Yet this country's 25,000 rice farmers form a relatively small percentage of the farm population.

The community says it cannot accept the social and political consequences of abandoning its large farm population.

With a farm population of nearly 14,000, agriculture is the major industry in the District.

The farm population had fallen 5%, but farm output was up 19% in 1939.

It also has a significant farm population, which supports the state's noted dairy industry.

"We cannot justify the presence of field offices where the farm population does not exist."

But now the farm population is less than 2 percent.

The farm standard of living is high as the farm population decreases.

In the 1960s, the active farm population consisted largely of women and older men.

The country's farm population is less than 2 percent of the total.