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Agriculture in Spain is important to the national economy. The primary sector activities accounting for agriculture, husbandry, fishing and silviculture represented a 2.7% of the Spanish GDP in 2017, with an additional 2.5% represented by the agrofood industry.
Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spanish: Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, MAPA), is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on agricultural, livestock and fishery resources, food industry, rural development and human food.
In 2015 Spain was the 8th largest automobile producer country in the world and the 2nd largest car manufacturer in Europe after Germany. [142] By 2016, the automotive industry was generating 8.7 percent of Spain's gross domestic product, employing about nine percent of the manufacturing industry. [142]
Country/Economy Total GDP (USD$) Agricultural (%) Industrial (%) Service (%) Agricultural (USD$) Industrial (USD$) Service (USD$) – World 104,480
History of agriculture in Spain (1 C, 6 P) O. Agricultural organisations based in Spain (1 C, 5 P) W. Wineries of Spain (35 P) Pages in category "Agriculture in Spain"
However, the breed that is used most often in the meat industry is Pirenaica. [4] Of all of the breeds used in meat production in this region, this is the only breed that is completely native to the Basque Country. [3] Dairy cattle are present in 17% of Basque farms. These animals are the only type of livestock in the Basque Country that must ...
Location of the province of Almeria (Spain). The intensive agriculture of the province of Almeria, Spain, is a model of the utilization of highly technical means to achieve maximum economic yield based on the rational use of water, use of plastic greenhouses, highly technical training and high levels of employment of inputs, applied to the special characteristics of a particular environment.