Regional Roundtable on World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020

The Regional Roundtable held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in May 2017 focused on countries' census plans for the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture. The event discussed participation statistics, census rounds, and the status of FAO Caribbean countries in conducting agricultural censuses. It highlighted countries that conducted censuses during the WCA 2010 round and those with plans for the 2020 census round. The list also included countries in the region that did not conduct a census during the previous round and their plans for the upcoming census. The information presented by Jairo Castano, Senior Statistician Leader at FAO, shed light on the importance of agricultural data collection and analysis for informed decision-making.

• Roundtable
• Census of Agriculture
• FAO
• Regional Participation
• Caribbean Countries

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1. Regional Roundtable on World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 22-26 May 2017 Roundtable on countries census plans Technical Session 2 Jairo Castano Senior Statistician Leader, Agricultural Census and Survey Team FAO Statistics Division 1

2. Participation of FAO member countries by WCA rounds Participation of countries and territories in the WCA rounds 2020 (planned) Region 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 No. of participating countries Africa (55) North and Central America (27) South America (13) Of which FAO Caribbean Asia (48)* Europe (41)# Oceania (19) 100 111 103 90 114 131 95 28 25 23 20 25 23 36 19 23 18 16 14 17 7 11 10 7 7 8 11 8 n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 7 2 19 17 6 19 24 10 21 22 12 14 20 13 29 29 9 32* 37 11 33 6 5 2 *This number includes also Palestine. (Palestine is not a full member state of FAO). # This number includes also Greenland and Kosovo (Greenland is part of Denmark, Kosovo is not a full member state)

3. Participation of FAO member countries by census rounds 140 120 100 No. of countries 80 131 60 114 111 103 100 90 81 40 55 20 0 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 WCA round 1980 1990 2000 2010 3

4. WCA 2010 status in FAO Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable (14) No census 50% Census Conducted 50% 4

5. FAO Caribbean countries that conducted an agricultural census during the WCA 2010 (and WCA 2020 plans) WCA 2010 round (2006-2015) WCA 2020 Plan (2016-2025) No Country 1 2 Antigua and Barbuda no info 2007 Belize no info 2011 3 Grenada no info 2012 4 5 Haiti 2008/2009 no info Jamaica no info 2007 6 7 Saint Lucia no info 2007 Suriname 2008/2009 no info 5 This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country? Any census plans for 2020 census round?

6. Countries in the region that did not conduct a census during theWCA 2010 round (and plans) No Country Last census year Census planned 1 Bahamas 1994 no info 2 Barbados 1989 no info 3 Dominica 1995 no info 4 Guyana 1968/69 2017/2019 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2000 no info 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2000 2019 7 Trinidad and Tobago 2004 no info 6 This list is to be confirmed/completed by countries. Is FAO missing any country? Any census plans for 2020 census round?

7. Coverage of WCA 2010 themes in participating Caribbean countries (7 countries) Crop Land Agricultural services Agricultural practices Demographic and social Farm labour Livestock Irrigation and water management Management and holding Aquaculture Forestry Household food security 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 7

8. Most covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable Demographic and social characteristics Agricultural services Agricultura l Pratices Farm labour Crops Land Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Haiti Jamaica Saint Lucia Suriname Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Haiti Saint Lucia Suriname Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Haiti Jamaica Saint Lucia Suriname Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Haiti Jamaica Saint Lucia Suriname Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Haiti Saint Lucia Suriname Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Jamaica Saint Lucia Suriname 8

9. Less covered Themes during the WCA 2010 round in Caribbean countries participating in the Roundtable Irrigation and water management Household food security Manag. of holding Livestock Aquaculture Forestry Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Jamaica Saint Lucia Grenada Haiti Suriname ----------- Antigua & Barbuda Saint Lucia Suriname Saint Lucia 9

10. FAO census projects The following Caribbean countries benefited from FAO technical assistance through projects Country name Census year Project Title TCP/GRN/3402 (EOD 01/08/2013 NTE 31/08/2015)- Support to the Data Processing, Analysis and Dissemination of the Census of Agriculture; GRENADA 2012 TCP/HAI/3101 (EOD 01/06/2006-NTE 31/05/2008) Reinforcement of the National Agricultural Statistical and preparation of the general agricultural census; HAITI 2008/2009 GCP /HAI/020/EC (EOD 01/06/2007-NTE 31/12/2009) Assistance to the preparation of the General Agricultural Census of Haiti; GCP /HAI/026/EC (EOD 01/01/2010 NTE 31/10/2013) Processing of data of General Agricultural Census of Haiti; TCP/STL/3102 (EOD 01/07/2006- NTE 30/09/2008) Assistance to Agricultural Census and Statistics; SAINT LUCIA 2007 TCP/SUR/3003 (EOD 01/04/2005-NTE 31/01/2007) Preparatory Assistance for the 2008 Agricultural Census of Suriname; SURINAME 2008 UTF /SUR/002/SUR (EOD 01/08/2006-NTE 30/06/2014) Assistance to Agricultural Census 2008 of Suriname 10

11. Countries feedback (during the roundtable) on: Some countries have not yet validated the metadata sent on July/August 2014. Please validate the metadata (sent to you by e-mail) on the last agricultural census conducted in your country. Please return it by the end of the Roundtable. Some countries must fill-in the metadata. FAO have no census materials from you. Please fill-in the metadata form (sent to you by e-mail) on the last agricultural census conducted in your country. Please complete and return it by the end of the Roundtable. Please provide the missing census materials for the on-line census library, available on FAO website: http://www.fao.org/world-census- agriculture/wca2020/wca2010/countries2010/en/ Country participation in different rounds: http://www.fao.org/world-census-agriculture/countries/countryparticipation/en/ 11

12. COUNTRIES FEEDBACK IN PLENNARY ON Updates on the past censuses conducted in the WCA 2010 round Census plans for the WCA 2020 round Approaches and methodologies planned to be used in the next agricultural census 12

13. THANK YOU! http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-wca/en/ 13