Structural data from agricultural censuses

FAO

Structural data from agricultural censuses

February 2023 update

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 61

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Synopsis (short abstract) The FAOSTAT domain Structural data from agricultural censuses was launched in 2022 to disseminate data collected in national censuses of agriculture at the agricultural holding level. The censuses of agriculture are conducted under FAO’s World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA), which is a decennial programme. Following this launch, and for the first time in a census round, FAO’s Statistics Division began to review data from censuses completed before the end of the current WCA 2020 round. This effort allowed the first update of the domain with WCA 2020 data for 21 countries, analysed in this brief.

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FAO. 2023. Structural data from agricultural censuses – February 2023 update. FAOSTAT analytical briefs, No. 61. Rome.

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