岳阳是一个传统农业大市。自晋朝以来,一直是全省乃至全国重要的粮、棉、油、肉食、水产等生产基地。改革开放以后,农业仍是岳阳这个沿江开放城市的经济基础,全市530万人口,其中农业人口336万人,占总人口的63.4%,农业发展在全市经济发展总量中占有举足轻重的地位。 Yueyang is a traditional agricultural market. Since the Jin Dynasty, it has been an important production base of grain, cotton, oil, meat products and aquatic products in the whole province and the whole country. After the reform and opening up, agriculture is still the economic foundation of Yueyang, an open city along the river. The city has a population of 5.3 million, of which 3.36 million are agricultural population, accounting for 63.4% of the total population. Agricultural development occupies a pivotal position in the total economic development of the city.