Agriculture
agriculture
- Total Area: 912,050 sq km
- Land Area: 882,050 sq km
- Water Area: 30,000 sq km
- Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
- Terrain: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest
- Arable Land Use: 3.1%
- Permanent Land Crop Use:0.8%
- Irrigated Land: 10,550 sq km
- Total Renewable Water Sources: 1,233 cu km
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 9.06 cu km per year
- Per person Freshwater withdrawal: 358.6 cu per year
- Natural Hazards: subject to floods, rock slides, mudslides and periodic droughts
- Current Environmental Issues: sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution
- Labor Force: As of 2014, the Labor Force is 14.18 million people
- Agricultural Labor Force: 7.3% out of the total labor force
- Agricultural Products: corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish