| South Korea - AGRICULTURE |
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Agriculture
The Korean agriculture soared thanks to the rice production since Japanese wanted to transform the territory into a grain loft. Today, speculative orchards-based cultures, vine growing and sub-glasses culture invaded the landscape formerly occupied by rice-growing.
Today, South Korea is self-sufficient in rice. As a consequence, the selling price of incomes for an hectare felt dramatically.
Socially, Korean agriculture is completely changing while a technical revolution of cultures is developing. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 1,945,000 hectares in South Korea. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Rice Paddy
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1,690,000
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535
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31,589
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Apples
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650
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70
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92,857
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Potatoes
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1,870,000
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187
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100
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Sweet potatoes
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106
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10,5
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100,952
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Pigs
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2,970,000
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Cattle
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565
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Goats
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1,900,000
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Poultry ( 1000 )
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92
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Horses
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45
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Ovine races
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185
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
96,101 Tm.
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184,805 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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