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Russia moves to conduct first agricultural census in 80 years

04/02/2004

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 Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Saratov and Penza, officials have said.  The country’s last agricultural census was conducted in 1920.

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