It is extraordinary that collectives still manage to account for two-fifths of China's non-agricultural output.
Moreover, some 70% of farming households derive most of their income from non-agricultural activities.
Unemployment hit 5.4% as 415, 000 non-agricultural jobs were cut in October, the worst fall since 1980.
The report also highlights examples of non-agricultural land qualifying for SPS payments in France, Italy and Spain.
Industry insiders say the EPA decision will also advance the arrival of next-generation biofuels produced from non-agricultural feedstocks.
Agricultural growth reduces the proportion of underweight children, whereas non-agricultural growth does not.
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They also urge the European Commission - in charge of farm payments - to stop giving SAPS subsidies to non-agricultural bodies.
The mediocre forecasts mask a genuine come-back in the non-agricultural econ omy.
Farmers will be freed to move into new kinds of business by a relaxation of the rules on converting outbuildings and land for non-agricultural uses.
Government jobs constitute 15% of all non-agricultural employment in our economy.
Private, non-agricultural productivity growth has behaved oddly during this business cycle.
Sapphire Energy's answer is a form of "green crude oil" made from algae, which can be grown on non-agricultural land in shallow paddies full of undrinkable saline water.
Under the newly minted 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission is chartered to monitor non-agricultural commodities trading, to promote transparency and to prevent asset bubbles.
Using data collected from soil samples, the research team ran an extreme scenario - where kudzu covered all non-urban and non-agricultural soils in the species' range by 2050 - through a "chemical transport" model.
The defence secretary said local planning constraints meant it was unlikely to be used for housing, but could return to agricultural or non-developed use.
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An OECD report suggests that there is little difference in volatility between exchange-traded agricultural commodities (such as wheat and corn) and non-exchange-traded ones (such as apples and onions).
Since the 1930s agricultural innovation and a rise in non-farm employment have driven productivity up and the number of farms down.
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But switching from non-tariff barriers to tariffs can go only so far to promote agricultural trade.
Some evidence has emerged suggesting this could happen, though a breakthrough announced this month by a group of Canadian scientists may overcome the problem: they have developed a sort of agricultural contraceptive, in which GM plants that pollinate their non-GM relatives produce only sterile offspring.
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