Trends 

in the 

Agricultural Sector 

2000


    1      WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS

  2     ECONOMIC REVIEW

  2     Volume of agricultural production

  2     Gross value of agricultural production

  3     Farm income

  4     Expenditure on intermediate goods and services

  4     Producer prices

  5     Prices of farming requisites

  6     Terms of trade in agriculture

  6     Contribution of agriculture to value added at basic prices (gdp)

  6     BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY

  6     Field husbandry

  7     Maize

12     Sorghum

13     Leaf tobacco

16     Wheat

18     Barley

19     Sunflower seed

21     Soya beans

22     Groundnuts

24     Sweet lupines

25     Canola

25     Cotton

27     Dry beans

29     Sugar

31     Horticulture

31     Deciduous fruit

33     Dried fruit

35     Viticulture

37     Subtropical fruit

39     Citrus fruit

41     Vegetables (excluding potatoes)

44     Tomatoes

   46     Onions

   48     Potatoes

50     Animal production

50     Livestock numbers

53     Red meat

54     Ostriches

55     Milk

56     Wool

   58     Mohair


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