Sown area is the land that is sown (planted) with plants and crops. Sown area does not include the area of nurseries of ornamental trees and shrubs, nurseries of forest trees for commercial purposes, the crops of wicker, and fruit-bearing trees and shrubs outside plantations, as well as any other permanent crops and the area of permanent crops cultivated under cover, etc. This category does not include the area of fast-growing trees and shrubs cultivated on agricultural land, and classified as forests, or the area of crops for ploughing, cultivated as major crops, since this area is classified as fallow land. Kitchen gardens are also excluded from this category. The data on sown area, included in the census, concerns the area of specific crop production, cultivated as major crops.