Table - Potential Arable Land. Scenario 3: Mixed Input Levels

Data - AEZ model
Potential arable land. Scenario 3: mixed input levels / irrigation if necessary (1000 hectares)
Province Region	Infrastr. correction factor (%)	High Input		Intermediate Input			Low Input				Total arable land	Not suitable
Province Region	Infrastr. correction factor (%)	Very suitable	Suitable	Very suitable	Suitable	Mod. suitable	Very suitable	Suitable	Mod. suitable	Marg. suitable	Total arable land	Not suitable
Beijing	28.7	150	293	0	86	186	0	0	2	1	718	632
Tianjin	29.8	94	256	11	11	129	0	0	0	3	504	406
Hebei	15.6	2,171	3,174	30	435	2,842	0	10	479	1,017	10,157	6,445
Shanxi	15.1	183	788	14	564	2,776	0	63	1,287	2,221	7,897	6,482
Shandong	19.5	3,425	3,499	81	804	1,784	0	56	211	75	9,934	2,587
Henan	18.3	3,665	4,113	33	1,285	1,234	0	7	175	128	10,639	3,381
NORTH	17.7	9,688	12,122	169	3,184	8,951	0	136	2,155	3,445	39,849	19,933
Liaoning	18.5	1,437	2,011	17	2,257	2,097	0	15	231	554	8,619	3,292
Jilin	12.5	1,705	3,756	45	2,859	2,693	0	23	151	252	11,485	6,018
Heilongjiang	11.6	1,573	5,926	172	3,470	5,027	0	144	972	1,046	18,330	24,124
NORTHEAST	13.5	4,715	11,694	234	8,586	9,817	0	182	1,354	1,852	38,434	33,434
Shanghai	31.6	0	206	9	0	34	0	0	0	2	251	46
Jiangsu	25.4	2,184	2,736	31	219	243	0	1	75	138	5,627	1,750
Zhejiang	10.5	314	890	4	36	368	0	1	147	993	2,751	6,175
Anhui	21.2	3,747	2,244	32	725	772	0	14	154	596	8,285	3,443
EAST	21.3	6,245	6,076	75	980	1,417	0	17	377	1,729	16,914	11,414
Jiangxi	16.1	1,109	1,492	1	17	774	0	1	148	2,899	6,440	9,244
Hubei	15.2	3,554	2,264	0	1,071	2,184	0	10	151	514	9,748	6,950
Hunan	13.6	1,853	2,508	0	284	2,191	0	4	246	3,310	10,395	9,341
CENTRAL	14.8	6,516	6,264	1	1,372	5,148	0	15	544	6,723	26,583	25,535
Fujian	17.1	209	338	0	27	308	0	0	30	1,169	2,081	9,484
Guangdong	9.7	1,110	1,441	0	181	683	0	0	33	1,596	5,044	10,839
Guangxi	10.1	2,151	2,817	0	787	2,788	0	0	49	3,802	12,396	9,634
Hainan	9.7	108	415	0	42	336	0	0	33	140	1,075	1,650
SOUTH	10.7	3,579	5,011	0	1,038	4,116	0	0	145	6,707	20,596	31,607
Sichuan	11.6	344	3,384	2	674	4,331	0	4	473	2,327	11,539	43,093
Guizhou	6.7	764	1,242	1	588	3,377	0	0	406	2,027	8,406	8,718
Yunnan	7.1	296	639	31	339	1,874	0	7	767	2,878	6,831	30,230
SOUTHWEST	8.9	1,405	5,266	33	1,601	9,582	0	11	1,647	7,232	26,776	82,041
Nei Mongol	13.3	821	2,045	138	387	1,543	0	0	742	2,858	8,533	105,619
Shaanxi	11.9	168	1,182	16	867	3,920	0	18	887	1,165	8,222	11,564
Gansu	15.5	117	388	2	336	1,715	0	13	947	1,879	5,396	34,196
Ningxia	7.3	158	169	3	42	133	0	2	203	375	1,085	3,867
Xinjiang	14.1	821	860	60	136	373	133	89	274	756	3,501	159,278
NORTHWEST	13.2	2,084	4,644	218	1,767	7,684	133	121	3,053	7,033	26,738	314,524
Xizang	6.1	34	68	0	59	163	0	5	70	212	611	118,393
Qinghai	13.3	0	15	0	5	21	0	0	55	237	333	71,798
PLATEAU	8.8	34	82	0	64	184	0	5	125	450	944	190,191
Hongkong	33.3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	36
CHINA TOTAL	14.4	34,266	51,158	731	18,592	46,899	133	486	9,399	35,172	196,838	708,715
CHINA TOTAL Arable Land (without land that is only marginally suitable at low inputs)											161,666
Source: IIASA China AEZ Project. See: Fischer, G. / van Velthuizen, H.T. / Nachtergaele, F.O., (1999): Global Agro-Ecological Zones Assessment: Methodology and Results. IIASA Interim Report, IR-98-110, Laxenburg, Austria

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