Regional Roundtable on the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020)
16-19 May 2016, Amman, Jordan
The Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) and the FAO organized the above meeting for AITRS member countries. The meeting was the first in the 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 meeting aimed at disseminating among the selected member countries of FAO from the Near East and North Africa region the new WCA 2020 which will cover the period 2016-2025. The workshop was organized with the objective of helping the participants gain a deeper understanding of the new FAO recommendations and international standards that guide the implementation of agricultural censuses in all countries in the period between 2016 and 2025. The Programme inter alia presented conceptual approaches to be adopted for collecting data on many emerging subjects and some operational aspects of census taking. Plans of the countries for implementing the next round of agricultural census and surveys have also been reviewed.
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 24 representatives from 12 countries attended the meeting. The invited countries included Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia and Yemen.
Technical presentations
Overview of the new features of the WCA 2020
Recent methodological developments. The Master Sampling Frame
Progress in implementing the Global Strategy to improve agricultural and rural statistics
Roundtable on countries census plans, approaches and methodologies
Theme 1: Identification and general characteristics
Theme 6: Agricultural practices
Theme 7: Agricultural services
Theme 8: Demographic and social characteristics
Theme 15: Environment/greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Census tabulation, archiving and dissemination
Operational issues: Design of questionnaires
Operational issues: Use of technology for field data capture and compilation
Country presentations
Agricultural Census 2007 in Jordan (Arabic)
Agricultural Census 2009/2010 in Egypt (Arabic)
Agricultural Census 2010 in Palestine (Arabic)
National Statistical System and Agricultural Census 2017 in Sudan (Arabic)
Agricultural Census 2010 in Bahrain (Arabic)
Livestock Census in Djibouti (Arabic)
Status of Agricultural Census in Tunisia (Arabic)
Status of Agricultural Census in Morocco and use of national registers (Arabic)