World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020), Volume 2
Web-based resources
The World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020), Volume 2 provides practical guidance of the main stages involved in the preparation and implementation of the census of agriculture. The various chapters of the publication refer the reader to detail aspects that are available in FAO and other specialized publications and sources. These references include, among others, cross-references between sections and chapters, links the content of different chapters to country practices, hyperlinks to relevant specialized and detailed methodological publications and Web-based resources. They intend to illustrate or provide more guidance on certain aspects as well as to learn from experience how to overcome practical issues.
The table below contains the web based resources cited in Volume 2 ordered by chapter and paragraph.
Part I. Planning the census of agriculture
- Examples on uses of census of agriculture (Paragraph 2.8)
Structural data from agricultural census (FAOSTAT Analytical Brief 33, 2022)
Farms worldwide: 2020 and 2030 outlook (Erenstein et al., 2021)
Which farms feed the world and has farmland become more concentrated? (Lowder, S. et al., 2021)
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA), Innovation in family farming (FAO, 2014)
Literature Review and Proposal for an International Typology of Agricultural Holdings (FAO, 2013)
- Country examples on quantifying benefits (Paragraph 2.24)
Informe final del Panel de Expertos sobre la Metodología del CAF 2021 de Chile (INE, 2023)
- Country examples on legal provision regarding joint collections (Paragraph 3.45)
Jamaica, Statistics Act (2003)
- Country examples on legal framework (Paragraph 3.56)
Bulgaria, Census of agricultural farms Act (2009)
Lithuania, Statistics Act (2010)
Poland, Law on official statistics (1995)
Russian Federation, Federal Law on All- Russian agricultural census (2005)
Russian Federation, Resolution (2005)
Spain, Boletín official del Estado (2009)
Togo, Portant Organisation de l'activité statistique (2011)
Uruguay, National Register of Laws decrees (1978)
Uruguay, National Statistical System (1994)
- Country examples on legal framework (Box 3.3)
- Country examples on central census office (Paragraph 4.16)
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009 Report
- Country examples on census technical committee (Paragraph 4.28)
- Country examples on census technical committee (Box 4.1)
- Country examples on work plan (Paragraph 5.11)
Congo, Agricultural Census Budget 2014/2015, Work Plan
Moldova, Agricultural Census 2011, Work Plan
- Country examples on budget for a communication plan (Paragraph 5.12)
Congo, Agricultural Census Budget 2014/2015, Communication Plan
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2014/2015, Communication Plan
- Country examples on budget (Paragraph 5.39)
Congo, Agricultural Census Budget 2014/2015, Budget
- Country examples on managing changes in a statistical programme (Box 5.1)
- Country examples on communication and publicity (Paragraph 6.20)
Congo, Agricultural Census 2013, Communication Strategy
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2014, Communication Strategy
- Country examples on content consultation process (Paragraph 7.15)
Statistics Canada, 2014 Content consultation
- Country examples on census report tabulations (Box 7.1)
Saint Lucia, Census of Agriculture 2007 Report
- Country examples on census report tabulations (Paragraph 7.59)
Australia, Agricultural Census 2010/2011 Report
Brazil, Agricultural Census 2006 Report
China, Agricultural Census 2006 Report
Russian Federation, Agricultural Census 2006 Report
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Agriculture in the UK 2010 Report
United States of America, Agricultural Census 2012 Report
Congo, Agricultural Census 2014 Report
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009 Report
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009 Report
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009 Report on tabulation plan
- Country examples on census data quality (Paragraph 8.51)
Part 2. Methodological modalities
- Country examples on community survey (Paragraph 9.41)
Congo, Agricultural Census 2014, Village questionnaire
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2015/2016, Village Questionnaire
Haiti, Agricultural Census 2009, Community questionnaire
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Village questionnaire
Malawi, Agricultural Census 2006/2007, Community questionnaire
Nicaragua, Agricultural Census 2011, Community questionnaire
- Country examples on classical approach (complete enumeration census) (Paragraph 10.12)
Brazil, Agricultural Census 2007, Methodology
Chile, Agricultural Census 2007, Methodology
China, Agricultural Census 2007, Methodology
New Zealand, Agriculture Production Census 2012, Methodology
Poland, Farm Structure Survey 2010, Methodology
- Country examples on classical approach (combination of complete and sample enumeration) Paragraph 10.19)
