Agriculture in Spain

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Agriculture in Spain
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• Compared with other Western European countries
  (France, Germany and The Netherlands), the
  proportion of land devoted to agricultural
  purposes in Spain is low.
• A large part of Spain is semiarid, with
  temperatures that range from extremely cold in
  the winter to scorching in the summer. Rainfall
  is often inadequate and summer droughts occur
  frequently.
• Of Spains 50.5 million hectares of land, 20.6
  million (40) are suitable for cultivation.
• However, the soil is generally of poor quality,
  and only about 10 of the land is considered
  excellent.
• In addition, the roughness of the terrain has
  been an obstacle to agricultural mechanization
  and to other technological improvements.
• 38 of Spains agricultural areas is crop land,
  14 grazing land and 32 forest.

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Crops

• Citrus Fruits Oranges, mandarins, grapefruit,
  lemons and limes
• Other fruit Apples, pears, bananas, peaches,
  apricots, plums, cherries and grapes
• Vegetables - Potatoes, tomatoes, onions,
  cabbages, peppers, and string beans.
• Olives
• Nuts
• Wheat and barley

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Where are these crops grown

• The majority of Spains crops are grown along
  Mediterranean coastlines

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• Although the proportion of land devoted to
  agricultural purposes in Spain is low, Spain is
  still one of Western Europes leading producers.
• Alongside Italy, Spain is a huge producer of
  grapefruit, lemons and limes which are exported
  throughout Europe
• Spain is one of the leading producers of onions
  in Western Europe, and it is second to Italy in
  the production of tomatoes
• Spain is the world's leading producer and
  exporter of olives and olive oil
• Spain exports more wine than France
• Spain is the world's foremost exporter of oranges
  and mandarins.