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Pakistan 2000 Agricultural Census

  
  Introduction    
 
Agriculture is the hub of economic activity in Pakistan. It lays down foundation for economic development and growth of the economy. It directly contributes 25 per cent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides employment to 44 per cent of the total labour force of the country. In the export earnings, direct as well as indirect share of agriculture is very high. Thus, it is prudent to call agriculture as the backbone of Pakistan’s economy.

Major proportion of the population depends, wholly or partially, on the earnings from agriculture. Therefore, the development of agriculture is synonymous to the development of the country and availability of timely and realistic statistics is pre-condition for sound agricultural development planning.
 

 		    
  Objectives    

In the pursuit of generating statistics on agriculture, the current exercise of conducting Agriculture Census was undertaken for fulfillment of under mentioned objectives.
 
  1. To generate basic information on the structure of agriculture.
     
  2. To develop detailed basic information about the agricultural resources, state of their utilization and to find out the degree of acceptability of modern farming practices among the farming community for the purpose of regional, provincial and national development, planning and research in the field of agriculture.
     
  3. To fulfill data needs of the international agencies like FAO which require the country information for a world wide study of agricultural resources in order to formulate international policies in the matters relating to supply of food and raw materials on sustainable basis in the long run.
    
  Legal Basis    
 
The Agricultural Census Act, 1958 (Act No.XLI of 1958) provides the legal cover for the census operations. The Act makes it binding on the Government for taking agricultural census and also on the respondents to cooperate with the census enumerators and to furnish information on or with respect to items specified in the said Act. At the same time it assures secrecy of the information supplied by the respondents.
 		    
  Advisory Committee    
 
The census taking exercise was guided by an Advisory Committee. This committee comprised of about 50 official and non-official members drawn from the concerned Federal and Provincial Government Departments, Universities, Research Institutes and Agricultural Development Bank, while non-official members from the progressive farmers.
 		    
  Type and Geographical Coverage    
 
The Agricultural Census 2000 was sample based. The design however varied for different regions of the country in view of the ground realities.

This census covered whole of the country, i.e. NWFP (including Provincially and Federally Administered Tribal Areas / Agencies), Punjab (including Islamabad district), Sindh and Balochistan provinces. The geographic coverage was also extended to Northern Areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir each as a separate entity.
 		    
  Scope    
 
The scope of the census with reference to farm area was restricted to the agricultural farms held and / or operated at the time of census taking by the Government or by private household(s), individually or collectively or under corporate arrangement. Consequently, the undistributed Government lands other than Government farms, undistributed portion of the lands resumed by the Government under land reforms; built up areas, land under roads, rails, ravines, rivers, canals, Government forests, parks, lakes, shallow lands, hills and mountains, etc. falling under the category of non-farm area is outside the scope of the census. The chart given below illustrates the scope of the census in respect of area.

While scope of census in respect of subjects, as finally approved, included the collection of data on type, size, tenure and parcels of farms, land utilization, irrigation, area under crops and orchards, number of fruit and non-fruit trees, use of manures, fertilizers and plant protection measures, use of agricultural machines, livestock population, extent of indebted-ness and investment made for different purposes, household members by sex and age groups, type of residential structures, economic activity and educational levels of household members and their main source of income.
 		    
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  List of Tables  
 
       
 

Table No.

Title

  
  1   NUMBER, AREA AND TENURE OF FARMS in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  1.1   Number and Area of Farms by Size of Farm    
  1.2   Tenure Classification of Farms and Farm Area    
  1.3   Number and Area of Owner Farms by Size of Farm    
  1.4   Number and Area of Owner-cum -Tenant Farms by Size of Farm    
  1.5   Number and Area of Tenant Farms by Size of Farm    
  1.6   Farm Area by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
  1.7   Classification of Farms by Number of Associated Households and by Size of Farm    
       
  2   FRAGMENTATION   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  2.1   Classification of Farms by Number of Fragments and by Size of Farm    
  2.2   Farm Area Classified by Number of Fragments and by Size of Farm    
  2.3   Fragmentation of Farms and Farm Area by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
       
  3   LAND UTILIZATION   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  3.1   Land Utilization by Size of Farm    
  3.2   Uncultivated Farms by Size of Farm    
  3.3.   Cultivated Area by Type and by Size of Farm    
  3.4   Uncultivated Area by Type and by Size of Farm    
       
  4   IRRIGATION   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  4.1   Irrigation Status of Farms and Farm Area by Size of Farm    
  4.2   Cultivated Area Classified by Mode of Irrigation and by Size of Farm    
  4.3   Irrigation Status of Cropped Area by Crop Seasons and by Size of Farm    
  4.4   Area Irrigated by Perennial and Non-Perennial Canals by Administrative Units    
       
  5   LAND USE AND CROPPING INTENSITIES   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  5.1   Farms Classified by Land Use Intensity and by Size of Farm    
  5.2   Average Intensity of Land Use by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
  5.3   All Farms Classified by Cropping Intensity and by Size of Farm    
  5.4   Average Cropping Intensity by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
  5.5.   Comparison of Cropping Intensity of Irrigated and Unirrigated Farms by Size of Farm    
       
