The Ministry of Agricultural Development, through the reports from regional agricultural coordinators has a coverage of 210,929 hectares planted, 30,001 producers with 64 crops developed through different production technologies. Notwithstanding, there are items that are considered to be of greater economic impact due to the destinations of their production (internal and external market).  Such 31 items are grouped into categories and subcategories.     

Below are production indicators for the main items:

Detail of Products in each subcategory:

• Basic Grains: rice, cornsorghum, kidney beans, bean and pigeon peas.
• Roots and Tubers: Manioc, Malanga or Xanthosoma, yam and eddoes.
• Cucurbitaceaes: pumpkin for export, pumpkin for local consumption, cantaloupe for export, cantaloupe for local consumption, watermelon for export, watermelon for local consumption and cucumber.
• Garden Produce: Potatoes, onion and industrial tomato.
• Industrial Crops: sugarcane, palm oil, coffee and cocoa.
• Fruit Crops: pineapple, plantain, Persian lemon, orange, papaya, avocado, and soursop.

It is important to mention that the tendency during the last couple of years, leans towards the imports of food, which has provoked a decrease in the agricultural areas of the country.

For 2019, exports, as per the FOB value with the greatest volume were the items of watermelon, banana, cantaloupe, coffee, wood and seafood products.  

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