The fi~st population cen~us was f..:om1uc:t:ed an 1.974. This general census was followed by a CTDA poplf1ation census in 1980. ffoweYer .. no census on aqricultu.-e .... 'f!s s;AC.h has evet· been carried out and t:hi s is unlike I y to t...tke pI dee before 1986• i.e. after the population ceRsus s<.fledut ed fen 1 98~ has been c.ompl eted. - 5 - ~!~!i~!i£al Institutes and frai~!ng~ Neither does the Arab Republic of Yemen have a statistical institute nor does its second Five Year Plan provioe for the establishment of one. However, given the importance of improv­ ing the competence and skills of statisticians working on agri­ cultural data collection. a number of alternatives were resorted to. fhe Ar-ab Organization for Agr ic ul tura I Development li: indl y organized a seminar of two weeks on agricultura1 data collection f~om iO to 24 June 19H2 in Sana•a, where experts in agricultural ~ata ':u~f.t:::r:tion qa~0! inst1uct~on. A total of .20 persons regis­ ~ered lor that seminar. Yhey were agrtcultural statisticians T~t-Pr e~<:=rat.~t• "e~ ;;f Hl~ l.prttrrJl Pi .~nntng Or·ganizatiort, the Bank cf ~q, it.:tth: .. ural Ls-edtt: ofH1 Local C.o-operatives for Development. ~t~ ~jnistraes nt ~~ono~y ana f~~~ Supplies. and dgricultutal p;o_;~t.t!.. lrr d~ch tioo, ~ nutnber of agru:ut turat statisticians .t.:.=.-e ~€:ot 'to ;:n.teno se~inars~ .:tloruad in Arab countries, such as i;! .r.HC.i.ih a•'a-:1 iu lr-~ .Jr •• ~..,.d ~tdtt~-,. l't:~ duration of these sem­ i~dr~ ~a~iPd ~eween t~n ~~nt~~ ~nd one year. ~L-·,,~_dA?::"i.\9 t~z .l'-..Lccll .• ~~ •• .:u •..• ::> ilvd~ 'chiiCp (.flC' Ut!pdrt.Jnent d 14g. i .:~H.u..-.:. i Stat i. sti cs; of the :1~ ni s~ry vi Aqr i cui ture and Fisheries des~r.;e-s ··:-:·~·c~i<~~~.abJc creait fo:· ..ohat it :.u .. u .... hieveu 