Pakistan Agricultural Machinery Census 2004

Introduction

Since its inception, Pakistan is experiencing rapid growth in human population despite tremendous efforts to check population explosion. Over the years the population density had been increasing, land to man ratio deteriorating, and the food and cloth requirements intensifying.

On the contrary, the scope for increase in cultivated area over the years has always been marginal. Therefore, the expectations of a wide gap between future food requirements and supplies are high which may possibly be reduced by improving average yields by intensive use of agricultural machinery. It is obvious that use of agricultural machinery not only speed up cultivation process but also accelerate harvesting and threshing operations. It is also instrumental to maximization of agricultural production by increasing land use and cropping intensities. Therefore, planning for judicious use of Agricultural Machinery is of utmost importance which, inter alia, depends upon availability of reliable and timely statistics. 

The use of Agricultural Machinery is increasing day by day in Pakistan like other agricultural countries of the world which has necessitated periodic stocktaking of Agricultural Machinery as a regular activity. Realizing this fact in Pakistan, the first Agricultural Machinery Census was conducted in 1968, second in 1975, third in 1984 and fourth in 1994. 

The current Agricultural Machinery Census is fifth in succession and was conducted in 2004. It has an edge over the previous censuses on account of the fact that it has also attempted to cover bulldozers, combine harvesters, wells with pump, submercible pumps, modern irrigation systems (MISs) and a large number of farm implements for the first time. Salient objectives of this census are as under:

Objectives

  1. To generate estimates of number of tractors, bulldozers, combine harvesters, tractor drawn and other farm implements.
  2. To develop statistics on tractors by make, model, power and working condition.
  3. To provide the number of tube wells / wells with pump / lift pumps / submercible pumps by type of motive power
  4. To ascertain information on the privately owned tube wells / wells with pump / lift pumps / submercible pumps by type of ownership, year of installation, their suction and delivery capacity.
  5. To reckon the households owning tractors and tube wells by type and source of finance.
  6. To provide data about the extent and type of use of agricultural machines on own farms and the practice of renting out tractor time and tube well water.
  7. To gauge the number of privately owned modern irrigation systems (MISs) i.e. sprinkler and trickle / drip irrigation systems.

Scope

The scope of this census was primarily confined to:

  1. All public and private tractors / bulldozers / combine harvesters used wholly or partly for agricultural purposes. Tractors / bulldozers maintained and used entirely for non-agricultural purposes were not covered in the census.
  2. The farm implements normally pulled by or motivated with tractor and in possession of tractor owners. 
  3. All public and private tube wells / wells with pump / lift pumps / submercible pumps used for irrigation purposes. These machines sunk for drinking water fell outside the scope of this census.
  4. Ascertaining the extent and pattern of use of the privately owned farm machinery mentioned above.
  5. All private modern irrigation systems (MISs) installed for agricultural purposes.

List of Tables

1   Tractors by type of ownership
2   Tractors by make and horsepower  
3   Privately owned Massey Ferguson Tractors by model and year of purchase
4   Privately owned Ford Tractors by model and year of purchase
5   Privately owned Fiat Tractors by model and year of purchase
6   Privately owned International Tractors by model and year of purchase
7 Privately owned Belarus and IMT Tractors by model and year of purchase
8   Privately owned Zetor and Deutz Tractors by model and year of purchase
9   Privately owned Zadrugar and Ursus Tractors by model and year of purchase
10   Privately owned John Deere and Universal Tractors by model and year of purchase
11   Privately owned Miscellaneous Tractors by model and year of purchase
12   Private tractors purchased as new or used and their present condition by year of purchase
13   Private tractor owners and tractors by horsepower and type of household
14   Leveling and cultivating equipments owned by tractor owners
15   Leveling and cultivating equipments rented in by private tractor owners and by type of household
16   Leveling and cultivating equipments intended to be purchased by tractor owners and by type of household
17   Sowing, fertilizing and spraying equipments owned by tractor owners
18   Sowing, fertilizing and spraying equipments rented in by private tractor owners by type of household
19   Sowing, fertilizing and spraying equipments intended to be purchased by private tractor owners by type of household
20   Harvesting, haulage and processing equipments owned by tractor owners
21   Harvesting, haulage and processing equipments owned by tractor owners by type of household
22   Harvesting, haulage and processing equipments intended to be purchased by tractor owners by type of household
23   Miscellaneous equipments and machines owned by tractor owners
24   Miscellaneous equipments and machines rented in by private tractor owners and by type of household
25 Miscellaneous equipments and machines intended to be purchased by private tractor owners and by type of household
26 Purchase of tractors and implements during 2003-04 by source of finance and by type of household
27 Purchase of tractors and impliments by source of finance and by year of purchase
28   Physical area covered by private tractors during last 12 months by type of household physical area covered by tractors
29 Use of private tractors for different operations during last 12 months by type of household
30 Use and renting out of private tractor time during last 12 months by type of household
31 Use and renting out of private tractor time during last 12 months by horsepower
32   Use and renting out of private tractor time during last 12 months by yearly hours worked
33 Average tractor hiring charges for different operations by horse power
34 Average tractor hiring charges for different operations by horse power
35 Tractor drivers by status and by type of household
36   Private tractor owners with details of their operated area by size of holdings
37 Private tractor owners by tenure and by type of household
38 Area added to farming by private tractor owners after purchase of tractor by size of holdings area added to farming
39 Change in number of family workers on account of purchase of tractor by type of household
40   Change in number of permanent agricultural workers on account of purchase of tractor by type of household
41 Change in demand for casual workers after purchase of tractor by size of holdings
42 Change in number of work animals on account of purchase of tractor by size of holdings
43 Tractors remained out of order during last 12 months by number of days and by type of household
44   Availability of various type of workshops for private tractors by distance
45 Private tractors repaired during last 12 months by type of workshops and by distance
46 Performance of tractor workshops and availability of spare parts
47 Service interval of private tractors by make
48   Bulldozers and combine harvesters by type of ownership
49 Tube wells and lift pumps by type of power
50 Private tube wells and lift pumps by type of ownership
51 Private centrifugal and turbine tube wells by type of ownership
52 Private wells with pump and sub mercible pumps by type of ownership
53 Tube wells and lift pumps by working condition
54 Number of private centrifugals, turbines, wells with pump and submersible pumps by working condition
55   All tube wells by type of pump
56 Electric tube wells by type of pump
57 Diesel tube wells by type of pump
58 Private tube wells and lift pumps by year of installation and working condition
59   Private tube wells and lift pumps by size of suction / delivery pipe
60 Private tube wells by type of filter and length
61 Private tube wells and lift pumps by motive power and by type of diesel engine
62 Private tube wells by horse power of electric motor / diesel engine / other power source
63   Private lift pumps by horse power of electric motor / diesel engine / other power source
64 Private tube wells by present depth of water table and by depth of water table at the time of installation
65 Private tube wells reporting difference in water table at present and at the time of installation
66 Private tube wells by boring, installation agency and fitness of water
67   Re-boring periodicity of private tube wells
68 Private tube wells and lift pumps by tenure and type of household
69 Source of finance for purchase, boring and installation of private tube wells and lift pumps by type of household
70 Source of finance for purchase, boring and installation of private tube wells and lift pumps by type and by year of purchase
71   Area irrigated by private tube wells and lift pumps during kharif 2003 and rabi 2003-04 by type of household
72 Area operated by owners of private tube wells / lift pumps by size of holding
73 Area operated by owners of private tube wells by type, and by owners of private lift pumps
74 Area added to farming after installation of tube wells and lift pumps by size of holding
75   Effect of tube well and lift pump irrigation on productivity of land by size of holding
76 Use and renting out time of private electric tube wells and lift pumps during last 12 months by type of household
77 Use and renting out time of private diesel tube wells and lift pumps during last 12 months by type of household
78 Use and renting out time of private tube wells and lift pumps during last 12 months
79   Private tube wells and lift pumps by purpose of installation
80 Tube well operators by status and by type of household