Agriculture
| The Portuguese agriculture is focused on grain productions and it remains little developed. Besides, these cultures generate low yields. Vine-growing has a more important place and generates higher yields. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 2,580,000 hectares in Portugal. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
|
Potatoes
|
1 250 000
|
85 000
|
147 059
|
Corn
|
850 000
|
171 000
|
52 924
|
Grapes
|
900 000
|
257 000
|
35 019
|
Oranges
|
210 000
|
21 000
|
100 000
|
Rice
|
149 000
|
24 000
|
62 083
|
Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Ovine races
|
5 850 000
|
Pigs
|
2 330 000
|
Bovines
|
1 245 000
|
Goats
|
800 000
|
Chicken (1 000)
|
32 700
|
Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
22 388 Tm.
|
204 262 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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