The census will be held in most of Russian regions from July 1 to July 25 and continue from September 15 to November 15 in remote northern areas, which are hard to access in summer. Last time, the agricultural census was held in 1920.
"The deputies are setting the task of considerably increasing support for the countryside and the census can help better understand today's problems and clearly define the areas and the scope of such support," Boris Gryzlov said.
The census will cover over 36 million farmer households and involve about 100 million people, the federal statistics service earlier said.
Gryzlov said the country needed full and accurate information on the current state of Russia's agriculture to solve its development tasks more quickly. He added that the census could make the Russian agricultural sector more attractive for investment.
"Russia's agriculture has all the possibilities to become a competitive and rapidly developing sector of the economy and ensure the sustainable development of Russian regions, and for this purpose the state must help it," Gryzlov said.
