Improving Agricultural Statistics in the COMCEC Region
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Most Recent Year of
Agricultural Census
Frame
Integration with
Population
Census?
Full Census v.s.
Sampling
Sampling
Method
Coverage
(Geography,
Commodity)
Djibouti
1995
The lists of sites and of the
agricultural holdings in the
sites
No
Full Census
None
The census covered
the economic
districts of Djibouti,
but in the district of
Obock it was not
possible to carry out
the field work
2010 round
n.a.
Egypt
2000
The frame was prepared
during the first phase at the
beginning of the agricultural
year.
No
Full census
None
The census covered
all sectors of
agriculture in the
entire country.
2010 round
n.a.
Gabon
2010 round.
n.a.
Gambia
2002
Enumeration Areas (EAs)
Lists from the results of the
1993 population Census
No
Sample survey
Two stage sampling
Enumeration Areas
(EAs) used as
primary sampling
units. The secondary
sampling units were
clusters of household
found within the EAs
Entire country
2008
n.a.
Guinea
2001
List frame
List of Enumeration Zones
No
Sample survey
Two stage sampling
method. The primary
sampling units were
the enumeration
zones, The list of the
households was use
for second stage
sampling
Whole country, all
traditional and
modern sector farms
and large farms
2010 round.
n.a
Guinea-Bissau
1988
List frame.
A complete list of villages
together with an estimate of
their population
No
Sample survey
A stratified two-stage
sampling design was
adopted; The
primary sampling
unit was the villages
and the secondary
sampling units was
the traditional sector
holdings
Geographic coverage
refers to the entire
country, but
excludes the
autonomous sector
of the capital city,
Bissau.
2010 round.
n.a.
Guyana
2010 round.
n.a.
Indonesia
2003
List frame. The updated Iist
of potential villages and the
list of buildings and
households completed in
2003
No
Sample
Surveys.
Two stage sampling
design
was applied: first
stage was the
selection of census
blocks and second
stage was selection of
households
Entire country
2013 round (ongoing)
n.a.
Iran, Islamic
Rep. of
2003
The census frame consisted
of a list of holdings prepared
using the listing form
No
Full Census
None
Entire country but
modern poultry
farms were not
covered by the
census.
2013 round (ongoing)
n.a.
Iraq
2003
The census frame consisted
of a list of holdings prepared
using the listing form.
No
Full Census
None
Entire country but
modern poultry
farms were not
covered by the
census.
2010-2011 round
n.a.
Jordan
2007
A complete list of all
households from the 1994
Population Census
No
Full Census
None
All agricultural
holdings in the
country