Agriculture
Venezuelian agriculture accounts for 4% of the GDP and it employs 12% of the working population. The arable areas represent 24% of the total surface. Venezuela is an important producer of banana and sugar cane (6 850 thousand tons). However, because agriculture is not self-sufficient, Venezuela has to import 60% of farm-produce products.
Thanks to its geographic situation, Venezuela benefits from optimal conditions to develop its agriculture. The current growth of the farming sector is at a 4.7%. The main farm products, apart from those listed afterwards, are : coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, cotton, sesame.
Venezuela is divided into two agricultural zones:
Zone1: the mountainous region of the coast which concentrates 52% of the population of the country (cultivated products: fruits, coffee, cocoa, milk and vegetables)
Zone2: Plains on the centre of the country (llanos): breeding cattle and different cultures. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. In Venezuela, they represent 3 490 000 hectares. |
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Bananas
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1 000 394
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51 609
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193 841
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Cattle
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15 800 000
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
60 789 Tm.
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373 562 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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