8 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 8 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 231 This chapter covers agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and food supply and demand. 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 Commodity Price Index of Agriculture, "20 Prices". Agriculture 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 Census of Agriculture and Forestry," 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 Census of Agriculture and Forestry was first conducted in 1950 and has been conducted every five years. This survey 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) as of 1 February. Survey on Agriculture and Forestry Management Entities The survey on Agriculture and Forestry Management Entities covers those who produce agricultural and forestry products or carry out agricultural and forestry work on commission and whose 'agricultural and forestry production activities' exceed a certain size in terms of area or number of heads for production or work (in the case of organised management entities, the representative). Survey on Rural Areas The Survey on Rural Areas covers municipalities and agricultural communities (excluding agricultural communities where the whole area is within an urbanised area). Survey on Movement 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, to ascertain basic matters relating to agricultural production structure, employment structure, etc. and to provide materials for planning and implementation of agricultural policies for inter-census years. This survey covers agricultural management bodies (individual management bodies and group management bodies) identified by the latest agriculture and forestry census and newly established group management bodies identified after the latest agriculture and forestry census and is conducted as of 1 February. Statistical Survey on Crops (Fundamental Statistical Survey) The survey has been conducted annually by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It aims to clarify the actual situation of cultivated land and crop production. The survey is comprised of the Area Survey and the Yield Survey. Area Survey The purpose of this survey is to clarify the actual conditions of arable land and crop cultivation, which are the production basis of agriculture, and to utilize them as materials for planning various land use administration such as production measures, structural measures, effective utilization of land resources, etc. and
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