The Myanmar Census of Agriculture 2003 (MCA 2003) is the third Census to be carried out by the Settlement and Land Records Department (SLRD). The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has provided technical assistance in the preparatory phase of this census. All plans in undertaking the Myanmar Census of Agriculture 2003 were prepared under TCP/MYA/2801.
The first Census of Agriculture had been conducted in 1953 together with the Population Census. It covered 252 towns.
The second Census of Agriculture, which was conducted under MYA/85/004) "Agricultural Census and Strengthening of the System of Agricultural Statistics," covered 272 townships. The Settlement and Land Records Department of the then Ministry of Agriculture was responsible in the conduct, on sample basis, the 1993 Census of Agriculture with financial and technical assistance from UNDP and FAO.
The Reports on Myanmar Census of Agriculture 1993 had been made available in 1995, two years after the conduct of the census.
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