At present, the responsibility for furnishing data on area, production and yield of different crops lies with State Agricultural Statistics Authorities (SASAs) in various States/UTs. However, Government of India provides financial support to State/UT Governments under the Sub-scheme on improvement of Agricultural Statistics (IAS) which has three components viz. Timely Reporting Scheme (TRS), Establishment of an Agency for Reporting of Agricultural Statistics (EARAS) and Improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS). The estimates are prepared on the basis of area enumeration and yield assessment through Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) in a sample of about 20% villages selected in such a manner that over a period of 5 years all the villages of a State/UT are covered. The area enumeration and CCEs are generally done by the field functionaries of State Revenue/Agriculture Departments. Under the ICS Scheme, States/UTs are provided support for sample check of area enumeration and CCEs to ensure quality of primary data collected by States/UTs.
Based upon the data received from States/UTs, during an Agricultural Year (July to June), Ministry of Agriculture releases four advance estimates followed by final estimates of area, production and yield of major agricultural crops in the country. First Advance Estimates are released in the month of September followed by second, third and fourth Advance Estimates respectively in February, April and July of next calendar year. Final Estimates are released along with second Advance Estimates for the subsequent agricultural year.
To arrive at better crop forecasts based on the latest developing remote sensing technology, Ministry of Agriculture has established Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) which is providing multiple in-session production forecasts of area, production and yield of selected crop in the country. In order to improve the quality of official estimates, the Ministry of Agriculture validates the estimates received from States/UTs on the basis of forecasts provided by MNCFC as well as the estimates prepared on the basis of econometric and agro-meteorological models, etc.
Based on the methodology suggested by an Expert Committee constituted under the chairmanship of Prof. A. Vaidyanathan for preparation of State/national level agricultural estimates, action to undertake a pilot study has been initiated.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture Shri Mohanbhai Kundaria in the Rajya Sabha today.
GG: SB:CP: data (rajya) 12.12.2014
Based upon the data received from States/UTs, during an Agricultural Year (July to June), Ministry of Agriculture releases four advance estimates followed by final estimates of area, production and yield of major agricultural crops in the country. First Advance Estimates are released in the month of September followed by second, third and fourth Advance Estimates respectively in February, April and July of next calendar year. Final Estimates are released along with second Advance Estimates for the subsequent agricultural year.
To arrive at better crop forecasts based on the latest developing remote sensing technology, Ministry of Agriculture has established Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) which is providing multiple in-session production forecasts of area, production and yield of selected crop in the country. In order to improve the quality of official estimates, the Ministry of Agriculture validates the estimates received from States/UTs on the basis of forecasts provided by MNCFC as well as the estimates prepared on the basis of econometric and agro-meteorological models, etc.
Based on the methodology suggested by an Expert Committee constituted under the chairmanship of Prof. A. Vaidyanathan for preparation of State/national level agricultural estimates, action to undertake a pilot study has been initiated.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture Shri Mohanbhai Kundaria in the Rajya Sabha today.
GG: SB:CP: data (rajya) 12.12.2014
