Editing Economy of Timor-Leste (section)

===Agriculture===
The agriculture sector employs 80% of Timor-Leste's active population.<ref name="wb-expanding">{{cite web|title=Expanding Timor – Leste's Near – Term Non – Oil Exports|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTIMORLESTE/Resources/Volume1TimorLesteDTIS.pdf|publisher=World Bank|pages=iii|date=August 2010|access-date=27 May 2022|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192828/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTIMORLESTE/Resources/Volume1TimorLesteDTIS.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, about 67,000 households grew coffee in Timor-Leste, with a large proportion of those households being poor.<ref name="wb-expanding"/> Currently, the [[gross margin]]s are about $120 per hectare, with returns per labour-day of about $3.70.<ref name="wb-expanding"/> There were 11,000 households growing [[mung beans]] as of 2009, most of them by subsistence farming.<ref name="wb-expanding"/> 94% of domestic fish catch comes from the ocean, especially coastal fisheries.<ref name="ADBWBG2021">{{cite web |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/timor-leste/climate-risk-country-profile-timor-leste |title=Climate Risk Country Profile - Timor-Leste |publisher=Asian Development Bank, World Bank Group |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523151357/https://reliefweb.int/report/timor-leste/climate-risk-country-profile-timor-leste |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|17}} 66% of families are in part supported by these subsistence activities, however the country as a whole does not produce enough food to be self-sustaining, and thus relies on imports.<ref name="ADBWBG2021"/>{{rp|16}} [[Coffee]], [[rice]], [[maize]], [[coconut]]s, [[cassava]], [[soybean]]s, [[banana]]s, [[mango]], and [[sweet potato]]es are cultivated here.  With 5,014 Metric Tons in 2019, the country was ranked number 42 among other countries in Avocados Production.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nationmaster.com/nmx/timeseries/east-timor-avocados-production | title=Avocados Production in East Timor }}</ref>

After [[petroleum]], the second largest export is [[coffee]], which generates about $10&nbsp;million a year.<ref name="us-dos">{{cite web|title=U.S. Relations With Timor-Leste|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35878.htm|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=3 July 2012|access-date=31 May 2022|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604192912/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35878.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 9,000 tonnes of coffee, 108 tonnes of [[cinnamon]], and 161 tonnes of cocoa were harvested in 2012 making the country the 40th ranked producer of coffee, the 6th ranked producer of cinnamon and the 50th ranked producer of cocoa worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faostat3.fao.org/browse/rankings/countries_by_commodity/E|title=FAOSTAT|website=faostat3.fao.org|access-date=31 May 2022|archive-date=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728060615/http://faostat3.fao.org/browse/rankings/countries_by_commodity/E|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, 186 Metric Tons of cocoa beans were produced and the country was number 48.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nationmaster.com/nmx/timeseries/east-timor-cocoa-beans-production | title=Cocoa Beans Production in East Timor }}</ref>