Regional Roundtable on the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020)
19-23 September 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
The FAO, with the assistance of the Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA), organized the above meeting for 21 FAO member countries in Asia. The meeting was part of a series of regional meetings planned to present the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 to the FAO member countries in different parts of the world.
Purpose
The Roundtable focused on new features and innovations included in the new World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020). Additionally, the meeting aimed at disseminating among the selected member countries of FAO from Asia the new WCA 2020 which will cover the period 2016-2025. The Roundtable was part of ESS capacity building activities and aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills of national staff in Asian Countries in charge of planning and conducting agricultural censuses.
Participants
The participants of the meeting were professional statisticians and census leaders who are likely to play a role in the planning and execution of next agricultural census in their respective countries. A total of 23 countries were invited to the meeting namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Rep. of Korea, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand (host), Timor Leste and Viet Nam.
Technical presentations
Overview of the New Features of the WCA 2020
Roundtable on countries census plans, approaches and methodologies
Methodological consideration for the census design
Theme 1: Identification and general characteristics
Theme 6 and 7: Agricultural practices and services
Theme 11: Household food security
Theme 13 and 15: Forestry and Environment/greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Country presentations
Nepal - Linking Population and housing censuses with Agriculture Censuses
Timor-Leste's Intervention on Methodological consideration for the census design
Bangladesh - Identification and general characteristics
India's Intervention on Irrigation
India's Intervention on Livestock
Pakistan's Intervention on Livestock
China - Agricultural Practices and Services
Lao PDR - Agricultural practices and Services
Myanmar - Demographic and Social Characteristics
Thailand - Demographic and Social Characteristics
Lao PDR's Intervention on Demographic and Social Characteristics
Sri Lanka - Household food security
Lao PDR's Intervention on Household food security
Philippines- Aquaculture and Fisheries
Indonesia - Aquaculture and Fisheries
Bhutan - Forestry and Environment/greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Indonesia - Forestry and Environment/greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
Republic of Korea - Community Level Data
China's Intervention on Community Level Data
Cambodia- Census Tabulation, archiving and dissemination
Lao PDR - Census Tabulation, archiving and dissemination
Myanmar's Intervention on Census Tabulation, archiving and dissemination
Thailand's Intervention on Census Tabulation, archiving and dissemination
Islam Republic of Iran - Use of technology for field data capture and compilation
Thailand - Use of Technologies for field data capture and compilation