Agriculture
In the European Union, Belgium has the highest density of population after The Netherlands, and the most reduced surface, after Luxemburg.
In spite of a very important urbanization, Belgium keeps an extremely dynamic farming and horticultural sector which has succeeded to tap its means of production on a limited surface: soil, workforce, capital and know-how. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation extend over 1,518,000 hectares in Luxemburg and in Belgium. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
|
Sugar beets
|
7,112,020
|
101 191
|
702 831
|
Potatoes
|
3,006,630
|
66 612
|
451 365
|
Barley
|
370 000
|
58 000
|
63 793
|
Oat
|
40 000
|
9 100
|
43 956
|
Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Poultry
|
41 787 000
|
Pigs
|
7 322 000
|
Cattle
|
3 162 700
|
Sheep
|
155 000
|
Goats
|
12 000
|
Number of tractors:
| 106 070 in Belgium and in Luxemburg |
Irrigated land (surface area):
| 40 000 hectares in Belgium and in Luxemburg. |
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
1,902 Tm.
|
28,087 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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