The Permanent Secretary of Agriculture Ritesh Dass says more than 80,000 farmers have been identified in the 2020 Agriculture census and these figures could increase.
Dass confirms preliminary figures indicate they have surpassed their target of 71,000 households.
He says their teams are verifying data and carrying out a validation exercise as census teams are still coming back from remote areas.
He says this data will be made available to stakeholders over the next couple of weeks.
More than 430 enumerators were used to carry out the Agriculture Census that was held over three weeks.
