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

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.

Participation of FAO member countries by census rounds

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

FAO Pacific 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 American Samoa (USA) 2007&2012 2019 2 Australia 2010/2011 2015/2016 2020/2021 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?

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

Coverage of WCA 2010 themes in Pacific countries (11 countries)

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

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 …………….. ………………..

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 TCP/NIU/3301 (23/03/ 2010 – 31/072011) - TCP Facility – Assistance to the Processing of the Niue National Agricultural Census.

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.

Countries feedback (during the roundtable) on: 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/

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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