The field-level data collection for the country’s 6th Agriculture Census began in the country and it would continue till June 20.
During the Agriculture Census-2019 bearing the theme “Krishi Shumari Shofol Kori, Somriddho Bangladesh Gori”, the enumerators will collect data on food grains, fisheries and livestock, size of the agriculture households, land use, size of the cultivated land, number of cattle and poultry, agricultural machineries, food security, fisheries and forests in the urban and rural areas across the country.
Planning Minister MA Mannan formally inaugurated the Agriculture Census through releasing balloons and pigeons at the BBS building afternoon.
Marking the inauguration of the operations of the
field-level data collection of Agriculture Census, a rally was also held along the road of the BBS building in the city’s Agargaon area afternoon.
Planning Minister MA Mannan attended the rally as the chief guest while Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Saurendra Nath Chakrabhartty, BBS Director General Krishna Gain and Project Director of Agriculture Census project Md Zafar Ahmed Khan were also present there.
Speaking on the occasion, the Planning Minister said since the human being regularly go through various health diagnoses to know about their health condition, the same way various types of census including Agriculture Census are being carried out in the country to know about the actual scenario of the country’s economy.
He informed that he would start the enumeration process of the Agriculture Census with counting the country’s President Abdul Hamid and his family going to Bangabhaban evening.
The minister said through this census, data will be collected on not only rice and jute rather on duck, chicken, cattle, goat son on and so forth.
Answering to a query, Mannan said the initial findings of the Census would be revealed within three months of its completion while the final findings within six months.
The programme was informed that the BBS has prepared the account of six major crops (Aush, Aman, Boro, wheat, potato and jute) alongside the accounts of 120 minor crops. Apart from collecting the data on temporary crops, the enumerators this time would collect data on permanent crops, medicinal and fruit bearing trees.
