8 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries This chapter covers agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and supply and demand of food. The section on agriculture contains statistics on agricultural management entities, persons engaged, agricultural land, farm products and livestock, etc. The section on forestry contains statistics on forest management entities, persons engaged, forest resources and forest products, etc. The section on fisheries contains statistics on fishery enterprises, persons engaged, fishing boats, fishery products, etc. As regards the items shown in the following, see the respective sections: for area by land category, "1 Land and Climate"; for index numbers of commodity prices in agriculture, "20 Prices". Census of Agriculture and Forestry (Fundamental Statistical Survey) The "Census of Agriculture and Forestry" was conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with the purpose of preparing basic materials for statistical surveys on agriculture and forestry, and to clarify, along with the spirit of "World Programme for the Census of Agriculture," the status of Japan's agriculture and forestry in comparison with that of countries by grasping the structure of agricultural and forestry production and employment and the conditions of agricultural and forestry areas. The survey consists of "World Census of Agriculture and Forestry" and has been conducted every 10 years according to the "World Programme for the Census of Agriculture," while "Census of Agriculture and Forestry" has been conducted in the inter-census years, or the years ending with "5" under Japan's original scheme. The "Census of Agriculture and Forestry 2015" is composed of the survey on agricultural and forestry management entities and the survey on rural areas (consisting of the survey of municipalities and the survey of agricultural settlements). The survey on agricultural and forestry management entities covers entities－namely, individuals, organisations and corporations－that produce agricultural or forestry products or are entrusted to do agricultural or forestry work, using farming area or livestock of a specified size or more. The survey on rural areas covers all the municipalities and agricultural settlements (excluding totally urbanized settlements), and was conducted as of 1 February. Agriculture Survey on Movements of Agricultural Structure This survey is conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to clarify the status and change of the basic agricultural structure, such as the number of agricultural management entities, and agricultural labour force, and to provide materials for planning and implementation of agricultural policies for inter-census years. This survey is a sample survey covering all agricultural management ("family management entities" and "organisational management entities"), and is conducted as of 1 February. Agricultural management entities Those who produce agricultural products or entrusted to do agricultural, using farming area or livestock as specified below. (a) Agriculture operating on cultivated land of 30 ares or more (b) Agriculture of the size (in planted land area, growing land area, size of livestock, etc.) equal to or exceeding any of the following. <1> 15 ares of open-air planted land for vegetables, <2> 350 square metres of facility for growing vegetables, <3> 10 ares of growing land for fruit trees, <4> 10 ares of open-air growing land for flowers, 8 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 225
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