Agricultural Census

The Agricultural Census is the largest statistical operation conducted by the Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS), providing comprehensive benchmark data on Ethiopia’s agricultural sector. It covers agricultural holdings, crop and livestock production, land use, irrigation, agricultural inputs, machinery, and farming practices.

The Agricultural Sample Enumeration provides essential evidence for agricultural planning, policymaking, food security, rural development, and the production of official agricultural statistics. Between censuses, the ESS conducts annual agricultural sample surveys to monitor trends in agricultural production.

The Agricultural Census covers two main areas:

• Crop Agriculture: Agricultural holdings, land use, crop area, production, yield, irrigation, agricultural inputs, and farm management practices.
• Livestock and Farm Characteristics: Livestock population, production and utilization, poultry, beekeeping, aquaculture, agricultural machinery, labor, commercial farming, and related agricultural activities.

Major Agricltural Sample Enumeration Reports:

• Agricultural Sample Enumeration: Area and Production (National Level 2001/02)
• Agricultural Sample Enumeration: Land Utilization (National Level 2001/02)
• Agricultural Sample Enumeration: Demographic Characteristics (National Level 2001/02)
• Agricultural Sample Enumeration: Farm Management Practices (National Level 2001/02)
• Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Enumeration: Farm Implements (National Level 2001/02)
• Agricultural Sample Enumeration: Livestock Statistics (National Level 2001/02)
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