Russian Federation, Agricultural Census 2006, Methodology
- Country examples on classical approach (use of different census questionnaires) (Paragraph 10.37)
Lithuania, Farm Structure Survey 2009/2010, Methodology
Republic of Moldova, Agricultural Census 2011, Methodology
United States of America, Agricultural Census 2012, Methodology
- Country examples on use of core module as frame for supplementary modules in the modular approach
(Paragraph 11.19)
Cambodia, Agricultural Census 2013, Report
Togo, Agricultural Census 2011, Explanatory Notes
- Country examples on use of population census as frame for supplementary modules in the modular approach
(Paragraph 11.23)
Mozambique, Agricultural Census 2009–2011, Methodology
- Country examples on use of administrative sources as frame for supplementary modules
(Paragraph 11.25)
- Country examples on use of registers in the census (Paragraph 12.8)
The database for social statistics in Denmark (Statistics Denmark, 2007)
- Country examples on the use of administrative data to pre-fill census questionnaires
(Paragraph 12.10)
- Country examples on quality assessment of administrative data (Paragraph 12.23)
Quality assessment of administrative data (Sweden, 2011)
- Country examples on use of administrative registers in the Farm Structure Surveys (Paragraph 12.28)
Farm Structure Survey 2009/2010, Survey on Agricultural
Production Methods, National Methodological Report of Estonia
Farm Structure Survey 2009/10, Survey on Agricultural, Latvia
Production Methods, National Methodological Report of Latvia
Farm Structure Survey 2009/10, Survey on Agricultural, Lithuania
Production Methods, National Methodological Report of Lithuania
- Country examples on use of registers in the census
(Paragraph 12.30)
France’s redesigned census: lessons and prospects (INSEE, 2011)
- Country examples on traditional versus register-based census
(Paragraph 12.31)
From a traditional census towards a register-based census in Finland (Statistics Finland, 2006)
- Country examples on register-based census
(Paragraph 12.33)
- Country examples on the use of registers and administrative data for statistical purposes
(Paragraph 12.37)
Use of Registers and Administrative Data Sources for Statistical Purposes, Finland (Statiit for dey just listics Finland, 2004)
The role of population registers in censuses, Central Statistical Office of Hungary (CSO Hungary, 1999)
Guidelines on improving and using administrative data in agricultural statistics (FAO, 2018).
- Country examples on register-based census (Paragraph 12.42)
Register-based Census in Austria, 2014 (Statistics Austria, 2014)
- Country examples on combined use of administrative registers and sample surveys
(Paragraph 12.44)
Part 3. Census preparation and implementation
- Country examples on census frame
(Paragraph 13.40)
France, Census of Agriculture 2010, Methodology
Mauritius Census of Agriculture 2014, Census Frame
Nepal, Census of Agriculture 2011, Sample Frame
Peru, National Census of Agriculture 2012 Plan
- Country examples on census frame
(Paragraph 13.50)
- Country examples on cartography and use of maps
(Paragraph 14.10)
Delineation and management of enumeration areas in Census operations, Nigeria (C. Eze and J. Igbokwe, 2012)
- Country examples of sample designs based on multiple frames
(Box 15.4)
Fiji, Agricultural Census 2009, Field Team Manual
Puerto Rico, Agricultural Census 2007, Methodology
- Country examples on use of sampling for production of preliminary census results
(Box 15.5)
Methodological, technical support to agricultural censuses, Hungary (E. Laczka, CSO Hungary, 2015)
- Country examples on questionnaires
(Paragraph 16.23)
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2014/2015, Core questionnaire
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2014/2015, Community questionnaire
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2014/2015, Questionnaire for commercial farms
Mexico, Agricultural Census 2007, Questionnaire
- Country examples on community questionnaires (Paragraph 16.34)
Côte d'Ivoire, Agricultural Census 2014/2015 Community questionnaire
Haiti, Agricultural Census 2009, Community questionnaire
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Community questionnaire
Malawi, Agricultural Census 2006/2007, Community questionnaire
Myanmar, Agricultural Census 2010, Community questionnaire
Nicaragua, Agricultural Census 2011, Community questionnaire
- Country examples on questionnaires at holding and parcel level
(Paragraph 16.50)
Peru, Agricultural Census 2012, Questionnaire
Uruguay, Agricultural Census 2011, Questionnaire
- Country examples on census questionnaire with a chapter on regional data
(Paragraph 16.51)
Italy, Agricultural Census 2010, Questionnaire
Hungary, Agricultural Census 2010, Questionnaire
Romania, Agricultural Census 2010, Questionnaire
- Country examples on census questionnaire with an annex on regional data
(Paragraph 16.52)
Armenia, Agricultural Census 2014, Questionnaire(1)
Armenia, Agricultural Census 2014, Questionnaire(Annex)
Armenia, Agricultural Census 2014, Questionnaire (2)
