Regional Roundtable on the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020)
6-10 November 2017, Nadi, Fiji
FAO, in collaboration with the FAO Sub-regional Office for the Pacific Islands (FAOSAP)organized the above meeting for FAO member countries in the Pacific region. The meeting was part of a series of regional meetings to present the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 to the FAO member countries in different parts of the world.
Purpose
The Workshop focused on new features and innovations included in the new World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020). Additionally, the meeting aimed to disseminate among the selected member countries of FAO the new WCA 2020 which will cover the period 2016-2025. The Workshop is part of FAO statistics division capacity development activities to strengthen the knowledge and skills of national staff in member 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 11 countries participated in the meeting, including American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
Technical presentations
TS6 - Overview of the New Features of the WCA 2020
TS7 - Roundtable on countries census plans, approaches and methodologies
TS8 - Main steps in developing and implementing the census of agriculture
TS9a - Methodological considerations for the census design
TS9b - Linking Population and Housing Censuses with Agricultural Censuses
TS9c - Agricultural Integrated Survey (AGRIS): Rationale and Methodology
TS10 - Theme 1: Identification and general characteristics
TS11 - Theme 2 & 3: Land and Irrigation
TS14 - Theme 9: Work on holding
TS15 - Theme 12 & 14: Aquaculture and Fisheries
TS17a -Operational Issues: Census tabulation, archiving and dissemination
TS17b -Operational issues: Use of Technology for field data capture and compilation
Country presentations
TS10 - Tonga National Agricultural Census 2015
TS11&15 - Samoa Agricultural Census 2009-Land and Irrigation
TS12&13 - Fiji agricultural census 2009-General overview and proposed 2019 items
TS14 - Vanuatu - Mini census of population and housing
TS15 - Niue Agricultural Census: Theme 12 and 14-Aquaculture and Fisheries
TS17 - Cook Island Agricultural Census 2011
TS18 - Palau Census of Population 2015, Housing and Agriculture
TS18 - Solomon Islands Agricultural Census 2017
TS18 - Kiribati Use of Population and Housing Census as a source of agricultural data