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CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS ORGANIZATION

By

Amjad Javaid SandhuAssistant Agricultural Census Commissioner

Agricultural Census OrganizationStatistics Division

Government of Pakistan

INTRODUCTIONAgricultural Census Organization (ACO) was

established in 1958 under the M/O Agriculture and Works initially to conduct Agricultural Census.

It was transferred to Statistics Division in 1978 and since then its scope has been expanded.

ACO conducts agriculture related censuses in Pakistan to fulfill the requirements of Agricultural Census Act 1958.

The Agricultural Census, Livestock Census, Agricultural Machinery Census and Mouza / Village Census are the main activities of ACO.

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Contributions and Achievements of Agricultural Census Organization

Decennial Agricultural Censuses conducted in the years ending with digit zero.

Decennial Agricultural Machinery Censuses in the years ending with digit four.

Decennial Livestock Censuses conducted in the years ending with digit six.

Quinquennial Mouza / Village Censuses, once before Agricultural Census in the digit eight and once in the digit three before every livestock census, to update sample frame of mouzas / dehs / villages.

Any other census / survey if directed by the Federal Government.

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Geographical Coverage

The Agricultural Census Organization covers whole of thecountry for all the above mentioned censuses as:

a. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province including FATA and PATA.b. Punjab province including Cholistan and Islamabad district.c. Sindh province.d. Balochistan province.e. The geographic coverage also extended to the Gilgit

Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir each as a separate entity.

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AGRICULTURAL CENSUSES OF PAKISTAN

Six decennial Agricultural Censuses have so far been conducted in Pakistan

First: 1960Second: 1972Third: 1980Fourth: 1990Fifth: 2000Sixth: 2010 data processing is in progress

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Objectives of Agricultural Census

The main objectives of Agricultural Census are:1. To generate information on the structure of agriculture.2. To collect basic information on agricultural resources

and state of their utilization.3. To generate information on modern farming practices

by the farming community.4. To fulfill the data needs regarding agriculture for

national as well as international agencies like FAO etc.

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Methodology of Agricultural Census

The enumeration agency is provincial revenue departments in settled areas and in unsettled areas the agriculture, livestock and education departments work as enumeration agencies in addition to revenue staff.

District meetings are convened at each district to finalize the enumerator assignments and training arrangements.

All the enumerators and supervisors are trained in the concepts and procedures of the Agricultural Census by the well trained Census Master Trainers(CMTs) of ACO at tehsil / Taluka level. Continue…

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From previous slide

Agricultural Census is sample based and is conducted only in sampled mouzas / dehs / villages which are selected through appropriate sampling techniques.

After training, the enumerators start listing of households (HHs) in selected mouzas.

After completion of listing the CMTs select HH clusters of approximately 30 HHs.

Then the enumerators fill detailed census questionnaires only from selected HHs.

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From previous slide During the entire census period CMTs remained

in the field for supervision, sample selection of HHs and for technical guidance.

Officers from ACO also supervise the field operation through personal inspections and verifications of data during field operation.

The district / tehsil management also ensures accuracy and in time completion of census.

Retrieval of filled-in questionnaires is managed by ACO after completion of field operation for data processing.

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Scope of Agricultural Census

The scope of census is restricted according to the instructions of FAO laid down in the World Census of Agriculture (WCA) programmes.

Regarding farms, the scope includes only agricultural farms held or operated by govt. or by private households.

The undistributed govt. lands, built up areas and lands under roads, rails, rivers, canals, hills, lakes etc. are out of the scope of census.

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From previous slide

In respect of subjects the data are collected on type, size, tenure and parcels of farms.

Information on land utilization, irrigation, area under crops and orchards, number of fruit and non-fruit trees is also included.

Data on fertilizers, , manures, pesticides, use of agricultural machinery and agricultural labour are also collected.

Livestock population and information on credit for agricultural is also part of census.

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Household members by age and sex, their educational level and participation in the agricultural activities.

Type of residential structures, economic activities and main source of income of the household are also included in the scope of agricultural census.

From previous slide

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Salient Features of Agricultural Census 2000NUMBER OF FARMS AND FARM AREA

(Farms in Millions and Farm Area in Million Acres)

Administrative Units

Number of Farms Farm Area

Total Percent of Total Total Percent of Total

Pakistan 6.62 100 50.43 100

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1.36 21 5.59 11

Punjab 3.86 58 27.76 55

Sindh 1.07 16 10.69 21

Balochistan 0.33 5 6.39 1314

Pie Chart for Number of Farms

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Pie Chart for Farm Area

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Tenure Classification of Farms (In Millions)

Administrative Units Total Owner Owner-cum-

Tenant Tenant

Pakistan 6.62 5.13 0.56 0.93

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1.36 1.13 0.08 0.15

Punjab 3.86 3.04 0.42 0.4

Sindh 1.07 0.7 0.04 0.32

Balochistan 0.33 0.27 0.01 0.05

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Tenure Classification of Farm Area (In Million Acres)

Administrative Units Total Owner Owner-cum-

Tenant Tenant

Pakistan 50.43 36.97 7.32 6.13

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

5.59 4.24 0.81 0.54

Punjab 27.76 19.25 5.40 3.11

Sindh 10.69 8.11 0.74 1.84

Balochistan 6.39 5.37 0.38 0.64

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Land Use and Cropping Intensities

Administrative Units

Land Use Intensities Cropping Intensities

Pakistan 85 142

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 83 142

Punjab 96 154

Sindh 77 130

Balochistan 53 78

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Bar Chart for Land Use and Cropping Intensities

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Livestock Census of Pakistan

Four decennial Livestock Censuses have so far been conducted by ACO in Pakistan

First: 1976Second: 1986Third: 1996Fourth: 2006

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Objectives of Livestock Census1. To provide current estimates of the commercially

important livestock by age, breed, sex, ownership distribution and of domestic poultry by age and sex distribution.

