What to expect from the upcoming agricultural census

The Census of Commercial Agriculture that will run from 15 October 2018 to June 2019, will cover all South African farming operations, according to statistician-general Risenga Maluleke.

Journalist Lloyd Phillips, Farmer's Weekly

Friday, 12 October 2018, 07:45
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What to expect from the upcoming agricultural census
South Africa’s Census of Commercial Agriculture will be running from 15 October 2018 to June 2019. Photo: Lloyd Phillips, Farmer's Weekly

AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The Census of Commercial Agriculture that will run from 15 October 2018 to June 2019, will cover all South African farming operations, according to statistician-general Risenga Maluleke.

He urged all commercial farmers to participate in the census. 

Speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria, Maluleke said South Africa last held an agricultural census in 2007, and that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation recommended that countries conduct such a census every 10 years.

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