Venezuela Agriculture

Contents extracted from the comprehensive atlas of international trade by Export Entreprises

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.

Number of farms:

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Bananas	1 000 394	51 609	193 841

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Cattle	15 800 000

Number of tractors:

49 000.

Irrigated land (surface area):

540 000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
60 789 Tm.	373 562 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

1 000 000 Tm.

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