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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. [1]
The largest sector was still agriculture but saw declines, along with fishery, relative to the share of active population engaged in the activity. The fastest growing sector at that time was services. [46] When Spain joined the EEC in 1986 its GDP per capita was about 72% of the average of its members. [47]
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.
Nominal GDP sector composition, 2015 (in millions of 2005 USD): [5] [6] 2005 prices are used similarly to 2010 constant prices in which they provide economic statistics where inflation is accounted for.
Following the discovery of America and the colonial expansion in the Caribbean and Continental America, valuable agricultural products and mineral resources were introduced into Spain through regular trade routes. New products such as potatoes, tomatoes and corn had a long-lasting impact on the Spanish economy, but more importantly on European ...
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"
Fences are not widely used to guide or contain livestock, so the natural countryside remains fairly untouched in that regard. This lack of physical barriers is generally unproblematic, although the potential utility of fences has been pointed out in cases in which non-agricultural social activities have crossed the boundaries of grazing land.
The Food Information and Control Agency (Spanish: Agencia de Información y Control Alimentarios, AICA) is the Spanish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food autonomous agency responsible for managing the information and control systems of the olericulture, dairy and other markets that the Ministry determines; the control of compliance with the Food Chain Improvement Act of 2013 and the ...