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Agriculture in Venezuela
Agriculture also called farming or husbandry is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel and other products used tosustain life.
Agriculture in Venezuela had a much smaller share of the economy than in any other Latin American country. From the discovery of oil in Venezuela in the early twentieth century to the1940s, for that reason the importance of agriculture declined rapidly.
In Venezuela the major crops include sugar cane (56 percent), bananas (9 percent), maize (7 percent), and rice (5 percent). Cropsare grown in the northern mountains of Venezuela. In 1998, of the country's 15.367 million heads of livestock, 61 percent were cattle and 19 percent were pigs. Cattle grazing take place in the plains(Llanos) area of Venezuela. This is an area about 800 miles wide that lies between the Mérida mountain range in the east of the country and the Orinoco River in the middle. Of its 2.708 million tonsof livestock product in 1998, 56 percent came from cow's milk, 18 percent from poultry meat, and 13 percent from beef and veal. But, since 1999, under the Bolivarian Revolution of President HugoChávez, agriculture and husbandry have had a somewhat higher priority.
According to official statistics released by the Minister for Land and Agriculture, during winter cycle of 2010 would see anestimated production of 1.5 million tons of the crop, an increase of 3.5% from last year. For example: Soybean production, according to the ministry, has grown by 858% to 54,420 tons over the past decade.Rice production has risen by 84%, reaching nearly 1.3 million tons yearly while milk production has risen to 2.18 million tons, a 47% increase. Coffee production has also seen an increase of 12% since1998.
The minister attributes these advances to Venezuela’s Land Law, which serves to “strengthen national production in the countryside.”








Profesora: Jalbin Brito.
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