Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division UNECE-Eurostat Group of Experts on Population and Housing Censuses Geneva, 30 September - 3 October 2013 Agriculture: review.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
UNECE-Eurostat Group of Experts
on Population and Housing Censuses
Geneva, 30 September - 3 October 2013
Agriculture:
review of the 2010 census round and
proposal for new CES Recommendations
for the 2020 round
Paolo Valente
UNECE Steering Group on Population and Housing Censuses
Agriculture in the 2010 CES Rec.
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Included in 2010 Rec. for the first time
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Main objective: to facilitate the preparation of a frame of
agricultural holdings, for a subsequent agricultural census
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Two non-core topics:
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Household level: Own-account agriculture production
Individual level: Characteristics of all agricultural jobs during
the last year
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Agriculture: Main results from
UNECE survey on 2010 round (1/2)
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Included in census by 14 UNECE countries out
of 56 (25%), including 4 EU countries (15%)
Included in most countries in ex-Yugoslavia
In most countries (10), household level question
Only in 4 countries, individual level question
(Aus, Ire, Pol, Swi)
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Agriculture: Main results from
UNECE survey on 2010 round (2/2)
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Examples of information collected (household):
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Size of agriculture land managed (4 countries)
• Tenure (owned or rented) of agriculture land (4)
• Species and number of livestock held (4)
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Agriculture: Proposal for 2020 CES
Recommendations
Proposal by FAO, endorsed by UNECE Census
Steering Group
 No major changes
 Added reference to “Guidelines for Linking
Population and Housing Censuses with
Agricultural Censuses” (FAO and UNFPA, 2012)
 Editorial changes
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