SAMPLE SURVEY

Mandate

Thrust Area

Projects

Research Highlight

Mandate

• To evolve sample survey techniques for estimation of various parameters of interest relating                   to crops, livestock, fishery, forestry and allied fields and to develop techniques for analysis
  of survey data

•  Remote sensing and geographic information system
•  Assessment and evaluation studies
• Production and area estimation
•  Cost of production studies

Completed Projects :

Sl. No	Title of the Project	Year of Completion	Project Leader* and Associates
1.	Survey methodology to study economics of keeping goats	1996	R.L. Rustogi* S.C. Agarwal Shivtar Singh
2.	Statistical modeling for projection of bovine populations and prediction of milk availability	1996	S.N. Arya* S.C. Aggrawal H.P. Singh
3.	Pilot sample survey for estimation of yield of pepper and study of cultivation practices using successive sampling	1996	S.S. Shastri* V.K. Jain P.M. Ramesan
4.	Pilot sample survey for estimating the area under waste-land	1996	S.S. Gupta* P.C. Mehrotra
5.	Studies on feed in take by bovines through stall feeding and grazing	1998	B.C. Saxena* K.K. Tyagi
6.	To study the effect of various input components on the yield of important vegetable crops	1999	A.K. Gupta*
7.	Small area estimation of milk production	1998	D.K. Bhatia* S.N. Arya H.C. Gupta
8.	Chi-square tests in in survey data	1996	Anil Rai* A.K. Srivastava H.C. Gupta
9.	Pilot sample survey to study the economics of Angora rabbits	1996	K.P.S. Nirman* Shivtar Singh Bhagwan Dass
10.	Pilot sample survey for evolving a sampling methodology for estimation of area and yield of cultivated fodder crops other than berseem and jowar crop, cost of production and cultivation practices thereof	1996	Anand Prakash* B.C. Saxena K.K. Tyagi
11.	Sample survey for estimation of cashewnut and cashew apple yield and study of its cultivation practices	1996	S.S. Shastri* V.K. Jain P.M. Ramesan
12.	Sample survey for study of constraints in transfer of new agricultural technology under field conditions	1996	P.C. Mehrotra* S.S. Gupta N.K. Ohri G.S. Bassi R.C. Gola S.S. Shastri M.S. Narang
13.	Estimation of regression coefficients from sample survey data	1998	U.C. Sud* Anil Rai I.C. Sethi V.P.N. Singh
14.	An analysis of yield gap for buffaloes milk	1998	Satya Pal* R.M. Sood T. Rai
15.	A study of variance estimation in complex surveys	1999	V.P.N. Singh* Anil Rai V.K. Jain
16.	Use of remote sensing technology in crop yield estimation surveys	1999	Randhir Singh* R.C. Goyal
17.	Development of database relating to basic and current agricultural and allied statistics over time and space	1998	N.K. Ohri* Bal BPS Goel M.S. Narang
18.	Study for estimation of area and production of important vegetable crops on the basis of partial harvest	2000	A.K. Srivastava* D.L. Ahuja D.C. Mathur K. Chugh
19.	Sample Survey to evolve methodology for estimation of fish catch from rivers or streams specially of the hilly areas	2000	H.V.L. Bathla* K.K. Kher A.K. Gupta
20.	Estimation of flow and changes in dynamic population	2000	Jagbir Singh*
21.	Use of remote sensing satellite data in crop surveys (A.P. Cess funding)	2000	Randhir Singh* R.C. Goyal
22.	Pilot sample survey to develop a sampling methodology for estimation of poultry meat production	2001	Mahender Singh*
23.	Pilot Sample Survey for estimating the area and yield rates of ginger and potato in hilly areas	2001	M.S. Narang* S.S. Gupta R.C. Gola
24.	Crop yield estimation of smaller area level using farmers' estimates (a small study taken in district Karnal)	2001	U.C. Sud* D.C. Mathur A.K. Srivastava H.V.L. Bathla G.K. Jha
25.	Sampling procedure for selection of representative samples of fertiliser from ships (A.P. Cess funding)	2001	U.C. Sud* H.V.L. Bathla Anil Rai
26.	Development of GIS based technique for identification of potential agro-forestry area	2002	Tauqueer Ahamed* Randhir Singh Anil Rai
27.	Study of land use statistics through integrated modelling using Geographic Information System (A.P. Cess funding)	2003	Anil Rai* A.K. Srivastava Randhir Singh V.K. Jain
28.	A pilot study on cost of production of Coconut in Kerala (Funding from Coconut Development Board)	2004	U.C. Sud* H.V.L. Bathla Jagbir Singh D.C. Mathur K.K. Kher G.K. Jha K. Murlidharan (From CPCRI)
29.	Assessment of harvest and post-harvest losses (Mission Mode Project under NATP)	2004	H.V.L. Bathla* Anil Rai R.S. Khatri Jagbir Singh Tauqueer Ahmad G.K. Jha Vipin K Dubey
30.	Crop yield estimation at small area level using farmers' estimates (Funded by Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, New Delhi )	2004	U.C. Sud* D.C. Mathur G.K. Jha S.C. Sethi R.M. Bhasin
31.	Sample survey to develop sampling methodology for estimation of area, production and productivity of important flowers on the basis of market arrivals (Funded by Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, New Delhi)	2004	A.K. Gupta* V.K. Jain M.S. Narang K.K. Tyagi U.C. Sud
32.	A study relating to formulating long term mechanisation strategy for each agro- climatic zone/state (Funding from Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of  Agriculture)	2004	K.K. Tyagi* H.V.L. Bathla M.S. Narang Satya Pal R.M. Sood Bhagwan Dass S.C. Agarwal A.K. Gupta K.K. Kher D.C. Mathur Man Singh
33.	Estimation of wool production- emerging data needs and a methodological reappraisal (A. P. Cess funding)	2005	R.S. Khatri* J.P.Goyal J. Jayasankar V. Geethalakshmi (CSWRI, Avikanagar)
34.	Study for assessment of survey capabilities of private sector (Funded by CSO, MOS & PI, GOI, New Delhi )	2007	S.D. Sharma* U.C. Sud H.V.L. Bathla R.C. Goyal M.S. Narag D.C. Mathur A.K. Gupta Satyapal V.K. Jain Bhagwan Dass Alka Arora
35.	Pilot study to develop an alternative methodology for estimation of area and production of horticultural crops (Funded by CSO, MOS & PI, GOI, New Delhi )	2007	Tauqueer Ahmad* H.V.L. Bathla Anil Rai D.C. Mathur R.M. Sood
36.	Developing Remote sensing methodology for collecting agricultural statistics in Meghalaya	2008	Prachi Misra Sahoo* Anil Rai Randhir Singh
37.	Pilot study on small area crop estimation approach for crop yield estimates at the Gram Panchayat level (SACEM) - (funded by Ministry of Agriculture)	2009	U.C. Sud* H.V.L. Bathla R.S. Khatri V.K. Mahajan D.C. Mathur Hukum Chandra
38.	Study to investigate the causes of variation between official and trade estimates of cotton production (Funded by DES, MOA, GOI, New Delhi )	2009	Tauqueer Ahmad* HVL Bathla Anil Rai Prachi Misra Sahoo AK Gupta VK Jain DV Mhadgut  (CIRCOT, Mumbai)
39.	Pilot study to develop sampling methodology for estimation of production of mushroom crop	2009	AK Gupta* UC Sud DC Mathur
40.	Small Area Estimation for Zero-Inflated Data	2009	Hukum Chandra* HVL Bathla UC Sud
41.	Estimation of extent of farming practices, resources and activities with energy use	2010	Jagbir Singh* KK Tyagi KK Kher AK Gupta VK Jain
42	Developing Remote Sensing based methodology for collection of agricultural statistics in North-East region. (Space Application Centre)	2010	Prachi Misra Sahoo* Anil Rai Tauqueer Ahmad Samir Farooqi
43.	Study on status and projection estimates of agricultural implements and machinery	2010	KK Tyagi* Jagbir Singh KK Kher VK Jain Surendra Singh (CIAE, Bhopal)
44.	District level poverty incidence estimation from NSSO data using small area estimation technique	2011	U C Sud* Tauqueer Ahmad V K Jain
45.	Sampling Methodology for Estimation of Meat Production in Meghalaya (Funded by Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying &  Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India)	2011	Hukum Chandra* U C Sud A K Gupta D C Mathur

