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Yu, L. Agricultural Population. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/62106 (accessed on 12 November 2026).
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Agricultural Population

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Agricultural population refers to the group of people whose livelihoods are directly or indirectly dependent on agricultural and related primary production activities, including crop cultivation, livestock raising, forestry, hunting, and fishing [1][2]. It encompasses individuals economically active in these sectors, such as self-employed farmers, agricultural wage workers, forestry workers, and fishery workers, as well as their non-working dependents [1]. Agricultural population is characterized by its demographic composition and socioeconomic relationships with agricultural production and rural livelihoods. Relevant characteristics include age and sex distribution, household structure, labor participation, educational attainment, and patterns of migration [2][3]. Its size and composition are influenced by changes in agricultural employment, technological development, land-use patterns, and rural economic diversification. Agricultural population statistics provide a basis for examining demographic changes, labor availability, household livelihoods, and the relationships between population dynamics and agricultural and forestry development [2][3].

rural population agricultural households rural demography agricultural labor force forestry livelihoods
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  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). A System of Integrated Agricultural Censuses and Surveys, Volume 1: World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010; FAO Statistical Development Series No. 11; FAO: Rome, Italy, 2005. https://www.fao.org/4/a0135e/a0135e00.pdf?utm_
  2. United Nations Statistics Division. SDG Indicator 5.a.1: Metadata—Proportion of Total Agricultural Population with Ownership or Secure Rights over Agricultural Land, by Sex; United Nations: New York, NY, USA, 2023. https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-05-0a-01.pdf?utm_
  3. Gustavo Anríquez; Libor Stloukal; Rural Population Change in Developing Countries: Lessons for Policymaking. Eur. View 2008, 7, 309-317. [CrossRef]
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