This paper takes stock of farms and farmland worldwide, based on agricultural censuses and survey data. According to the data, there are more than 608 million farms in the world, of which more than 90 percent are family farms that together occupy around 70-80 percent of farmland and produce about 80 percent of the world's food in value terms. Some of the data gath...

Desde 1945, la FAO ha apoyado a los paises miembros en la realizacion de sus censos agropecuarios nacionales, gracias al desarrollo y la difusion de las normas internacionales, los conceptos, las definiciones y las metodologias, asi como con su ayuda tecnica. Estas directrices operativas complementan el Volumen 1 del Programa Mundial del Censo Agropecuario 2020, "P...

Depuis 1945, la FAO soutient les pays membres dans la réalisation de leurs recensements agricoles nationaux à travers l'élaboration et la diffusion de normes, concepts, définitions et méthodologies internationaux ainsi que par l'assistance technique. Ces directives opérationnelles complètent le Volume 1 du Programme mondial du recensement de l'agriculture 2020, «Pr...

FAO has supported member countries in carrying out their national agricultural censuses since 1945, through the development and dissemination of international standards, concepts, definitions and methodologies as well as technical assistance.These operational guidelines complement Volume 1 of the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020, "Programme, conce...