Agriculture
The country derives its main resources from the agriculture which is composed of small traditional farms in heights (corns, beans) and big plantations in plains and valleys (sugar cane, coffee, bananas, etc. , for the exportation). Guatemala is the eighth coffee producer in the world.
The coffee increase at the beginning of 1997, did not allow Guatemala to draw all the profits expected, because their sea-transport means to Europe were not sufficient enough. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 1,905,000 hectares in Guatemala. |
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Corn
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1,109,121
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626,622
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17,700
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Cattle
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2,300,000
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Pigs
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825,000
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
3,277 Tm.
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646 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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