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Title	Results of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Survey in 2014
Date	2015-04-17
○ Farm, Forest and Fishery Household and Population    - As of December 1, 2014, the number of farm households was 1,121 thousand households. The number of fishery       households was 59 thousand households. The number of forestry households was 96 thousand households.    - The size of farm, forest and fishery households got smaller and smaller. The aging of farm, forest and fishery       household population was proceeding rapidly.      ○ Agriculture    - As for farm households by province, farm households in Gyeongbuk amounted to 193 thousand households,       which was followed by Jeonnam (160 thousand households).    - Two-person farm households occupied the largest share of the total farm households. The share of the aged       population in farm households recorded 39.1 percent.    - The number of farm households with agricultural area of 'under 1.0ha' was 732 thousand households, which       accounted for 65.3 percent of the total farm households.    - Households growing fruits showed an increase. In the meantime, households growing 'paddy rice' and 'vegetables       and wild greens' showed a decrease.    - Farm households whose annual sales totaled 100 million won or more amounted to 31 thousand households, which       occupied 2.7 percent of the total farm households.    - As for selling places of agricultural and livestock products, 'agricultural cooperatives & agricultural corporations'       occupied 33.1 percent.   ○ Fishery    - As for fishery households by province, fishery households in Jeonnam amounted to 21.2 thousand households,       which was followed by Chungnam (9.2 thousand households).    - Managers in their sixties occupied 33.8 percent. The share of the aged population in fishery households recorded       32.2 percent.    - The share of aquaculture households (-5.6%) showed a higher decrease compared to that of fishing households       (-1.4%).    - Fishery households whose annual sales totaled 100 million won or more accounted for 9.5 percent of the total       fishery households.   ○ Forestry    - 'Growing-only' households occupied 91.4 percent of the total forest households.    - Households picking up pine mushrooms occupied the largest share at 56.4 percent.   ※ For more information, refer to the attached file
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