Russia moves to conduct first agricultural census for 80 years
For the first time in over 80 years, Russia is to conduct an agricultural census.
A pilot census costing 44m Roubles will be conducted this August covering two districts in each of the four regions of
According to the Russian Federation Statistics Committee, census agents will pay particular attention to levels of employment, the quality of the crops grown, standards of cattle and poultry husbandry and levels of spending on farm upkeep. The information is needed for the country to accurately assess the impact of agricultural reform on its large, collective and private farms. The total inventory of