2. To develop information based on livestock composition.

3. To ascertain the number of livestock holding units reporting animals and domestic poultry.

4. To estimate the overall milk production and the number of animals slaughtered.

5. To ascertain the number of commercial poultry farms, their capacity and production (first time in 2006) by type of farming.

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Methodology and Scope of Livestock Census

Livestock census is sample based.The provincial livestock departments work as

enumeration agencies through out the country.Rest of the procedures to conduct livestock

census are the same as of agricultural census.The data are collected on age, sex and breeds of

cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats while for camels data are collected only by age and sex.

Information about total number of horses, mules, asses and domestic poultry is collected.

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LIVESTOCK POPULATION AS PER LIVESTOCK CENSUS 2006

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Type of Animal Million Heads Per cent of Total Livestock

Cattle

Buffaloes

Goats

Sheep

Camels

Horses

Mules

Asses

29.56

27.33

53.79

26.49

00.92

00.34

00.16

04.27

21

19

38

18

0.65

0.24

0.11

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Total Livestock 142.86 100

PIE CHART SHOWING RELATIVE STATUS OF LIVESTOCK POPULATION

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Agricultural Machinery Census of Pakistan

Five Agricultural Machinery Censuses have so far been conducted by ACOFirst in 1968Second in 1975Third in 1984Fourth in 1994Fifth in 2004

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Objectives of Agricultural Machinery Census

Generate estimates of number of tractors, bulldozers, combine harvesters, tractor drawn and other farm implements.

Develop statistics on tractors by make, model, power and working condition.

Provide number of tubewells / wells with pump / lift pumps / submercible pumps by type of motive power.

Information of private tubewells by type of ownership, year of installation, their suction and delivery capacity.

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From previous slide

To reckon the households owning tractors and tubewells by type and source of finance.

To provide information about use of agricultural machines on own farms and practice of renting out tractor time and tubewell water.

To gauge the number of privately owned Modern Irrigation Systems (MISs) i.e. sprinkler and trickle / drip irrigation system.

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Methodology of Agricultural Machinery Census

The provincial agriculture (extension) departments work as enumeration agency.

Tractors and tubewells / lift pumps are enumerated on 100 % count basis.

Then every 10th tractor and tubewell / lift pump is selected for detailed interview of the owner.

Rest of the procedures for field operation are the same as already explained.

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Scope of Agricultural Machinery Census

All the public and private tractors and tubewells wholly or partly used for agricultural purposes are enumerated. The machinery not used for agricultural purposes is out of scope of census.

Farm implements normally pulled or motivated by tractors as well as self propelled implements and in the possession of tractor owner.

Extent and pattern of use of privately owned farm machinery.

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Salient Findings of AMC 2004 Type of Machinery Number Private Tractors 400,446Massey Ferguson 171,943Ford 24,968Fiat 164,941IMT 2,037Belarus 31,768Others 6,004Private Tubewells / Lift Pumps 922,207Electric 88,885Diesel 833,322

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Mouza Census

Eight mouza censuses have so far been conducted in Pakistan First 1971Second 1979Third 1983Fourth 1988Fifth 1993Sixth 1998Seventh 2003Eighth 2008

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Objectives of Mouza Census

Update the mouzas / dehs / villages list by administrative units, being used as sample frame for a census.

Generate data on socio economic indicators at mouza level.

Provide useful information to the planners and policy makers in their endeavours to bring change in living standard of masses in rural areas.

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Socio-Economic Facilities Available in Mouzas Covered in Mouza Census 2008

1. Status of Mouza

2. Name and Number of Union Council*

3. Total / Cultivated / Uncultivated

Acreage

4. Important Crops of Mouza*

5. Sources of Irrigation

6. Water Course Improvement Scheme

7. Credit Facility by Gender*

8. Market Place (Bazar)*

9. Sources of Employment by Gender*

10. Type of Industries*

11. Sources of Drinking Water

12. Taste of Sub-soil Water

13. Water Treatment Facility*

14. Facility of Toilet*

15. Pacca Streets

16. Pacca Drains and Sewerage* Facilities

17. Availability of Energy*

18. Media Facilities*

19. Housing Condition (Pacca / Kacha)*

20. Play Grounds & Sports Teams by Gender*

21. Development Organizations by Gender*

22. Dispute Resolution Mechanism*

* Covered first time

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Socio-Economic Facilities Available at Mouza or Located at Distance From

Mouza Covered in Mouza Census 20081. Veterinary Health Coverage

2. Cattle Market, Grain Market, Fruit & Vegetable Market & Wheat Procurement Centre

3. Agricultural Inputs (Fertilizers / Seeds / Pesticides)

4. Commercial Banks and On-line Banking*

5. Post Office

6. Health Facilities

7. Availability of Electricity

8. Diesel and Petrol Pump / Depot / Agency

9. CNG / LPG Availability*

10. Metalled Road

11. Transport Facility*

12. Telecommunication / Internet*

13. Education Facility by Gender (Primary / Middle / High School & College and Vocational Centre)

14. Police Station

* Covered first time

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THANKS

E-mail:- amjadsandhu@hotmail.com

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