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PROSPECTS FOR THE ORIENTAL PEAR INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH TRENDS IN KOREA
Article number
587_5
Pages
81 – 88
Language
English
Abstract
The total area of Korea is 99,000 km2, and the population density is 463 persons per square kilometer.
Agricultural population is 9% of the total population.
Gross National Income (GNI) in 2000 was $9,628. The arable land in Korea is 1,899,000 ha (19.1% of total land area), of which 174,000 ha (9%) are planted with fruit trees.
The area planted to pears is 26,000 ha (15% of the total fruit growing area) (MAF, 2000). Most of the pear grown in Korea is oriental pear, Pyrus pyrifolia and it has been grown since ancient times.
Agricultural population is 9% of the total population.
Gross National Income (GNI) in 2000 was $9,628. The arable land in Korea is 1,899,000 ha (19.1% of total land area), of which 174,000 ha (9%) are planted with fruit trees.
The area planted to pears is 26,000 ha (15% of the total fruit growing area) (MAF, 2000). Most of the pear grown in Korea is oriental pear, Pyrus pyrifolia and it has been grown since ancient times.
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Authors
J.C. Lee, Y.S. Hwang
Keywords
Pyrus pyrifolia, Gi Min Yao Shu, ¿Niitaka¿, ¿Whangkeumbae¿, Y-form, export
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