ESP_1999_CA_v01_M_v01_A_ESS DDI_ESP_1999_CA_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) Statistics Division Nesstar Publisher Agricultural Census 1999 Censo Agrario 1999 ESP_1999_CA_v01_M_v01_A_ESS National Institute of Statistics (INE, Instituto Nacional de Estadística) Nesstar Publisher National Institute of Statistics (INE, Instituto Nacional de Estadística) Agricultural Census [ag/census] The very first Agricultural Census in Spain was conducted in 1962, in observance of the 1957 General Census Law prescribing a nationwide agricultural census to be taken every ten years. Data included in the Report on the 1930 World Census of Agriculture were extracted from current statistics. The second and the third General Agricultural Censuses were undertaken in 1972 and 1982 respectively, while the fourth was conducted in 1989 instead of 1992, to meet the European Union regulations concerning agricultural surveys. The Agricultural Census 1999 was the fifth census conducted in the country. Structure of Agriculture Land use Crops Livestock and Poultry Labour in the Agricultural Sector Machinery and Equipment The objective of the Agricultural Census 1999 was to collect data on the structure of the agriculture and to meet national statistical needs, maintaining as far as possible the trend of previous censuses. While strictly complying with norms of the EU community surveys programme on the structure of agricultural holdings, this allowed the comparability of the series and the study of Member States' results. Spain The census covered the entire country, i.e. the 50 mainland provinces, the insular provinces of Canary and Balearic Islands, and the towns of Ceuta and Melilla. Agricultural holdings Census/enumeration data [cen] Face-to-face [f2f] Only one questionnaire in paper form was used in the census.