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Structural data from agricultural censuses

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FAO. 2024. Structural data from agricultural censuses – March 2024 update. FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs, No. 83. Rome.



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    Structural data from agricultural censuses
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    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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    Structural data from agricultural censuses
    Country trends 1990–2010
    2022
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    The new FAOSTAT domain structural data from agricultural censuses has been set up to disseminate data collected in national censuses of agriculture. The structural data in the domain includes the size and number of holdings, holder gender, land tenure, legal status of holders, and farm labour, among others. The censuses of agriculture are conducted under the FAO’s World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA), which is a decennial programme. This brief covers the period 1990-2010.
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    Report of the expert consultation on analysis and dissemination of census and survey data 2005
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    Proper use of timely and reliable agricultural sector data is essential for agriculture policy formulation and programme development. However, in many cases the information available is incomplete or unreliable. To fill these information gaps, alternative methods are needed to complete the analysis. This expert consultation helped to identify some of these approaches and illustrated the use of various analysis procedures. In addition, procedures and analyses related to formulation, monitoring an d evaluation of relevant policies critical to poverty alleviation and food security were considered. Early warning systems, food balance sheets, crop forecasting, time series and seasonal price indices, trade flow data for estimation of production, principal components analyses and agricultural census tabulation and analysis are all important inputs to this process. However, the availability of information alone is not sufficient; it is also necessary to ensure that users have access to it. The expert consultation looked at the way in which FAO is developing a database system for countries to organize national data (at subnational levels) and how the Data Warehouse can be used to present information from censuses and surveys.

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