Norway Agriculture

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The climatic conditions limit activities in this sector (3.16 % of the territory) which represent only 3% of the GNP (including forests tapping). Yields of traditional farms are not important. The will to save the traditional agriculture, which allows a certain city - country balance, led to a subsidies policy and to the limitation of imports.

Since 1993, this support policy is more limited and competitiveness is much sought-after.
Norwegian territorial waters are very rich, among the most full of fish in the world (catches reach about 2.5 million tons a year). In spite of the fact that it represents only 0.8% of the GDP and employs 0.9 % of the working population, fishing is an important sector of the economy since 90% of the production is exported. This sector had been undergoing reorganization over these last few years in order to avoid overfishing and to improve profitability.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 908,000 hectares in Norway.

Number of farms:

99,382

Crops

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Ovine races	2,399,000

Number of tractors:

148,000

Irrigated land (surface area):

127,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
45,253 Tm.	2,810,679 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

2,807,551 Tm.