Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table A5.2 Agrcultural nputs n Chna and other major producng
countres
Per cent
Fertiliser
Tractors
Share of labour
Labour
rrgaton of
kg/ha
/1000 ha
n agrculture
ntensty
arable land
1994/95
1994
per cent 1990
person/ha
1994
1990-95
Bangladesh
33.9
108
0.5
64
8.00
Vietnam
26.6
175
0.5
72
7.20
China
51.5
309
7.9 (100.1)
54
4.09
India
28.3
80
12.5
64
3.37
China (adjusted)
51.5
226
5.8 (73.1)
54
2.98
Indonesia
15.2
85
3.7
57
2.73
Thailand
23.1
62
11.4
64
1.78
Japan
62.9
403
876.1
7
1.75
Turkey
15.1
54
53.7
53
1.15
Mexico
24.7
62
16.7
28
1.04
Brazil
5.9
93
37.1
23
0.72
Poland
0.7
98
153.5
27
0.46
Ukraine
7.5
35
34.0
20
0.30
Germany
4.0
413
197.3
4
0.20
UK
1.8
384
158.7
2
0.20
Russa
4.1
12
21.6
14
0.20
France
7.6
297
173.5
5
0.15
US
11.4
103
80.5
3
0.06
Canada
1.6
49
40.3
3
0.03
Australia
4.5
15
21.0
5
0.03
World
17.3
85
37.4
49
1.88
Note:
Countres are ranked accordng to ther labour ntensty per hectare n 1995.
Fertiliser is measured by plant nutrient.
Tractors per hectare exclude garden tractors. Data n parenthess nclude garden
tractors.
Labour ntensty s the agrcultural populaton dvded by the area of arable land. The
statstcal base for the calculatons s arable land per capta and the share of labour n
agrculture.
Source:
Calculated from World Bank, 1997.
World Development Indicators
, Washington,
DC; International Labour Organization, 1998.
Yearbook of Labour Statistics
, International
Labour Organization, Geneva.
