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Central America and the Caribbean > Dominican Republic > Agriculture

DOMINICAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural land > % of land area 76.4 % of land area Time series [13th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 36,960 sq. km Time series [95th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 1,870 Time series [124th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 1,596 thousand hectares [92nd of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 22.65 % of land area Time series [44th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 1,096,000 hectares Time series [104th of 199]
Banana production 401,766 metric tonnes [23rd of 48]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 4,135.5 kg/ha Time series [31st of 171]
Cotton exports 0 thousand bales [91st of 109]
Cotton production 3 [65th of 109]
Crop production index 107.6 % Time series [85th of 182]
Fertilizer use 54.3 kg [66th of 138]
Food production index 102.6 % Time series [123rd of 182]
Labor share 16% [97th of 149]
Organic cropland 14,963 hectares [42nd of 88]
Pesticide use 2.1 kg [14th of 45]
Products
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs
Tractor concentration 1.2 [111st of 147]
Tractors 1,868 [115th of 147]
value added > annual % growth 7.3 % Time series [19th of 164]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Agri-Food Business Development Centre; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.

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