A SUMMARY REPORT ON FARM INCOME OF TAIWAN IN 1957 IN COMPARISON WITH 1952 - 農業知識入口網

作者	Young-chi Tsui
出版機關	農復會

Economically, 1957 was a prosperous year comparing with 1956. Continued industrial development" expended construction programme, increased volume of export of farm products and a rise in commodity prices had sustained thelarge output of agriculture and made it a good year for farm families on Taiwan. Farm families received on the average a gross farm family income of NT$24,OOO out of which, 78 percent was derived from farm sources and 22percent from non-farm sources. Crop production contributing more than 58 percent of farm receipts was by far the most important source of farm income.Livestock offered another important source of income constituting about 15 percent of the receipts obtained from farm sources.