MAR_2016_AC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS DDI_MAR_2016_AC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO Strategy and Statistics Department Statistics Division Nesstar Publisher Agricultural Census 2016 الإحصاء العام للفلاحة MAR_2016_AC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Waters and Forests Nesstar Publisher Strategy and Statistics Department Agricultural Census [ag/census] The Agricultural Census 2016 is the third carried out in the country. The previous agricultural censuses were conducted in 1974 and 1996. In 1962, a Multiple Objective Survey was carried out, whose results were published in 1964 and were reported in WCA 1960. Structure of Agriculture Land use Crops Livestock and Poultry Labor in the Agricultural Sector Machinery and Equipment In Morocco, agriculture is a key sector for economic and social development. The sector contributes 12% to the national GDP and accounts for nearly 40% of employment. The agricultural sector requires detailed, recent, reliable, and high-quality data necessary to gain a better understanding of how the sector functions and its relationships with the rest of the economy. Further, this information is necessary to develop and design intervention strategies. The agricultural census collected detailed information on the structure of agriculture to meet user demand for data. Morocco The Agricultural Census 2016 covered the entire country. Agricultural holdings Census/enumeration data [cen] Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi] The census questionnaire covered 16 out of the 23 essential items recommended in the WCA 2020. The data entry application installed in the tablets allowed enumerators to access the central server by login name and password. The enumerator first delimited the holding and its plots and then completed the information for each plot. The data entry application automatically generated the ortho-photo code, the holding number and the plot number by accessing the central database via the Internet. Once the enumerator completed the questionnaire, collected data was transmitted from the tablet to the central server which hosted the data. Data processing was carried out using PostgreSQL, PHP, 2IE and ArcGIS software, QGIS software for geographical data, and IBM SPSS Statistics software for analysis and tabular data.