Italy Agriculture

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Italian agriculture represents 21% of the European production and it is ranked second after France. However, the good results registered for a decade must not block the necessity of a serious reform of the sector, severely handicapped by the multiplicity of farms and by the aging of the agricultural population. Besides, 200,000 farms considered as professionals, on the 3,000,000 listed, possess half of the agricultural surface exploited and generate 65% of the agricultural income.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 1,103,000 hectares in Italy.

Number of farms:

3,023,344

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Vineyard	9,773,641	876,035	111,567

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Ovine races	10,970,000

Number of tractors:

1,475,000

Irrigated land (surface area):

2,698,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
262,444 Tm.	231,575 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

609,768 Tm.