09/07/2023
Succesful Agricultural Economies Work Smarter Not Harder.
Did You Know?
That these three African countries and India currently hold the largest percentage for Agriculture as a main occupation in the World:
1. Liberia with 76.9% of GDP
2. Somalia with 60.2% of GDP
3. Guinea-Bissau with 55.8% of GDP
4. In India agriculture contributes only 17% to 18% to their GDP. Agriculture still provides around 58% of livelihood to Indians. In recent data, agriculture is the primary source of income for half of the population.
Whilst it is negligible thanks to our focus on crude oil. Agriculture still accounts for 23.78 percent of Nigeria’s GDP.
Below Are The Top Ten Agricultural Producing Countries, Providing The Best Food Commodities In The World:
10. Turkey
Agriculture in Turkey is the primary occupation of the Turkish population, Turkey is the only self-sufficient food procuring country in the world. They have suitable climate conditions, fertile soil, and significant rainfall that allows the production of every type of crop.
Agriculture in Turkey:
Around 100 million turkeys live on the farms.
Approx 19.2% of total employment in Turkey is provided by the agriculture sector as at 2018.
Turkey is the largest producer of apricots, figs, raisins, and hazelnuts.
Turkey is the fourth producer of grapes and vegetables.
It is the sixth-largest producer of to***co.
In Turkey, wheat is the most produced grain and the 2nd produced commodity is sugar beet, 3rd is milk, and the last are Cows.
9. Germany
Around 80% of the country’s land occupied by forestry and agriculture. Approximately 87% of German farmers farm on a land 124 acres.
In Germany, southern and western parts of river valleys are covered with vineyards.
Agriculture in Germany:
In Germany, ½ of the land area is occupied for land cultivation.
Plus 50% billion euros per year worth of agricultural goods is produced by the 1 million people in the country.
Germany ranked 3rd in the world in agricultural goods export. Around ⅓ of the world's products is exported from Germany.
Approximately 10% of Germans engage in organic farming.
Germany’s leading agricultural food includes pork, poultry, potatoes, milk, cereals, beef, sugar beets, cabbages, barley, and wheat. And in most of the regions vegetables, and fruits.
8. Japan
Japan agriculture contributes only 2% of GDP and around 10% of the country’s people live on farms. They fully support Japanese traditional food culture, which is rice with other food that includes grains, fish, vegetables, mountain plants, and others.
With the time change, consumption of rice which was high declined in Japan in 40 years, the daily food that is milk, other dairy products, and meat has risen exceptionally.
Agriculture in Japan:
In Japan, there are two significant types of agriculture fields which are siden and tambo.
However Japan’s self-sufficiency food ratio fell from 78% in 1961 to 39% in 2006. Now Japan’s government wants to increase it to 50%.
7. Mexico
Agriculture in Mexico is crucial for the country’s economy both historically and politically. In the past, Mexico produced avocados, beans, tomatoes, peppers, maize, and many more.
½ of the Mexico agriculture output comes under crop account.
Agriculture in Mexico:
The important crops of Mexico are wheat, sugarcane, peppers, corn, bananas, sorghum, blue agave, avocados, beans, other tropical fruits, and more.
They are best in the export of crops that include fruits, coffee, vegetables, and sugar.
In Mexico, around 15% of the land is occupied by agriculture and about 50% used for livestock.
6. France
France has around 730000 farms.
In France almost everyone is occupied in agriculture-related activities.
Agriculture in France:
France is the top producer of oilseeds, cereals, sugar beets, milk, wine, and beef.
Over 29 million metric tons of Sugar beets is produced in France annually.
5. Russia
Russia is mainly engaged in the Industrial economy, and it has a huge agriculture industry. Around 6% of the total Russian GDP is occupied by the agriculture industry. With this, the Russian agriculture industry provides 16% of the employment opportunities to the general population.
Agriculture in Russia:
Over 23 million hectares of land is cultivated in Russia.
About half of the cultivated land area is covered with grain cultivation.
Wheat is the most dominant food crop all around Russia.
4. India
India is the largest producer of most of the fruits in the world that includes bananas, guava, mango, lemon, papaya, and vegetables including chickpea.
Agriculture in India:
India ranked first in the production of milk, second in dry fruits, third in fish production, fourth in eggs, and fifth in general poultry production worldwide.
Total 96mn hectare is the irrigated area in India, it is the largest in the world.
India is also the world’s largest wheat-producing country.
3. Brazil
Brazil is historically one of the best agricultural countries on which the economy is based. Around 41% of the total land is agriculture occupied. It has an entire land of 2.1 billion acres.
Agriculture in Brazil:
Brazil is the world leader of Sugarcane production and it produces 600 million-plus tonnes every year.
Brazil is the 2nd largest producer of soybeans in the world.
Brazil is the globe’s largest exporter of coffee, beef, ethanol, and soybeans.
And ⅓ of the planet’s oranges are produced in Brazil.
2. United States
In the United States agriculture is developing continually with increasing rates.
Developing here refers to scientific soil, crop analysis, more innovative machinery, and increased use of computers. In short, we can say that the United States is the best country in agricultural technology.
Agriculture in the United States:
The United States produces the highest amount of timber in the world.
The United States produces the following crops yearly:
Corn at an amount of 247,882,000 metric tons.
Soybeans at 74,598,000 metric tons.
And Wheat at 69,327,000 metric tons.
The major crops in the United States are sugar cane, potatoes, coffee, sugar beets, and bananas.
1. China
China has 7% of arable land in sharp contrast to Turkey but with that, they feed 22% of the world’s population.
Agriculture in China:
China’s land is highly employed for agriculture.
Vegetables are planted in China, on the roads, and on many building walls.
In 1949, China lost ⅕ of its arable land, and now only 10% to 15% of China’s land is adequate for agriculture.
545,960 square kilometers of land is irrigated in China.
China is the largest rice-producing country in the world. With this, they produced soybeans, kaoliang (sorghum), wheat, millet, and corn.
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