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NTTRGDUGTiON
Pakistan is, basicaliy, e* decennial sequenee for the fuifillment
agricultural country everu after the of under mentioned objeetives.
lapse of over half a century since
independence. Here, the agriculture is OBJECTIVE$
not only the main stay of the populace,
directly and I or !ndirectly, for seeklng i " To generate basie information cn
food, clothing, employment and the structure af agriculture.
perhaps every thing, but alsa viewed
as a dominant way of life. Our culture, 2. To develop detaEied basic
habits and attitudes derive their rocts, information abaut the agricultural
inter alia, frorn the agriculture being resources, state of their utilizatiogl
practiced in this part of world. and to find out the deoree of
Therefore, the development of acceptability of modern iarming
agriculture is synonymous to the practices arnong the farming
development of the people as we!! as community for the purpose of
the country. And, to meet the regional, provincial and national
primary requirement of planning for development, planning and
agricultural development realistic researeh in the field of agriculture.
statistics about agriculture are a
precondition. 3. To fulfill data needs of the
international agencies like the
In the pursuit of generating FAO which require the country
statistics on agriculture, census taking information for a world wide study
is a widely accepted and practised of agricultural resources in erder
approach which refers to the periodic to formulate international policies
stock taking and appraisal of in the matters relating to supply cf
agricultural resources of a country. lt food and raw materials on
involves a functional study of the sustainable basis in the long_run.
agricultural resources with a view of
disccvering tfreir state of use and the LEGAL COVERAGE
soeio-economic factors affeeting the
extent and efficiency of their utilization. The Agricultural eensus Act,
1S58 iAct No.XLN of 1958) provides the
Since inception as a naticn, four legal eover fo:" the census cperations.
censuses of agriculture had been The Act makes it binding on th*
condueted each in 1950, 7*72, 1980 Government fcr takiirg agricultural
and i S*S, while the fifth and the census and alsa on the respondents to
current censu$ cf agriculture wss c*operate wlth the census
e*nd::eted i* the vcar 2000 a$ a enumerators and ta furnish ir"rformati*n
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