Crops and livestock account for about 60 percent and 40 percent respectively of the value of gross agricultural output. In 1991, the land tenure structure was dominated by 2,055 state farms and 430 collective farms. Therefore, there are now more than 65,000 farms. However, the government continues to own the land and the farmers lease it. The leases, however, are transferable and can be inherited by future generations.
Farmers own outright the buildings, livestock, and equipment.
There are also 4.9 million small private plots which produce a large portion of the country's potatoes, fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, and meat. Nearly the entire rural population is involved in some way in agriculture due to the small private plots. Government financial support for agriculture has been minimal due to lack of financial resources. There is some direct financial support to sheep producers to support wool production and some input subsidy programs. There is also a tax concession to agriculture since profits from agriculture are taxed at 10 percent versus 30 percent for other sectors.