Current Projects :

Sl. No	Title of the Project	Likely Year of Completion	Project Leader* and Associates
Collaborative Inter-Institutional Project :
1.	Farm power machinery use protocol and management for sustainable crop production.	2014	Tauqueer Ahmad* From :Agri. Engg., IARI: Indra Mani Dipankar De MS Kalra JK Singh Adrash Kumar PK Sahoo PK Sharma Alka Singh

Research Highlights

(a) Applied Research

Development of suitable sample survey methodologies for estimation of various parameters in crops,
livestock, fisheries production and allied fields have always been one of the most important activities
of the Institute from the very beginning. The Institute was instrumental in the development of sample
survey methodology for :

• Crop production estimation through crop cutting approach which formed a sound objective
  method of estimating crop production in the country

• Estimation of livestock numbers, products and attendant practices

• Extent of cultivation and production of fruits and vegetables

• Estimation of plantation crops like arecanut, coconut, cashewnut

• Estimation of fish catch both from marine and inland resources

• Estimation of cost of production of crops as well as livestock products

• Evaluation studies such as assessment of development programmes like IADP, HYVP, dairy
  improvement programmes, etc. were other important contributions of the Institute

• Most of the methodologies evolved are being adopted for estimation of respective
  commodities by the concerned departments in the various states and this work is being
  coordinated by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics and other concerned Wings
  of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.Some of these methodologies have
  been internationally used