agricultural census

collocation in English

meaningsofagriculturalandcensus

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agricultural
adjective
uk
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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census
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.səs/us
/ˈsen.səs/
a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandcensusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofagricultural census

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However, in the 1996agriculturalcensus, a question was asked as to 'whether the agricultural holding used pesticides or not'.
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By 1929, according to the nationalagriculturalcensus, the number of syndicates had grown to 15,000 with a membership of 1.5 million.
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Evidence from the 1880agriculturalcensussuggests that holdings of 5 manzanas could produce more than 10 times the amount required by the 1853 decree.
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The same method was applied to the 1917agriculturalcensusdata.
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These include holdings with insignificant output which are not now within the scope of theagriculturalcensusbut would have been in 1945.
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The 1970agriculturalcensusshowed there were 1,060 holdings with sheep.
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Data on livestock numbers are derived from theagriculturalcensusand from records of the claims for hill livestock compensatory allowances.
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The current annual cost of theagriculturalcensusbranch office is estimated to be £595,000.
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The overall decline in farm business numbers can, however, be estimated fromagriculturalcensusstatistics.
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The estimates are based on theagriculturalcensuswhich is concerned with holdings having significant output.
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These percentages are not strictly comparable because of alterations in the coverage of theagriculturalcensus.
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The area of roads, yards and buildings is included in the category "other land" in theagriculturalcensus.
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In the 40 years between 1858, when we began to take anagriculturalcensus, and 1908, agricultural output increased by one fifth.
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Theagriculturalcensusalready identifies changes from year to year in the distribution of land by farm size and location.
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Information on loss of agricultural land is obtained as a by-product of theagriculturalcensusand is known to be incomplete.
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The estimates are based upon theagriculturalcensuswhich is concerned only with holdings having significant output.
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This information is taken from the returns in the annualagriculturalcensus.
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Statistics on the number of people working on agricultural holdings are collected by the annualagriculturalcensus.
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But, as the 1954agriculturalcensusshowed, it also included about one million acres of undeveloped or under-developed land.
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