China Agriculture

Contents extracted from the comprehensive atlas of international trade by Export Entreprises

Agriculture represented 70% of the employment at the beginning of Deng Xiaoping's reforms in 1978. In twenty years, the rate dropped to reach 50%. The return to family concern, conveyance, liberalization of productions and prices favored productivity earnings of a 4% a year.
Today, the agricultural workforce is still in surplus and estimated at about 100 million individuals.

Farmland surface area:

the areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 135,565,000 hectares in China.

Number of farms:

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Rice Paddy	190,111,157	30,503,100	62,325
Corn	105,273,612	22,542,600	46,7
Sweet potatoes	121,023,100	6,210,003	194,884
Wheat	99,370,088	26,648,018	37,29
Potatoes	62,039,163	3,801,970	163,176

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Pigs	437,551,210
Goats	148,400,503
Ovine races	131,095,415
Cattle	104,582,029
Poultry	3,203,244,000

Number of tractors:

704,07

Irrigated land (surface area):

49,880,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
11,923,202 Tm.	10,774,593 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

33,166,640 Tm.

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