Local agriculture is directed towards
the production of high quality fresh food crops through intensive land
use. Farming is largely undertaken in the New Territories and just 2.3
per cent of the land area is under cultivation. Overall, the most common
crops cultivated are vegetables and cut flowers, and production was valued
at about $332 million in 2002. Pigs and poultry are the principal animals
reared for food and the value of locally produced pigs amounted to $584
million and that of poultry, including chickens, pigeons and quails,
to $247 million.
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