Agriculture
Sweden extends over 1574 km from North to South and 499 km from East to West and covers a total surface of 449 964 km ?. The areas under cultivation account for more than 6 % of the total surface of the country, whereas the farming sector employs 2.5 % of the working population.
The forest covers more than half of the territory and forestry is often an additional activity for Swedish farmers, since it allows them to have a more steady financial situation.
The new agricultural policy implemented recommands: to offer a product diversification to consumers while maintaining price stability, to guarantee food supply of Sweden in time of crisis, to protect the richness and variety of the rural sector. As far as fishing is concerns, it holds a good position even though fresh water fishing remains marginal compared to industrial fishing.
Today, like The United Kingdom, Sweden would like a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy for more competitiveness. |
Farmland surface area:
The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. In Sweden, the agricultural surface represents 2,784,000 hectares.
Use of ground
| Products | Production in Metric Tons | Surface in hectares | Yield Hg. |
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Wheat
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2,530,000
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401,670
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62,987
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Pigs
|
1,917,917
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Cattle
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1,713,000
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Ovine races
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437,249
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
5,283 Tm.
|
348,504 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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