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Title	Results of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Survey in 2012
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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