Tuesday, 25 March 2008

Cambodia to hold first-ever agriculture, business censuses

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Phnom Penh, Cambodia will hold its first ever agriculture census in 2009, and a business establishment census in 2011, according to the Planning Ministry's National Institute of Statistics ( NIS ).

The agriculture census, which will be held in the second half of 2009, will gather agriculture-related data from 2008, Deputy Director General of NIS Seng Soeun was quoted by news agencies as saying.

The agriculture census will focus on such areas as agricultural land, crop fields, livestock and various type of forest land, Seng Soeun said.

The first ever business census will be conducted in the first half of 2011, gathering data from 2010, Director of NIS's Economic Statistics Department Mick Kanthul said.

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