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4 years
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2 years
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5 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -Encouraged by the utility of data generated by first Agriculture Census for use in formulation of policy and planning, the National Commission on Agriculture (1976) recommend that Agriculture Census should be carried out once in five years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Agriculture Census in India is conducted at an interval of five years following broad guidelines of decennial World Census of Agriculture (WCA) evolved by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -On recommendations of the National Commission on Agriculture, Agriculture Census in India is conducted quinquennially (every 5 years). The reference period in Agriculture Census is the agriculture year i.e. from July to June.
Detailed explanation-4: -Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare launched “The Eleventh Agricultural Census (2021-22).” This computation will bring huge benefits in a vast and agricultural country like India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service publishes a procedural history of the census of agriculture, the most recent being the 2007 Census of Agriculture: History [PDF 29.6MB].