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Portugal has about 530 thousand hectares of permanent pasture, including this pasture in the Alentejo Litoral subregion.. Agriculture in Portugal is based on small to medium-sized family-owned dispersed units; however, the sector also includes larger-scale intensive farming export-oriented agrobusinesses backed by companies (like Grupo RAR's Vitacress, Sovena, Lactogal, Vale da Rosa, Companhia ...
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.
Heavy industry came to an abrupt halt. All sectors of the economy from manufacturing, mining, chemical, defence, finance, agriculture and fishing went into free fall. Portugal found itself overnight going from the country in Western Europe with the highest growth rate to the lowest – in fact it experienced several years of negative growth.
Agricultural organisations based in Portugal (2 C, 3 P) P. Portuguese products with protected designation of origin (51 P) Portuguese wine (4 C, 19 P) W.
The composition of GDP also changed markedly from 1961 to 1973. The share of the primary sector (agriculture, forestry, and fishing) in GDP shrank from 23 to 16.8 percent, and the contribution of the secondary (or industrial) sector (manufacturing, construction, mining, electricity, gas, and water) increased from 37 to 44 percent.
The Ministry of Agriculture was first created in 1918. Since then, it has been restructured, extinguished and reestablished several times, under various designations: 1918 – Ministry of Agriculture (Ministério da Agricultura) 1932 – Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (Ministério do Comércio, Indústria e Agricultura)
In order of importance, the main sectors of employment of the Azores are services, agriculture, fishery, industry and tourism. [60] [61] Agricultural products include São Jorge cheese. As of 2023, GDP in Azores stood at €5.4 billion, with a GDP per capita of €22,346, 88% of Portugal's average and 59% of the EU27 average. [3] [4]
Portugal: 0.4.... 0: 0.2: 0.1 ... Agriculture % of GDP Industry % of GDP Services % of GDP Agriculture % of total employment Industry % of total employment