Agricultural census are complex statistical actions (projects) carried out in multi-annual dynamics. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics is the holder of the organization, preparation, and implementation of the Agricultural Census in the Republic of Croatia. The organization itself and the implementation of the project are influenced by the way of collecting data from the census units (agricultural holdings). The proposed work was analyzed the way of implementation, organization and implementation of the Census 2003 project and a proposal of the organization of Agriculture Census 2020 was developed. The paper also presented examples of organization and implementation of the Agricultural Census in the world and in the Republic of Croatia. Comparative analysis, best practices and methods of analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction was also aimed at achieving the main goal of the work: to identify the key statistical processes of collecting, processing and publishing data, ie factors affecting the organization itself and the implementation of the agricultural census project itself. The professional contribution of the work is in the presentation of the optimal way of strategic planning, the selection of a competent project team and the establishment of an efficient organization on the ground which was enable the reduction of the burden of respondents and participants in the project, the reduction of the collecting census data and their dissemination by using available advanced technological solutions, as well as reducing total financial cost.