Agriculture
| Italian agriculture represents 21% of the European production and it is ranked second after France. However, the good results registered for a decade must not block the necessity of a serious reform of the sector, severely handicapped by the multiplicity of farms and by the aging of the agricultural population. Besides, 200,000 farms considered as professionals, on the 3,000,000 listed, possess half of the agricultural surface exploited and generate 65% of the agricultural income. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 1,103,000 hectares in Italy. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Vineyard
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9,773,641
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876,035
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111,567
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Ovine races
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10,970,000
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
262,444 Tm.
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231,575 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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