Page 5 - 2010 (3) Agricultural Census 2010, Punjab Report

FOREWORD

Agricultural Census Organization (ACO) is serving the nation in general and
the agricultural planners, researchers and academia in particular by providing

detailed information decennially on the structure of agriculture. This
organization has conducted six agricultural censuses since 1960 without any

gap and provided very useful data on agriculture.

The in-hand census report provides lot of latest information by size of farm

and also by tenure about the agriculture farms, farm fragmentation, land
utilization, irrigated area with sources of irrigation, area under different crops,

usage of manures, fertilizers and insecticides, farm labour and family workers,
agriculturat credit, use of agricultural-machinery, work animals and livestock
population, land ownership, sale and purchase of land etc. These data are very

useful to boost up agriculture sector, minimize poverty, particularly the rural
poverty, and achieve the concerned Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).ln

addition, the food security may be ensured and current account balance may
be irnproved by increasing agricultural exports and minimizing agricultural

imports. The researchers, academia and students can take benefit from these
data in multi-dimensional directions of their interest.

My slncere appreciation goes to the Agricultural Census Organization for
successfu! and within schedule completion of such a gigantic exercise

throughout the country including Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir
in spite of meagre rnan-power, material and financial resources.

It is expected that the eensus results presented in this report, will be put to

effective use by, both, agriculturat policy makers as well as planners for the
developn'lent of agriculture in our country'

SOHAIL AHMAD
Secretary
Statistics Division