Variation of Arable Land Area

Item	1998	1999	Index 1998=100	2002	2003	Index 2002=100
Area of arable land at the beginning of the year	1612784	1601060	99.3	2443139	2282525	93.43
Area increased	1124	815	72.5	2595	4014	154.68
Newly cultivated	379	306	80.7	1532	2357	153.85
Area reduced	12848	7612	59.2	163209	142174	87.11
Occupied by national infrastructure construction	4688	2707	57.7	3703	5624	151.88
Occupied by grain for green project				144587	126475	87.47
Occupied by village collectives	2756	2090	75.8
Occupied by farmers’ houses	671	532	79.3
Area of arable land by the end of the year	1601060	1594263	99.6	2282525	2144365	93.95
Paddyland	825098	821695	99.6	771679	760000	98.495
Irrigated land				133	104	78.2
Temporary arable land				898851	791144	88.026
Dryland	775962	772568	99.6
Average arable land per rural person	0.07	0.07	-	0.06	0.06	100
Average arable land per rural labour	0.12	0.12	-	0.11	0.1	90.91