This document discusses agricultural statistics in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state. It outlines the economic importance of agricultural statistics for policymaking, trade, and development indicators. It provides an overview of statistics currently collected in J&K's Digest of Statistics, including data on irrigation, agriculture, horticulture, and socioeconomic characteristics. The document calls for adding more detailed crop data, environmental data, and improving accuracy through remote sensing, accountability, and coordination across departments.

1. Agricultural Statistics with special
reference to J&K State
Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma
SMS, Agril. Economics, KVK Kathua
SKUAST-Jammu

2. Developmental Indicators can send
misleading policy messages if they are
poorly constructed or misinterpreted.
Agricultural Development &
farmers Welfare
Science & Technology
Farmer Productivity
Market Access
Data, Policy & Advocacy

3. Economic Importance of Agriculture Statistics
1. To furnish Area & Production details of various crops.
2. To formulate policies for import and export for food and
non-food agricultural crops, public distribution system,
minimum support prices.
3. To calculate Gross Domestic Product, State income and per
capita income and to find growth rate.
4. Yield rates obtained from Crop Cutting Experiments are used
to find the extent of crop loss for National Agricultural
Insurance Scheme.
5. To know the ups and downs in Agricultural Crops.

4. Agriculture & Allied sectors in Digest of
Statistics, J&K
Irrigation
Net area irrigated from diff sources
cropped area irrigated
AGRICULTURE
Total Area and its classification
Holdings by size
Operational holdings
Area sown under different food crops
Area under non food crops
Production of foodgrains
Average yield of principal crops
Improved seed distribution
Dist. of fertilizers
Area under high yielding variety prog
Fertilizer off-take
Horticulture
 Availability & distribution of fruit
plants
 Horticulture extension
 Area under horticultural crops
 Production of major horti. crops
 Area of floriculture/nurseries
 Availability of plants

5. What Need to be added?
Area planted and harvest, yield and production
Amounts in storage
Area of cropland irrigated
Producer and consumer prices (Value of
production with output prices)
Amounts utilized for own consumption
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Agriculture (Wheat, maize, rice, and others)

6.  Crop data for lower administration units
 Data with related to Agro-climatic & Agro-
ecological zones
 Mapping of high and low productivity areas
 Quantitative forecast of crop production
On what cropping systems do the poor most
depend?

7. Socioeconomic Data
Agricultural and rural households’
characteristics and household income by
source, including periodic data on:
– Number of households and population
– Age and sex
– Employment
– Education levels
– Data on Tribal population
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Where are the poor and what is their welfare status?

8. Land cover for demonstrating the environmental impact
of agriculture with remote sensing showing land cover
classified into:
– Cropland
– Forest
– Grassland
– Wetlands
– Settlements
– Water
– Other
Environmental Items
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System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA)

9. ROAD MAP TO IMPROVE CROP AREA AND
PRODUCTION STATISTICS

10. Increase the accuracy and reliability of statistics
 Exploring the possibility of Arial Photography and Remote
Sensing.
 Avoiding negligence in conducting crop cutting experiments.
 Foolproof supervision is to be made compulsory.
 Effective methodology for estimating production of
horticulture crops .
 A systematic method of oral enquiry to estimate yield.
 Intensive training to field staff and supervisory staff.

11. Source Wheat Maize Rice
CAO, Poonch 17.48 22.44 34.35
Digest (F.C) 11.57 19.13 12.9
A statistical act for good response and
accountability.
Timely publication of the periodicals.
Improve the credibility by coordinating
among the line departments .