Agriculture
Areas and production of agricultural cropsMost statistics of this nature are in units of area sown, or area under crops on a particular date during the summer. Some series may be of areas harvested. In principle, statistics relate to the calendar year in which the majority of the crop is harvested. Korea before 1945 is assigned to the Republic of Korea (region East Asia). Sources are the historical statistics of Mitchell (1993, 1998). Most regions show an increase in sown areas, with temporary fall backs in some regions during the First (1914-1918) and Second World War (1938-1945), the Russian Revolution of (1917-1925), and the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. One should be careful in interpreting the figures, due to the data gaps as results of lack of data, wars or other events. Data are available on a country basis, as well as for crop production during the same period.
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