Editing Economy of Venezuela (section)

=== Agriculture ===
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[[Agriculture in Venezuela]] accounts for approximately 3% of GDP, 10% of the labor force, and at least a quarter of Venezuela's land area. Venezuela exports [[rice]], [[Maize|corn]], [[fish]], tropical [[fruit]], [[coffee]], [[beef]] and [[pork]]. The country is not self-sufficient in most areas of [[agriculture]]. Venezuela imports about two-thirds of its food needs. In 2002, American firms exported $347 million worth of agricultural products, including [[wheat]], [[maize|corn]], [[soybean]]s, [[soybean meal]], [[cotton]], [[animal fat]]s, [[vegetable oil]]s and other items to make Venezuela one of the top two American markets in South America. The United States supplies more than one-third of Venezuela's food imports. Recent government policies have led to problems with food shortages. During times of high oil revenues domestic agriculture was neglected in favor of imported products, but when oil revenues fell and the currency experienced hyperinflation, the cost of acquiring those imported goods became prohibitive for most Venezuelans.<ref name="economist.com"/>

Venezuela produced in 2019:<ref>[http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ Venezuela production in 2019, by FAO]</ref>

* 4.3 million tons of [[sugarcane]];
* 1.9 million tons of [[maize]];
* 1.4 million tons of [[banana]];
* 760 thousand tons of [[rice]];
* 485 thousand tons of [[pineapple]];
* 477 thousand tons of [[potato]];
* 435 thousand tons of [[palm oil]];
* 421 thousand tons of [[cassava]];
* 382 thousand tons of [[Orange (fruit)|orange]];
* 225 thousand tons of [[watermelon]];
* 199 thousand tons of [[papaya]];
* 194 thousand tons of [[melon]];
* 182 thousand tons of [[tomatoes]];
* 155 thousand tons of [[tangerine]];
* 153 thousand tons of [[coconut]];
* 135 thousand tons of [[avocado]];
* 102 thousand tons of [[mango]] (including [[mangosteen]] and [[guava]]);
* 56 thousand tons of [[coffee]];

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products. Due to internal economic and political problems, sugar cane production dropped from 7.3 million tons in 2012 to 3.6 million in 2016. Corn production dropped from 2.3 million tons in 2014 to 1.2 million in 2017. Rice fell from 1.15 million tons in 2014 to 498 thousand tons in 2016.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ Venezuela production, by FAO]</ref>