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Number of farming, fishing, forestry households dips: report
Number of farming, fishing, forestry households dips: report
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- The number of households engaged in farming, fishing and forestry declined 7.6 percent in 2010 from five years earlier due to an aging population and more people moving to cities for other jobs, a report showed Tuesday.
The number of farming, fishing and forestry households came to 1.34 million as of Dec. 1 last year, compared with 1.45 million tallied in 2005, according to the report by Statistics Korea.
The three sectors' total population also fell 11 percent over the same period to 3.50 million, the report showed. Farmers made up the largest with 3.06 million, followed by people working in the forestry and fishing sectors with 254,000 and 182,000, respectively.
The proportion of households in the three areas stood at 7.7 percent of the nation's total households last year, down from 9.2 percent in 2005, the report showed.
The decline is attributed mostly to the aging population in those sectors and people's movement to cities for other jobs, the report said.
Workers in those areas are aging at a relatively rapid pace. The average age of business owners rose from 60.6 to 62 over the same cited period, according to the report.
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- The number of households engaged in farming, fishing and forestry declined 7.6 percent in 2010 from five years earlier due to an aging population and more people moving to cities for other jobs, a report showed Tuesday.
The number of farming, fishing and forestry households came to 1.34 million as of Dec. 1 last year, compared with 1.45 million tallied in 2005, according to the report by Statistics Korea.
The three sectors' total population also fell 11 percent over the same period to 3.50 million, the report showed. Farmers made up the largest with 3.06 million, followed by people working in the forestry and fishing sectors with 254,000 and 182,000, respectively.
The proportion of households in the three areas stood at 7.7 percent of the nation's total households last year, down from 9.2 percent in 2005, the report showed.
The decline is attributed mostly to the aging population in those sectors and people's movement to cities for other jobs, the report said.
Workers in those areas are aging at a relatively rapid pace. The average age of business owners rose from 60.6 to 62 over the same cited period, according to the report.
