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China's Shrinking Grain Harvest

 

Area Harvested in Fruits and Vegetables in China, 1961-2002
Year
Vegetables
Fruits
TOTAL
Thousand Hectares
1961
5,014
984
5,998
1962
4,489
537
5,026
1963
3,891
471
4,362
1964
3,504
420
3,924
1965
3,574
417
3,991
1966
3,456
404
3,860
1967
3,468
404
3,872
1968
3,418
384
3,802
1969
3,392
387
3,779
1970
2,609
279
2,888
1971
2,880
305
3,185
1972
2,801
284
3,085
1973
3,071
314
3,385
1974
3,008
301
3,309
1975
3,123
313
3,436
1976
3,115
314
3,430
1977
3,274
327
3,601
1978
3,684
368
4,053
1979
3,658
359
4,017
1980
3,605
355
3,960
1981
3,882
384
4,267
1982
4,282
425
4,707
1983
4,485
444
4,929
1984
4,741
499
5,240
1985
5,175
728
5,903
1986
5,714
758
6,472
1987
5,973
841
6,814
1988
6,420
857
7,277
1989
6,682
721
7,403
1990
6,714
574
7,288
1991
6,934
610
7,544
1992
7,054
720
7,774
1993
8,457
891
9,347
1994
9,295
870
10,165
1995
9,883
883
10,767
1996
10,851
980
11,832
1997
11,657
1,073
12,730
1998
12,472
1,334
13,806
1999
13,846
1,441
15,286
2000
15,706
1,635
17,341
2001
16,947
1,717
18,664
2002
17,901
1,807
19,708
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), FAOSTAT Statistics Database, at http://apps.fao.org, updated 3 February 2004.

 

 

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