Crop production in the Mediterranean Partner Countries continues to increase

European Commission Eurostat

Description

Agriculture and fisheries
Vegetable production
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Cereal
• Fruit
• Vegetable
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• Langue: English

Extrait

Statistics in focus

Agriculture and fisheries

Contact: Rosemary MONTGOMERY

12/2009

Dates

1.8%

Grapes

2.6%

Olives

3.2%

Fresh

vegetables

39.7%

Cereals

32.6%

Rice

6.3%

Fresh fruit

13.8%

Crop production in the Mediterranean

Partner Countries continues to increase

The main crops in the Mediterranean Partner

Countries (MPCs)

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detailed in this publication

include cereals, rice, fresh vegetables, fresh

fruit, grapes, olives and dates. Of these, the

leading crops are vegetables which account for

nearly 40% of total production, with

38.9 million tonnes produced on average per

year over the period 2000-2006. The second

largest crop is cereals, which account for 33%

with 32.0 million tonnes. Fresh fruit ranks third

representing 14% of total production with

13.6 million tonnes.

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The MPCs are Algeria (DZ), Egypt (EG), Israel (IL), Jordan

(JO), Lebanon (LB), Morocco (MA), occupied Palestinian

territory (PS), Syria (SY) and Tunisia (TN).

A steady increase in production for most crops

can be observed in the MPCs in the period from

2000 to 2006. This is due mainly to increased

yield, as the area devoted to agriculture

remained relatively stable. Among the MPCs,

Egypt has the highest percentage of irrigated

agricultural area and is the largest producer for

most of the crops, with the lowest variability in

production over the period.

Figure 1: Breakdown of main crops in the MPCs (% of total production by weight, average

2000-2006)