Roundtable on countries census plans 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

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 90 114 131 95 Africa (55) 28 25 23 20 36 North and Central America (27) 19 18 16 14 17 7 South America (13) 11 10 8 Of which FAO Caribbean n.a 2 Asia (48)* 21 29 32* 33 Europe (41)# 24 22 37 6 Oceania (19) 12 13 9 5 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)

Participation of FAO member countries by census rounds

WCA 2010 status in FAO Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable (14) *Countries that have conducted an agricultural census during the WCA 2010 round are: FAO RLC – Caribbean (7 countries): Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname *Countries that have not conducted an agricultural census during the WCA 2010 round are: FAO RLC – Caribbean (7 countries): Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Trinidad and Tobago

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 Antigua and Barbuda 2007 no info 2 Belize 2011 3 Grenada 2012 4 Haiti 2008/2009 5 Jamaica 6 Saint Lucia 7 Suriname This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country? Any census plans for 2020 census round?

Countries in the region that did not conduct a census during the WCA 2010 round (and plans) Country Last census year Census planned 1 Bahamas 1994 no info 2 Barbados 1989 3 Dominica 1995 4 Guyana 1968/69 2017/2019 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2000 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2019 7 Trinidad and Tobago 2004 This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country? Any census plans for 2020 census round?

Coverage of WCA 2010 themes in participating Caribbean countries (7 countries)

Most covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable Crops Land Agricultural services Agricultural Pratices Demographic and social characteristics Farm labour Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Haiti Jamaica Saint Lucia Suriname

Irrigation and water management Household food security Less covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable Livestock Irrigation and water management Manag. of holding Aquaculture Forestry Household food security Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Jamaica Saint Lucia Haiti Suriname -----------

FAO census projects The following Caribbean countries benefited from FAO technical assistance through projects Country name Census year Project Title GRENADA 2012 TCP/GRN/3402 (EOD 01/08/2013– NTE 31/08/2015)- Support to the Data Processing, Analysis and Dissemination of the Census of Agriculture; HAITI 2008/2009 TCP/HAI/3101 (EOD 01/06/2006-NTE 31/05/2008) – Reinforcement of the National Agricultural Statistical and preparation of the general agricultural census; 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 2007 TCP/STL/3102 (EOD 01/07/2006- NTE 30/09/2008) – Assistance to Agricultural Census and Statistics; SURINAME 2008 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

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/

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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