Are Things Getting Better in China? - 1949 to 1985 - Page 18
A College Paper by Paul Noll (1990) P. Main Cash Crops Output, 1949-1980 (In 1,000 tons) The market economy reflects what the farmers produce. The growing affluence reflects what the farmers produce. Increases in farm machinery and new plant species can be seen in the increased production. Note the increase in tobacco production and its future problems as smoking vastly increases. |
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Year | Cotton | Oil-bearing Crops | Peanuts | Rapeseed | Sesame | Sugar Cane | Sugar Beet | Cured Tobacco |
1949 | 444 | 2,564 | 1,268 | 734 | 326 | 2,642 | 191 | 43 |
1952 | 1,304 | 4,193 | 2,316 | 932 | 481 | 7,116 | 479 | 222 |
1957 | 1,640 | 4,196 | 2,571 | 888 | 312 | 10,392 | 1,501 | 256 |
1965 | 2,098 | 3,625 | 1,928 | 1,089 | 256 | 13,391 | 1,984 | 372 |
1970 | 2,227 | 3,772 | 2,148 | 965 | 263 | 13,457 | 2,103 | 399 |
1975 | 2,381 | 4,521 | 2,270 | 1,525 | 208 | 16,667 | 2,476 | 701 |
1980 | 2,707 | 7,691 | 6,600 | 2,384 | 259 | 22,807 | 6,305 | 717 |