-Total area: 283,561 sq km
-Land area: 276,841 sq km
-Total water area: 6,720 sq km
-Climate Description: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
-Terrain description: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
-Arable land: 4.51%
-Permanent crops: 5.38%
-Irrigated land use- 8,534 sq km (2003)
-Total renewable water resources: 0.15 cu km (2011)
-Total fresh water withdrawal: 9.92 cu km/yr (13%/6%/81%)
-Per person freshwater withdrawal: 716.1 cu m/yr (2005)
-Natural hazards description: frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
-Environmental current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
-Total labor force: 4.769 million
-% of labor force in agriculture: 27.6%
-Agricultural products description: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; fish, shrimp; balsa wood
-Land area: 276,841 sq km
-Total water area: 6,720 sq km
-Climate Description: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
-Terrain description: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
-Arable land: 4.51%
-Permanent crops: 5.38%
-Irrigated land use- 8,534 sq km (2003)
-Total renewable water resources: 0.15 cu km (2011)
-Total fresh water withdrawal: 9.92 cu km/yr (13%/6%/81%)
-Per person freshwater withdrawal: 716.1 cu m/yr (2005)
-Natural hazards description: frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
-Environmental current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
-Total labor force: 4.769 million
-% of labor force in agriculture: 27.6%
-Agricultural products description: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; fish, shrimp; balsa wood
Lamas at a family owned farm in Ecuador
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women working in a Ecuador farm
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The Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture sent technicians to Spain in order to present a plan with the objective of offering land to Ecuadorian immigrants, thereby motivating their return and offering a labor alternative to citizens, informed the Ecuadorian embassy in Spain.
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Read more: http://www.andes.info.ec/en/actualidad/ecuador-offers-land-immigrants-spain-so-they-return-country-work.html
Dairy for organic cheese outside Cotacachi
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