Taiwan
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According to the Taiwan's agricultural business office, there are more farmers than cultivated hectares (936,000 farmers for 871,000 hectares). The main cultures are sugar cane, rice and citrus fruits. The country also produces pineapples and bananas. Breeding has suffered from the repercussions of a pig epidemic which has prevented the marketing and the exportation of pigs during the years 1997-1998. The adverse farming sector amounts to about 3.5 billion dollars of imports, in spite of fishing catches well-developed with more than 1.4 million tons in 1996.
Some Figures:
Part of the GDP in %: 3,3 %
Agricultural population in %: 10,1 %
Part of exports in %: 4,8 %.
Agricultural population (in thousands)
Total population
n.c.
Agricultural population
n.c.
Non agricultural population
n.c.
Source : 2004, FAOSTAT
Land use
Cultivated surface area
844 000
Irrigated surface area
n.c.
Number of farms
n.c.
Source : 2003, FAOSTAT
Production indicators
Main crops
| Product | Production (in thousands) | Harvested surface (1000 ha) | Yield by hectare (kg/ha) |
| nc. | nc. | nc. | nc. |
Source :
Livestock
| Specie | Headcount (in thousands) |
| nc. | nc. |
Source :
Fishing (in metric tons)
| Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods | Saltwater fish | Freshwater fish |
| 174 513 | 929 597 | 96 415 |
Source : 2005, FAOSTAT