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INTRODUCTION
. Census of Agriculture is a periodic stocktaking 1957, who set up the Organization at the headquarters.
.:and appraisal of the agricultural resources of the in the next six months on the following pattern:_:_
-country. It involves a functional study of these res-
ources with the object of discovering their state of use Commissioner Agricultural Census (I)
.and the socio-economic factors affecting the extent I
.and efficiency of their utiljzation. Joint Commissioner Agricultural Census (1)
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2. It is one · of the basic responsibilities of a Deputy Commissioner Agricultural Census (Tech.) (I)
government to ensure an adequate supply of food and I
Aibres in the country. To discharge this responsibility Asstt. Commissioner Agricultural Census (Tech.) (2)
the government must know where and by whom these I
things are produced and what actions are necessary Statistician (1)
to ensure production of these· goods in requisite quanti- I
ties. Basic statistics required for this purpose are Research Investigators (6)
provided by a census of agriculture. I
Technical Assistanis ( 4)
.Historical Background I
O.S.D. (Admn.)
3. The need for taking a census of agriculture
in the whole of Pakistan was first felt in 1948 when 6. A regional office in West Pakistan was set up
the State of Pakistan was just a year old, but the pres- towards the end of 1958 with the following staff: _
·sure of the work of rehabilitation of refugees did not /
permit a major enterprise of that kind to be included Joint Commr. Agri. Census (J ) ·
i n the government programmes. The proposal, I
however, remained ·under consideration and in 1952 Dy. Commr. Agri. Census (1)
.an F.A.O. expert was invited to study this proposal. . I
He submitted a report on the feasibility and methodology
-of taking a Census but it could not be implemented I . I I
,due to financial stringency. After four years, however, Asstt. Commissioner Sampling Officer (1)
in 1957, the Government of Pakistan decided to take Agricultural Census (1) . I
·up the scheme and to hold a census of agriculture which I Sampling Supervisors (12)
was to coincide with the programme of the 1960 World I I
·Census of Agriculture sp0nsoied by F. A. 0. Conse- . . I
•quently, a census of agriculture was held for the first I I Statistical Assistants (3}
time in Pakistan in 1960. Office Research Investi- I
gators (4) Field Assistants (80)
·Objectives I
Technical Assistants (4)
4. The objectives of the Census were defined
.as follows :-
7. A comprehensive plan for the Census operations
(i) To develop basic information on the was developed at the headquarters. The regional
structure of agriculture in Pakistan ; office was made responsible for testing the forms and
procedures and the execution of field operations. In
(ii) To provide detailed basic information about the beginning it was intended that whole-time Census
the national resources of agricuiture and Officers in the districts might be appointed but subse-
their state of use, for the sake of develop- quently as the officers of the Revenue Department
ment planning; and were made available by the Provincial Government,
whole-time Census Officers were not appointed in
(iii) To provide benchmarks for the improve- the regions. The regional office in Lahore was wound
ment of current agricultural statistics. up on 31st May, 1962 after the completion of the field
enumeration work and the Post Enumeration Survey.
·Census Organization
Advisory Committee
5. The census of agriculture being a nation-wide
.activity, the Central Government had to undertake 8. An Advisory . Committee was appointed in
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full financial responsibility for , the Census operations March, 1958 to advise on the various aspects of the
.and it created an Organization in the Ministry of Food Census. The Committee consisted of the Census
and Agriculture in order to implement the Census Commissioner as Chairman, and about 50 official and
Project. A Commissioner was appointed in November, non-official members. The official members were

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