1. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAIWAN

2. Arable area and total population, 1913-2005 Arable area ('000 hectares) Irrigated and drained area ('000 hectares) Total population ('000 persons) Average arable area per head of total popn. (ha.) Average arable area per head of agric. work force (ha.) 19136912332,8460.12 19217533113,8360.20 19378575115,6090.15 19468324986,0910.14 19508715087,5540.11 196086950210,7920.080.50 196589053212,6280.070.51 197090553514,6780.060.54 197591753316,1500.0570.55 198090717,8050.0510.71 198588819,2580.0460.68 199089020,3530.0440.84 199587321,3040.0410.92 200085122,2770.0381.15 200583322,7700.0371.41

3. Agricultural production and sources of crop output growth RATE OF GROWTH OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT (%) Crop production: Livestock production Total agricultural production Total outputSown areaUnit yield 1913-21 1.9 1.0 0.9 2.7 2.0 1921-37 4.3 1.4 2.9 3.7 4.2 1937-46- 4.4- 0.3- 4.1- 7.8- 4.9 1946-51 9.7 6.1 3.6 14.5 10.3 1951-67 4.0 0.7 3.3 7.6 4.6 1967-77 1.6- 0.7 2.3 7.9 3.2 1977-98 -0.7 4.4 -1.4 Pre-war 1913-37 3.5 1.3 2.2 3.4 3.5 Post-war 1951-77 3.1 0.2 2.9 7.7 4.0 1913-77 2.6 1.0 1.6 4.3 3.0

4. The performance of the rice sector AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF GROWTH (%) Total rice outputSown area under riceAverage yield of rice 1946-51 9.5 4.7 4.8 1952-65 3.1 - 0.1 3.3 1965-75 0.6 0.2 0.4 1975-85 - 1.4 - 3.3 2.0 1985-2004 - 3.2 - 4.5 1.3 Prewar 1913-37 3.0 1.2 1.8 Postwar 1952-98 - 0.1 - 1.7 1.6 Postwar 1951-77 - 2.1 - 0.1 2.2

5. The impact of land reform on land ownership PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS Owner operatorsPart-ownersTenants 1925 29.0 30.1 40.9 1930 29.1 30.7 40.2 1935 31.5 30.6 37.9 1940 31.9 31.3 36.8 1945 29.8 29.5 40.7 1949 36.1 25.2 38.7 1953 54.9 24.1 21.0 1955 59.1 23.5 17.4 1960 64.5 21.2 14.3 1965 66.8 20.6 12.6 1970 76.8 12.3 10.9 1975 81.5 9.5 9.0 1980 82.0 11.0 7.0 1985 82.0 12.0 6.0 1990 85.0 9.0 6.0 1995 85.1 10.0 5.0 2000 83.9 10.8 5.3

6. The impact of land reform on farm size Size of holding (hectares) 19521955 HectaresPercentageHectaresPercentage Below 0.5 67,511 10 92,146 14 0.5 - 1.0102,577 15146,042 21 1.0 - 3.0227,890 33285,627 42 3.0 -10.0175,064 26124,113 18 Over 10.0108,108 16 31,642 5 TOTAL681,150 100679,570 100

7. The growth of farm inputs in Taiwan (1951-77) GROWTH RATES OF INPUTS (% p.a.) Total inputs Current Inputs (working capital) Arable land Farm labour Fixed capital 1951-67 2.4 8.5 0.2 0.5 3.3 1967-77 3.3 10.6 0.2 - 0.9 7.2 1951-77 2.7 9.3 0.2 - 0.1 4.8

8. The changing roles of agriculture under the impact of structural change The contribution of agriculture (%) GDPExportsEmployment 195232.291.956.1 195529.189.653.6 196028.567.750.2 196523.654.046.5 197015.521.436.7 197512.716.430.4 19807.79.219.5 19855.86.117.5 19904.24.512.8 19953.63.810.5 20002.11.47.8 20041.71.46.6