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Abstract: Volume 2 is a revised and updated edition of “Conducting Agricultural Censuses and Surveys”, published by FAO in 1996. The revision is opportune not only in view of the recent publication of the new census programme and methodology but also in view of the substantial changes witnessed in the census technological environment over the last two decades. The availability of digital, mobile and more affordable tools for data capture, geo-positioning, remote sensing imaging, digital archiving and online dissemination have provided new cost-effective alternatives to traditional ways of conducting the agricultural census. This publication is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This course has been designed to support countries in their data collection, analysis and reporting of SDG Indicator 14.b.1 - Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: "Progress by countries in the degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries".
Lead authoring unit/office: FAO
Abstract: This version of the Handbook on Agricultural Cost of Production Statistics was prepared under the aegis of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (Global Strategy), an initiative endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2010. This Handbook presents guidelines and recommendations for designing and implementing a statistical program on cost of production (CoP) in agriculture at the country level. This Handbook may serve as a useful reference tool for agricultural statisticians and economists to build on or to adapt existing programmes for estimating agricultural costs of production, and for analysts to understand the nature and limitations of data from which final indicators are derived.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This Handbook on Master Sampling Frames for Agriculture has been prepared within the framework of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (Global Strategy). The Global Strategy is an initiative endorsed in 2010 by the United Nations Statistical Commission. It provides a framework and a blueprint to meet current and emerging data requirements and the needs of policymakers and other data users. Its goal is to contribute to greater food security, reduced food price volatility, higher incomes and greater well-being for rural populations, through evidence-based policies. The Global Strategy is centred upon 3 pillars: (1) establishing a minimum set of core data (2) integrating agriculture into National Statistical Systems (NSSs) and (3) fostering the sustainability of the statistical system through governance and statistical capacity building.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This page contains the Web-based resources cited in the WCA Operational Guidelines (Volume 2) ordered by chapter and paragraph. These resources include relevant specialized methodological publications and actual country examples. They intend to illustrate or provide more guidance on certain implementation aspects of agricultural census as well as to learn from experience on how to overcome practical issues.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication is a review of methodological aspects of the national agricultural censuses conducted within the framework of the Programme for the 1980 World Census of Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication is intended to assist statisticians in their work in designing agricultural sample surveys. Emphasis is placed on the need to conceptualise data sources within a framework of a national information system which requires standardised concepts. It is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: This publication provides, in an internationally comparable form, a summary of data describing the main characteristics of agricultural structures, such as number and area of agricultural holdings, land tenure, agricultural holders and land use. It contains data from 89 countries. This paper is part of FAO Statistical Development Series.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The 1970 World Census of Agriculture was the third decennial census of agriculture promoted by FAO. The present publication, which is part of FAO Statistical Development Series, deals with the concepts, definitions and methodology of census taking as applied by countries participating in the 1970 World Census of Agriculture. The information presented is drawn from the available national census reports, documents of various FAQ meetings and sessions, and from the FAO experts who were actually involved in the planning and implementation of the census of agriculture taken around 1970 in the developing countries. While every effort was made to pool together all possible sources of information, it is by no means claimed to be exhaustive. Most of the census reports available from the countries were lacking in adequate information on the planning and methodological procedures. On a number of items the information presented in some of the national reports was too scanty for a comparative analysis to be included in the present volume. Naturally these limitations reflect correspondingly on the contents of this publication.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
Abstract: The 1950 Census of Agriculture was taken as of 1 April 1950. Inventory items relate to 1 April. Data on acreage and quantity of crops harvested are for crop year 1949.
Lead authoring unit/office: Statistics Division (ESS)
