PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS DDI_PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO Office of Chief Statistician Census team, Statistics Division Nesstar Publisher PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01 Census of Agriculture, 2008 CA 2008 PRY_2008_CA_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MGA) Directorate of Agricultural Censuses and Statistics Nesstar Publisher European Union Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia Agricultural Census [ag/census] The first nationwide census of agriculture (CA) in Paraguay was undertaken in 1942/1944. The second census was undertaken in 1957, the third in 1981 and the fourth in 1991. The National Census of Agriculture 2008,1 to which the metadata and data presented here refer, is the fifth CA to be conducted in the country. Agriculture & Rural Development Land (policy, resource management) The Census Agropecuario Nacional 2008 (CAN 2008), provides an updated diagnosis of the sector. The study aims to establish useful parameters that will allow to learn more about the reality of the agricultural situation in Paraguay. The results presented at the country level will be compared with the data of the 1991 National Agricultural Census (CAN 1991) in order to facilitate comparison and analysis of the information; at that level it presents the variation in percentage (%). In addition, the edition of information by size of farms, region and departments. Paraguay National coverage Households The statistical unit was the agricultural holding, defined as all land wholly or partly used for agricultural production and operated as one technical unit under a single management or together with others, without regard to title, legal form, size or location. Two types of holdings are included in the definition: those "with land" (conventional holdings) and those "without land", for which the land is not a substantial input for production and the holdings are engaged in livestock farming. Census/enumeration data [cen] The census scope was agriculture, both small scale and large scale. Agricultural year (from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008), for land tenure, land use, temporary crops, employment, use of machinery, credit, agricultural practices and selling of produce, etc Face-to-face [f2f] The fieldwork data collection was performed in two stages to ensuring full coverage. In the first stage, the country was canvassed and the identified holdings were interviewed. To complete the coverage, in the second stage, different types of producers that had not been enumerated during the first stage of enumeration were covered. The census was undertaken through personal interviews, using the PAPI method. See https://www.dgeec.gov.py/ The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses