AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

Table 5. Irrigation *

Unit: 1000 ha

Country	1988	1994	1995	1996	1997	Average Annual Growth Rate 88–97
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	2347	3288	3429	3553	3693	4.5%
2. Bhutan	34	39	39	40	40	1.0%
3. Cambodia	220	270	270	270	270	2.3%
4. China	44808	49368	49857	50961	51819	0.7%
5. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
6. DPR, Korea	1360	1460	1460	1460	1460	0.7%
7. Fiji	1	3	3	3	3	20.1%
8. India	43050	51452	53000	55000	57000	3.0%
9. Indonesia	4300	4581	4687	4760	4815	1.2%
10. Iran	7000	7264	7264	7265	7265	0.6%
11. Laos	125	155	155	156	164	2.9%
12. Malaysia	334	340	340	340	340	0.2%
13. Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
14. Mongolia	78	84	84	84	84	1.1%
15. Myanmar	997	1336	1555	1557	1556	6.3%
16. Nepal	900	1134	1135	1135	1135	3.1%
17. Pakistan	15680	17130	17200	17580	17580	0.9%
18. Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	-	-
19. Philippines	1510	1550	1550	1550	1550	0.2%
20. Rep. of Korea	1358	1235	1206	1176	1163	-1.9%
21. Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-
22. Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
23. Sri Lanka	592	550	570	570	600	0.7%
24. Thailand	4121	4590	4642	5004	5010	2.2%
25. Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-
26. Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-
27. Vietnam	1820	1998	2000	2200	2300	2.0%
SUB-TOTAL	130635	147793	150445	154664	157847	2.0%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	1835	2408	2500	2600	2700	5.0%
29. Japan	2889	2764	2745	2724	2701	-0.7%
30. New Zealand	275	285	285	285	285	0.3%
SUB-TOTAL	4999	5457	5530	5609	5686	1.7%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	135634	153250	155975	160273	163533	2.0%
REST OF WORLD	94967	103491	104108	103844	104194	1.0%
WORLD	230601	256741	260083	264117	267727	1.6%

^* Refers to net irrigated land area

Table 6. Irrigated Land as Proportion of Agricultural Land

Unit: 1000 ha

Country	Agricultural Land (A)		Irrigated Land (B)		Percentage of B to A
Country	1988	1997	1988	1997	1988	1997
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	9463	8241	2347	3693	24.8%	44.8%
2. Bhutan	130	160	34	40	26.2%	25.0%
3. Cambodia	3530	3807	220	270	6.2%	7.1%
4. China	129695	135365	44808	51819	34.5%	38.3%
5. Cook Islands	6	7
6. DPR. Korea	1990	2000	1360	1460	68.3%	73.0%
7. Fiji	220	285	1	3	0.5%	1.1%
8. India	169310	169850	43050	57000	25.4%	33.6%
9. Indonesia	31418	30987	4300	4815	13.7%	15.5%
10. Iran	16871	19400	7000	7265	41.5%	37.4%
11. Laos	850	852	125	164	14.7%	19.2%
12. Malaysia	6300	7605	334	340	5.3%	4.5%
13. Maldives	3	3
14. Mongolia	1366	1320	78	84	5.7%	6.4%
15. Myanmar	10011	10151	997	1556	10.0%	15.3%
16. Nepal	2345	2968	900	1135	38.4%	38.2%
17. Pakistan	21820	21600	15680	17580	71.9%	81.4%
18. Papua New Guinea	583	670
19. Philippines	9060	9520	1510	1550	16.7%	16.3%
20. Rep. of Korea	2138	1924	1358	1163	63.5%	60.4%
21. Samoa	122	122
22. Solomon Islands	57	60
23. Sri Lanka	1898	1888	592	600	31.2%	31.8%
24. Thailand	20568	20445	4121	5010	20.0%	24.5%
25. Tonga	48	48
26. Vanuatu	110	120
27. Vietnam	6380	7202	1820	2300	28.5%	31.9%
SUB-TOTAL	446292	456600	130635	157847	29.3%	34.6%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	47223	53100	1835	2700	3.9%	5.1%
29. Japan	4681	4295	2889	2701	61.7%	62.9%
30. New Zealand	3834	3280	275	285	7.2%	8.7%
SUB-TOTAL	55738	60675	4999	5686	9.0%	9.4%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	502030	517275	135634	163533	27.0%	31.6%
REST OF WORLD	992897	993167	94967	104194	9.0%	10.5%
WORLD	1494927	1510442	230601	267727	15.4%	17.7%

Table 7. Mineral Fertilizers : Consumption

Unit: MT (plant nutrients)

Country	1988	1994	1995	1996	1997	Average Annual Growth Rate 88–97
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	771891	1048007	1182277	1175867	1072415	3.7%
2. Bhutan	100	100	100	100	100	0.0%
3. Cambodia	100	10600	9800	7800	8000	34.0%
4. China	25321950	28680000	35182200	36134175	35988200	4.1%
5. Cook Islands
6. DPR. Korea	812000	323000	92200	93000	171100	-22.9%
7. Fiji	25200	18000	18000	19000	19200	-2.5%
8. India	11077200	13563600	13876100	14308200	16194800	3.4%
9. Indonesia	2392200	2466285	2556431	2823500	2463000	1.2%
10. Iran	1075674	989897	1018473	1079160	1152413	-0.9%
11. Laos	300	1794	6189	3800	3500	32.0%
12. Malaysia	735000	1069200	1010700	1133500	1200000	4.5%
13. Maldives
14. Mongolia	19800	500	2000	2000	2000	-29.6%
15. Myanmar	106729	124290	170420	181524	171506	10.2%
16. Nepal	56839	90259	93699	102000	108900	6.5%
17. Pakistan	1739843	2183572	2507718	2412980	2659334	4.6%
18. Papua New Guinea	14000	13000	13000	13000	13000	-0.6%
19. Philippines	503394	601789	603099	666281	810386	4.3%
20. Rep. of Korea	879000	966000	954170	912942	906400	0.3%
21. Samoa
22. Solomon Islands
23. Sri Lanka	209100	213045	199861	211762	210826	1.0%
24. Thailand	778009	1310700	1559200	1519260	1478800	8.7%
25. Tonga
26. Vanuatu
27. Vietnam	588500	1279300	1212400	1512500	1571900	14.1%
SUB-TOTAL	47106929	54952938	62268037	64312351	66205780	3.7%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	1387200	1725600	1867400	2016300	2260000	6.5%
29. Japan	588500	1279300	1212400	1512500	1571900	14.1%
30. New Zealand	315500	647300	682700	686800	691000	10.1%
SUB-TOTAL	2291200	3652200	3762500	4215600	4522900	9.3%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	49398129	58605138	66030537	68527951	70728680	4.0%
REST OF WORLD	96238821	62996392	63553123	66592089	66525150	-4.6%
WORLD	145636950	121601530	129583660	135120040	137253830	-1.0%

Table 8. Mineral Fertilizer : Consumption per ha of Agricultural Land

Unit: kg plant nutrients/ha

Country	1988	1994	1995	1996	1997
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	81.6	129.0	145.1	143.5	130.1
2. Bhutan	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
3. Cambodia	0.0	2.8	2.6	2.0	2.1
4. China	195.2	214.9	261.2	267.5	265.9
5. Cook Islands
6. DPR. Korea	408.0	161.5	46.1	46.5	85.6
7. Fiji	114.5	69.2	63.2	66.7	67.4
8. India	65.4	79.9	81.7	84.3	95.3
9. Indonesia	76.1	81.7	84.7	91.1	79.5
10. Iran	63.8	52.2	53.6	55.6	59.4
11. Laos	0.4	2.1	7.3	4.5	4.1
12. Malaysia	116.7	140.6	132.9	149.1	157.8
13. Maldives
14. Mongolia	14.5	0.4	1.5	1.5	1.5
15. Myanmar	10.7	12.3	16.9	17.9	16.9
16. Nepal	24.2	31.6	31.6	34.4	36.7
17. Pakistan	79.7	101.5	116.1	111.7	123.1
18. Papua New Guinea	24.0	20.3	19.4	19.4	19.4
19. Philippines	55.6	64.2	63.4	70.0	85.1
20. Rep. of Korea	411.1	475.2	480.7	469.4	471.1
21. Samoa
22. Solomon Islands
23. Sri Lanka	110.2	113.1	106.0	112.2	111.7
24. Thailand	37.8	64.1	76.3	74.3	72.3
25. Tonga
26. Vanuatu
27. Vietnam	92.2	189.3	179.4	215.9	218.3
AVERAGE	105.6	121.5	137.1	141.0	145.0
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	29.4	36.6	38.6	40.1	42.6
29. Japan	125.7	289.3	276.9	348.8	366.0
30. New Zealand	82.3	210.8	211.5	209.5	210.7
AVERAGE	41.1	66.8	67.2	72.9	74.5
ASIA-PACIFIC AVERAGE	98.4	115.6	129.4	133.4	136.7
REST OF WORLD	90.8	92.8	84.6	77.5	67.0
WORLD	97.4	81.0	86.1	89.6	90.9

Table 9. Agricultural tractors : Number in Use

Unit: Number

Country	1987	1994	1995	1996	1997	Average Annual Growth Rate 87–97
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	5000 F	5300 F	5300 F	5350 F	5400 F	0.7 %
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. Cambodia	1200 F	1190	1190	1190	1190 F	-0.1 %
4. China	891163	705719	685198	691238	703117	-2.9 %
5. Cook Islands	167 F	190	185	150	150	-0.5 %
6. DPR. Korea	70000 F	75000 F	75000 F	75000 F	75000 F	0.7 %
7. Fiji	6000 F	7000 F	7000 F	7000 F	7000 F	1.4 %
8. India	697568	1257630	1354864	1400000 F	1450000 F	7.4 %
9. Indonesia	17658	55608	59991	69509	70000 F	15.6 %
10. Iran	185000 F	230000 F	235000 F	235000 F	235000 F	2.3 %
11. Laos	820 F	890 F	890 F	890 F	890 F	0.7 %
12. Malaysia	17000 F	38926	43295	43295 F	43300 F	10.1 %
13. Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
14. Mongolia	11697	7800 F	7321	7011	7000 F	-6.1 %
15. Myanmar	10617	12000	7818	8036	8036 F	-4.1 %
16. Nepal	3600 F	4600 F	4600 F	4600 F	4600 F	2.0 %
17. Pakistan	200000 F	295000 F	304992	320417	320500 F	4.4 %
18. Papua New Guinea	1150 F	1140 F	1140 F	1150 F	1160	0.0 %
19. Philippines	7250 F	11500 F	11500 F	11500 F	11500 F	4.4 %
20. Rep. of Korea	19863	88706	100412	113287	131358	21.0 %
21. Samoa	60 F	76 F	76 F	76	76	1.4 %
22. Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
23. Sri Lanka	7500 F	5976	7417	7027	6672	-0.8 %
24. Thailand	40450	120751	148841	149000 F	149500 F	16.0 %
25. Tonga	120 F	140 F	146	146	146 F	2.2 %
26. Vanuatu	65 F	75 F	75 F	75 F	75 F	1.4 %
27. Viet Nam	22578	89106	97817	109501	115487	21.9 %
SUB-TOTAL	2216526	3014323	3160068	3260448	3347157	4.2 %
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	320000 F	315000 F	315000 F	315000 F	315000 F	-0.2 %
29. Japan	1904070	2060000	2123000	2200000 F	2210000 F	1.1 %
30. New Zealand	79900 F	76000 F	76000 F	76000 F	76000 F	-0.4 %
SUB-TOTAL	2303970	2451000	2514000	2591000	2601000	0.9 %
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	4520496	5465323	5674068	5851448	5948157	2.6 %
REST OF THE WORLD	21100744	20693327	20539082	20417672	20386533	-0.5 %
WORLD	25621240	26158650	26213150	26269120	26334690	0.1 %

AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

Table 5. Irrigation*

Table 6. Irrigated Land as Proportion of Agricultural Land

Table 7. Mineral Fertilizers : Consumption

Table 8. Mineral Fertilizer : Consumption per ha of Agricultural Land

Table 9. Agricultural tractors : Number in Use

Table 5. Irrigation *