Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACE&S)

 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACE&S):-

Year of Commencement:-

 2014-15 (in restructured form)

Components:-

i. Agriculture Census (AC)
ii. Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Farmers (SASF)
iii. Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in India (CSSCCPCI)
iv. Agro-Economic Research Centres/Units (AERCsUs)
v. Scheme of Planning, Management & Policy Formulation (SPMPF)
vi. Improvement of Agricultural Statistics (IAS)
vii. Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-Meteorology and Land based observation (FASAL)

Objectives/ Aims :-

i. Agriculture Census: The objective of the Agriculture Census Scheme is to collect/ compile data of operational holdings in the country to provide aggregates for basic Agricultural characteristics for use as benchmark for inter-census estimates.

ii. Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Farmers: To conduct the situation assessment survey of farmers in the country.

iii. Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in India: To collect, compile field data on cost of cultivation and cost of production in respect of various agricultural crops and to generate cropwise and statewise estimate of cost of cultivation and production of selected agricultural crops.

iv. Agro-Economic Research Centres/Units: To carry out research and evaluation studies on studies of agricultural economy and rural development for meeting the needs of DAC and other Ministries/
Departments having a bearing on the performance of the agricultural sector for policy formulation and to provide a feed back on implementation.

v. Scheme of Planning, Management & Policy Formulation: Funding conferences/workshops and seminars involving eminent economists, agricultural scientists and experts, to conduct short term studies, engage consultancy services, bring improvement in agricultural statistics methodology; strategy for development of crops, soil etc. and to bring out reports/papers based on recommendations of workshops, seminars, conferences held by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics.

vi. Improvement of Agricultural Statistics:
(a) Obtain reliable and timely estimates of area under principal crops in each season
(b) generate estimates of area production of principal crops in each season and
(c) bring improvement in crop statistics by conducting spot supervision of (A) area enumeration (B) area aggregation and (C) crop cutting experiments in 10,000 villages.

vii. Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agrometeorology and Land based observation (FASAL): To strengthen the current capabilities of in season multiple crop estimation through combination of Remote Sensing, Agro-met and Land based observations backed by Econometric
tools.