FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL-RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL CENSUSES
The article focuses on the questions of methodology and practical organization of the All-Russian agricultural census of 2016 (using the example of the Orel region). The author analyzes the program of the agricultural census and the reduced list of indicators included in the questionnaire, in connection with the optimized financing. The paper describes the problems associated with selecting and organizing the work of census staff, compiling the lists of census objects, clarifying records on land resources and other organizational and methodological issues of preparing and conducting an agricultural census; proposals for solving the abovementioned challenges and problems are formulated.