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Ecuador: Agriculture
Total Area: 283,561 sq km
Land Area: 276,841 sq km
Water Area: 6,720 sq km
Climate Description: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Terrain Description: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
Arable Land Use: 4.51%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 5.38%
Irrigated Land: 8,534 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 424.4 cu km
Total Fresh Water Withdrawal: 9.92 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 716.1 cu/yr
Natural Hazards Description: frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
Current Environmental Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Total Labor Force: 6.953 million
Labor Force in Agriculture: 27.8%
Agricultural Products Description: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, cassava (manioc, tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; fish, shrimp; balsa wood
Most sugarcane production takes place in the coastal region of Ecuador.
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Ecuador is the world's banana exporter.
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Ecuador produces both Arabica and Robusta coffee.
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Cocoa is harvested between March and June.
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Ecuador is the fourth most important shrimp producing country.
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