  6   CROPS   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  6.1   Classification of Cropped Area by Crop Season and by Size of Farm    
  6.2   Farms Reporting and Area Cropped by Crop Season and by Size of Farm    
  6.3   Farms Reporting Orchards and Orchard Area by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
  6.4   Number and Area of Orchards by Size of Orchard    
  6.5   Farms Reporting Fruit Trees and Number of Fruit Trees    
  6.6   Share of Different Crops in Total Cropped Area by Size of Farm    
  6.7   Share of Different Crops in Total Cropped Area by Tenure    
  6.8   Share of Different Kharif Crops in Total Kharif Crops by Size of Farm    
  6.9   Share of Different Rabi Crops in Total Rabi Crops by Size of Farm    
  6.10   Wheat Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Wheat by Size of Farm    
  6.11   Paddy Area by Varieties and Farms Reporting Paddy by Size of Farm    
  6.12   Cotton Area and Farms Reporting Cotton by Size of Farm    
  6.13   Maize (for Grain) Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Maize by Size of Farm    
  6.14   Sugarcane Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Sugarcane by Size of Farm    
  6.15   Potato Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Potatoes by Size of Farm    
  6.16   Oil-Seeds Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Oil-Seeds by Size of Farm    
  6.17   Pulses Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Pulses by Size of Farm    
  6.18   Fodders Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Fodders by Size of Farm    
  6.19   Vegetables (Including Potatoes) Area Irrigated and Unirrigated and Farms Reporting Vegetables by Size of Farm    
  6.20   Number of Non-Fruit Trees by Size of Farm    
       
  7   USE OF MANURES, FERTILIZERS AND INSECTICIDES   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  7.1   Use of Fertilizers, Manures and Plant Protection Measures by Size of Farm    
  7.2   Use of Fertilizers, Manures and Plant Protection Measures by Tenure    
  7.3   Use of Fertilizers by Extent of Cultivated Area Irrigated and by Size of Farm    
  7.4   Farms Reporting Use of Fertilizers and Manures on Wheat by Size of Farm    
  7.5   Farms Reporting Use of Fertilizers and Manures on Paddy by Size of Farm    
  7.6   Farms Reporting Use of Fertilizers and Manures on Sugarcane by Size of Farm    
  7.7   Farms Reporting Use of Fertilizers and Manures on Cotton by Size of Farm    
  7.8   Farms Reporting Use of Fertilizers and Manures on Maize (for grain) by Size of Farm    
  7.9   Farms Reporting Use of Fertilizers and Manures on Tobacco, Potatoes, Onions and Orchards    
  7.10   Quantity and Proportion of Various Chemical Fertilizers Used on Important Crops    
  7.11   Use of Plant Protection Measures on Important Crops by Size of Farm    
  7.12   Use of Plant Protection Measures on Important Crops by Tenure    
       
  8   USE OF HIRED LABOUR AND FAMILY WORKERS   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  8.1   Number of Households and Household Members by Sex and Age and by Type of Household    
  8.2   Permanent Hired Agricultural Labour and Family Members 10 Years and Above Usually Engaged in Agricultural Work on Their Holdings by Type of Household    
  8.3   Family Members 10 Years and Above (In Hundreds) by Activity and by Type of Household    
  8.4   Farms Reporting Use of Casual Labour by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
       
  9   INDEBTEDNESS AND INVESTMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  9.1   Number of Households Under Debt by Tenure and by Type of Household    
  9.2   Amount (In Hundred Thousand Rupees) of Out-standing Debt From Institutional and Non-Institutional Sources by Tenure and by Type of Household    
  9.3   Investment Made (In Million Rupees) For Agricultural Purposes During the Last 12 Months by Source and by Type of Household    
  9.4   Investment Made for Different Purposes During Last 12 Months by Source of Finance    
  9.5   Investment Made (In Hundred Thousand Rupees) by Farm Households for Different Purposes During Last 12 Months by Tenure and by Source of Finance    
       
  10   USE AND OWNERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  10.1   All Farms Reporting Use of Tractors, Draught Animals or Both for Cultivation by Size of Farm    
  10.2   Owner Farms Reporting Use of Tractors, Draught Animals or Both for Cultivation by Size of Farm    
  10.3   Owner-cum-Tenant Farms Reporting Use of Tractors, Draught Animals or Both for Cultivation by Size of Farm    
  10.4   Tenant Farms Reporting Use of Tractors, Draught Animals or Both for Cultivation by Size of Farm    
  10.5   Farms Reporting Use of Important owned Agricultural Machinery by Size of Farm    
  10.6   Farms Reporting Use of Important Rented Agricultural Machinery by Size of Farm    
       
  11   LIVESTOCK   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  11.1   Farms Reporting Work Animals by Tenure and by Size of Farm    
  11.2   Relationship of Work Animals to Size of Farm    
  11.3   Livestock Population by Age and Sex    
  11.4   Number of Cattle and Buffaloes by Size of Herd    
  11.5   Number of Cattle and Buffaloes by Category and by Type of Household    
  11.6   Number of Sheep and Goats by Size of Herd    
  11.7   Number of Sheep and Goats by Category and by Type of Household    
       
  12   EDUCATION, SOURCE OF INCOME AND TYPE OF HOUSES   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  12.1   Households Reporting Highest Education Level of Family Members by Type of Household    
  12.2   Education Level of Family Members (In Hundreds) by Type of Household    
  12.3   Households (In Hundreds) Reporting Sources of Income Other Than Farming and Basic Source of Income by Type of Household    
  12.4   Number of Households Reporting Residential Houses by Type of Occupancy and Structure    
  12.5   Number of Farm Households Reporting Residential Houses by Type of occupancy and Structure and by Size of Farm    
       
  13   LAND OWNERSHIP   in Acers [PDF]  in Hectares [PDF]  
  13.1   Number and Area of Ownership Holdings by Size of Area Owned    
  13.2   Operational Status of Ownership Holdings by Size of Area Owned    
  13.3   Reasons for Renting Out Owned Area by Size of Area Owned    
   
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