Page 19 - Agricultural Census 2000 NWFP Vol II Part 1

INTRODUCTION

Pakistan Is, basically, an OBJECTIVES
agricultural country even after the
lapse of over half a century since 1. To generate basic information on
independence. Here, the agriculture the structure of agriculture.
is not only the main stay of the
populace, directly and / or indirectly, 2. To develop detailed basic
for seeking food, clothing, information about the agricultural
employment and perhaps every thing, resources, state of their utilization
but also viewed as a dominant way of and to find out the degree of
life. Our culture, habits and attitudes acceptability of modern farming
derive their roots, inter alia, from the practices among the farming
agriculture being practiced in this part community for the purpose of
of world. Therefore, the development . regional, provincial and national
of agriculture is synonymous to the development planning and
development of the people as well as research in the field of agriculture.
the country. And, to meet the primary' ,
requirement of planning for 3. To fulfill data needs of the
agricultural development realistic international agencies like the FAQ

statistics about agriculture are a pre- which require the country
condition. information for a world wide study
of agricultural resources in order to
In the pursuit of generating
formulate international policies in
statistics on agriculture, census taking
the matters relating to supply of
is a widely accepted and practiced
food and raw materials on
approach which refers to the periodic
sustainable basis in the long-run.
stocktaking and appraisal of
agricultural resources of a country. It LEGAL COVERAGE
involves a functional study · of the
The Agricultur· aI Census Act,
agricultural resources with a view of
1958 (Act No.XU of 1958} provides
discovering their state of use and the
the legal cover for the census
socio-economic factors affecting the
operations. The Act makes it binding
extent and efficiency of their
on the Government for taking
utilization. agricultural census and also on the

Since inception as a nation, four respondents to cooperate with the
census enumerators and to furnish
censuses of agriculture had been
conducted each in 1960, 1972, 1980 information on or with respect to
and 1990, while the fifth and the items specified in the said Act. At the
current census of agriculture was same time it assures secrecy of the

conducted in the year 2000 as a information supplied . by the
decennial sequence for the fulfillment respondents.
of under mentioned objectives ..

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