Armenia, Agricultural Census 2014, Questionnaire(3)
Republic of Moldova, Agricultural Census 2011, Questionnaire(1)
Republic of Moldova, Agricultural Census 2011, Questionnaire(2)
- Country examples on instruction manuals
(Paragraph 16.84)
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Instruction Manual
Uganda, Census of Agriculture 2008/2009, Instruction Manual
- Country examples on enumerator's manual
(Paragraph 16.87)
Costa Rica, Agricultural Census 2014, Enumerator's Manual
Nicaragua, Agricultural Census 2011, Enumerator Manual
Nicaragua, Agricultural Census 2011, Questionnaire Manual
Romania, Agricultural Census 2010, Enumerator Manual
Saint Lucia, Agricultural Census 2007, Enumerator Manual
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009, Enumerators' Manual
- Questionnaires examples by themes and regions
Click this link for examples of census questionnaires by theme and region
- Country examples on structure of census staff
(Paragraph 17.8)
China, Agricultural Census 2006, Organizational Structure
India, Agricultural Census 2010/2011,Organizational Structure
Italy, Agricultural Census 2010, Organizational Structure
Poland, Farm Structure Survey 2010, Methodology
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- Country examples on listing operation based on visits
(Paragraph 19.28)
Equatorial Guinea, Agricultural Census 2015, Questionnaire(1)
Equatorial Guinea, Agricultural Census 2015, Questionnaire(2)
Peru, Agricultural Census 2012, Questionnaire
- Country examples on listing operation combined with census operation
(Paragraph 19.29)
Angola, Census of Population and Housing 2014, Questionnaire
Burkina Faso, Agricultural Census 2006, Questionnaire
Burkina Faso, Agricultural Census 2006, Supervisors' Manual
Burkina Faso, Agricultural Census 2006, Enumerators' Manual
Congo, Agricultural Census 2014, Enumerators' Manual
Congo, Agricultural Census 2014, Questionnaire
Côte d'Ivoire, Census of Farmers and Farms 2015, Manual of Enumerator
Côte d'Ivoire, Census of Farmers and Farms 2015 Questionnaire
Niger, Agricultural Census 2004, Questionnaire
Togo, Agricultural Census 2012/2013, Questionnaire
Togo, Agricultural Census 2012/2013, Enumerators' Manual
- Country examples on listing operation based on population census
(Paragraph 19.30)
Burkina Faso, Agricultural Census 2006
Indonesia, Agricultural Census 2013
Niue, Agricultural Census 2009
Panama, Population and housing census 2010
- Country examples on instruction manuals
(Paragraph 19.53)
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Instruction Manual
Nicaragua, Agricultural Census 2011, Instruction Manual
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009, Instruction Manual
- Country examples on instruction manuals
(Paragraph 19.56)
Bhutan, Agricultural Census 2009, Instruction Manual
- Country examples on use of new technologies
(Paragraph 20.97)
Use of technology for agricultural census data collection, FAO 2018
- Country example on certification of data validation
Data certification in the Canadian Census of Agriculture (Statistics Canada, 2017)
- Country example on Post Enumeration Survey (Box 23.1)
Nicaragua, National Agriculture Census 2011, Report
- Country example on Post Enumeration Survey (Box 23.2)
Thailand, Agricultural Census 2013 Preliminary, Report
- Country example on Post Enumeration Survey (Box 23.3)
- Country examples on preliminary results (paragraph 24.32)
Australia, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Report
Cambodia, Agricultural Census 2013, Preliminary Report
Hungary, Agricultural Census 2010, Preliminary Report
United States of America, Agricultural Census 2014, Preliminary Report
- Country examples on final reports (Paragraph 24.39)
Australia, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Report
Brazil, Agricultural Census 2006, Report
China, Agricultural Census 2006, Report
Congo, Agricultural Census 2014, Report
India, Agricultural Census 2005/2006, Report
Russian Federation, Agricultural Census 2006, Report
United Kingdom, Agriculture in the UK 2010, Report
United States of America, Agricultural Census 2012, Report
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009, Report
- Country examples on thematic/analytic reports
(Paragraph 24.43)
Australia, Agricultural Census 2010/2011, Analytical Report
Republic of Moldova, Moldova, General Census of Agriculture 2011 Analytical Report
Myanmar, Agricultural Census 2010, Analytical Report
Suriname, Agricultural Census 2008, Analytical Report
- Country examples on technical reports (Paragraph 24.51)
Portugal, Agricultural Census 2009, Report
Uganda, Agricultural Census 2008/2009, Report
- Country examples on cartographic products (Paragraph 24.76)
El Salvador, Agricultural Census 2007, Atlas
United Kingdom, Agriculture in the UK 2010, Maps
- Country examples on census public use databases (Paragraph 24.96)
Australia, Agricultural census database
Estonia, Agricultural census database
Slovenia, Agricultural census 2010, Database
Sweden, Agricultural census 2010, Database
United States of America, Agricultural census 2012, Database