The primary sector reported a steady growth last year in east China's Zhejiang Province , with efficient, ecological agriculture gaining momentum.
According to the provincial statistical bureau, the primary sector, involving agriculture , forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, realized 87.3 billion yuan (US$10.8 billion) in value-added output last year, up 1.6 percent from the previous year.
A total of 2.8 million hectares of farmland were sown to crops in Zhejiang last year, 2.1 percent more than the year-earlier level. The total included 1.5 million hectares sown to grain, up 3.9 percent, the bureau said.
However, Zhejiang's grain output went down 2.4 percent year-on-year to 8.15 million tons.
Last year the province turned out 1.65 million tons of meat products, up 2.2 percent; and 4.8 million tons of aquatic products, down 2.7 percent.
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