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Hungary - AGRICULTURE

 


Agriculture

Agriculture, vine-growing and breeding play a very important role in the Hungarian economy. Hungary is self-sufficient for almost all the soil products, it exports a quarter of its harvest. However, the sector remains very unsettled because of the questioning of the structures and the liberalization of prices and exchanges.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 5 ,045,000 hectares in Hungary.

Crops

Crop
Yield (in Metric Tons)
Surface (in hectares)

Yield Hg/ Ha*

Corn  
5,000,000  
1,220,000  
40,984  

* hectograms/hectares

Livestock

Species
Headcount
Pigs  
5,335,000  
Cattle  
857,000  

Number of tractors:

92,250

Irrigated land (surface area):

210,000 hectares.

 

Fishing



Yield in metric tons

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods
Saltwater fish
almost non existant
almost non existant

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

22 866 Tm.

 

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