Pilot agricultural census in Russia almost over

24/08/2004

An agricultural census sample in Russia has involved about 155,000 farming producers, according to the Federal State Statistics Service. "As of August 19, 154,776 out of the 180,057 units, or 86%, of the registered have been covered", the communiqué reads.

 

The pilot census, conducted from August 1 to 25 in four constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the Saratov, Penza, Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar regions, is a preliminary to the national agricultural census scheduled for 2006.