International comparison of the results of the WCA 2000 round (1996-2005)

Background

Since the 1950 round of censuses, Statistics Division of FAO has published International Comparison Studies at the end of each round except for the 1980 round. For the1950 round the following subjects were covered in detail, including graphic presentation: Number and area of holdings, land tenure and land use; all classified by size of holding. For the 1960, 1970 and 1990 rounds detailed final reports were prepared covering all items proposed by the respective FAO Programmes. For the 2000 round a report covering selected items, considered important, was prepared.

Size of holding
Geographical coverage and minimum size of holding	Table 1.1
Trends in number and total area of holdings since 1930 WCA round	Table 1.2
Agriculture in reporting countries: area under agriculture and agricultural population	Table 1.3
Number and area of holdings classified by land size	Table 1.4
Changes in distribution of number and area of holdings in 2000 WCA round as compared to the previous rounds	Table 1.5
Average land size and fragmentation of holdings	Table 1.6
Trends in average size of holdings since the 1930 round of WCA	Table 1.7

Gender
Gender of agricultural holders	Table 2.1

Land tenure
Land tenure types: number and area of holdings	Table 3.1
Land operated by tenure type: area	Table 3.2

Legal status of the holder
Legal status of the holder: number and area of holdings	Table 4.1

Demography on farm labour
Demography of farms and source of farm labour	Table 5.1

Land use and cropping intensity
Land use on agricultural holdings	Table 6.1
Operated land and its distribution by land use categories	Table 6.2
Use of arable land for food production and cropping intensity	Table 6.3

Crops
Cereals: area under crops	Table 7.1
Wheat: number of holdings reporting and area	Table 7.2
Rice: number of holdings reporting and area	Table 7.3
Maize: number of holdings reporting and area	Table 7.4
Fibre and other selected industrial crops: number of holdings reporting and/or area	Table 7.5
Beverages and spice crops: number of holdings reporting, area and/or number of trees/plants	Table 7.6
Oilseed crops: number of holdings reporting, area and/or number of trees	Table 7.7
Root and tuber crops with high starch or inulin content: area	Table 7.8
Sugar crops: number of holdings reporting and area	Table 7.9
Bananas plantains and pineapples: number of holdings reporting, area and number of trees	Table 7.10
Other crop groups (leguminous crops, vegetables and melons, fruits, nuts, and grapes): area and/or number of trees	Table 7.11

Livestock
Livestock population by groups of species	Table 8.1
Cattle:holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.2
Buffaloes:holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.3
Sheep:holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.4
Goats:holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.5
Pigs: holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.6
Horses: holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.7
Chickens:holdings reporting and number of heads	Table 8.8

Agricultural Machinery
Selected machinery: number of holdings reporting and number of units	Table 9.1

Irrigation
Irrigation: holdings reporting and area irrigated	Table 10.1