The primary sector reported a steady growth last year in east
China's
Zhejiang Province, with efficient, ecological agriculture
gaining momentum.
According to the provincial statistical bureau, the primary
sector, involving agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and
fishery, realized 87.3 billion yuan (US$10.8 billion) in
value-added output last year, up 1.6 percent from the previous
year.
A total of 2.8 million hectares of farmland were sown to crops
in Zhejiang last year, 2.1 percent more than the year-earlier
level. The total included 1.5 million hectares sown to grain, up
3.9 percent, the bureau said.
However, Zhejiang's grain output went down 2.4 percent
year-on-year to 8.15 million tons.
Last year the province turned out 1.65 million tons of meat
products, up 2.2 percent; and 4.8 million tons of aquatic products,
down 2.7 percent.
(Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2006)