparing a project document for the
Agricultural Census of 2016.
MOLDOVA 2011
TCP/MOL/3203 (EOD 01/08/2009- NTE 31/12/2011) - Preparatory
Assistance for the Census of Agriculture;
GCP /MOL/003/ROM (EOD 01/01/2012-31/03/2016) - Assistance to the
general agricultural census;
MONTENEGRO 2010
TCP/MNE/3202 BABY01 (EOD 17/06/2008-NTE 31/05/2010) -Preliminary
technical assistance for the agricultural census
TAJIKISTAN 2013
GCP /TAJ/007/EC (EOD 23/03/2011-NTE 22/05/2015)- Support to
Strengthening of the National Food Security Information System - (DCI-
food/2011/261-087)

14. Countries feedback
(during the roundtable) on:
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• Some countries validated the metadata sent on July 2015. 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 on July
2015. 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/countries2010/en/

15. 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

16. THANK YOU!
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