The Programme for World Census of Agriculture 2000 was the sixth prepared by FAO for encouraging countries to undertake an agricultural census with standardized international concepts, definitions and methodologies. The programme covered the censuses carried out during the decade (1996 – 2005). Some 122 countries carried out an agriculture census during the decade and 114 countries made available their census reports to FAO. This publication reports the main results on structure of agriculture as defined by the holding characteristics, gender, land tenure and land use, crops, livestock, etc., and the metadata on agricultural censuses of the countries.