Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES)

Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES)

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Aims:

• To undertake the agriculture census, study of the cost of cultivation of principal crops.

• To undertake research studies on agro-economic problems of the country.

• To fund conferences/workshops and seminars involving eminent economists, agricultural scientists, experts and to bring out papers.

• To conduct short term studies.

• To improve agricultural statistics methodology.

• To create a hierarchical information system on crop condition and crop production from sowing to harvest.

Components:

• Agriculture Census • Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers

• Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in India

• Agro-Economic Research Centres/Units

• Scheme of Planning, Management and Policy Formulation

• Improvement of Agricultural Statistics

• Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-Meteorology and Land based Observation

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