The status of agricultural statistics in South Africa is a highly uneven effort in terms of coordination among data producers. There is a variety of data producers, with each producing data in a specific area of interest. There is a lack of information concerning the size of South Africa's total agricultural land, the number of livestock and human population deriving a livelihood from small-scale farming. Often, conflicting data is disseminated, creating uncertainty in the sector, and important characteristics of the sector that need to be measured are not being addressed as it should. Stats SA conducted an agricultural census in 2007, with a funding from the Department of Agriculture, and all farms registered for tax were covered.