The Number

Updated: 2013-06-05 08:00

(China Daily)

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877,000

Family Farms

There were 877,000 family farms nationwide at the end of 2012, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture in March. Covering an area of 11.73 million hectares - 13.4 percent of China's arable land - the farms generated 162 billion yuan ($26.4 billion) in revenue in 2012.

(China Daily USA 06/05/2013 page4)

 

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