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Title | Results of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Survey in 2012 |
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Date | 2013-04-17 |
○ Farm, Forest and Fishery Household and Population - As of December 1, 2012, the number of farm households was 1,151 thousand households. The number of fishery households was 61 thousand households. The number of forest household was 98 thousand households. - The size of farm, forest and fishery households got smaller and smaller. The aging of farm, forest and fishery household population was faster than that of the total population. ○ Agriculture - As for farm households by province, Gyeongbuk occupied the largest share, which was followed by Jeonnam and Chungnam. - The share of full-time households declined by 0.8 percent to 54.3 percent of the total farm households. - The number of farm households with agricultural area of '3ha and over' showed an upward trend. - Farm households growing vegetables & wild greens marked an upward trend. In the meantime, farm households growing paddy rice, fruits and livestock marked a downward trend. - Farm households whose annual sales totaled 100 million won and over amounted to 30 thousand households, which occupied 2.6 percent of the total farm households. - As for selling places of agricultural and livestock products, 'agricultural cooperatives & agricultural corporations' occupied 32.4 percent. ○ Fishery (Marine Fisheries) - As for fishery households by province, Jeonnam occupied the largest share, which was followed by Gyeongnam and Chungnam. - The proportion of part-time fishery households fell by 3.7 percent to 30.2 percent. - Compared to the previous year, aquaculture and fishing households fell by 5.7 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively. - Fishery households whose annual sales totaled 100 million won and over accounted for 9.3 percent of the total fishery households. ○ Forestry - 'Only growing' households occupied 87.6 percent of the total forest households. - As for forest households by item of picking, households picking up pine mushrooms occupied the largest share at 60.2 percent. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file. |
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