The Use of Aviation in Agriculture and Forestry in Communist China.

Harriett E. Porch

Expert InsightsPublished 1967

A survey of the extent to which Communist China uses aircraft as an aid in agriculture and forestry. The first reported use of small aircraft was in 1952 when aircraft patrolled the forests watching for fires and signs of insect infestation. The An-2S aircraft used in specialized operations has been built in China since 1957. From the limited information available, agricultural aviation seems well established in China. Regional teams and individual cropdusters work with, or perhaps under, the regional or provincial bureaus of the civil airline. It is estimated that only about 4 million acres were treated by aircraft in 1966. For a country as large as China, the assigned 200 aircraft in use are not enough to be a very effective aid to agriculture except in local areas. 14 pp.

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  • Year: 1967
  • Pages: 14
  • Document Number: P-3566

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Porch, Harriett E., The Use of Aviation in Agriculture and Forestry in Communist China. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1967. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3566.html.
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