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THE PRIMARY SECTOR
The primary sector in Spain
Agriculture and livestock
(Raw material: material that can be converted into a new and useful product.)
Agriculture and livestock provide food and raw materials
Crops are classified as non-irrigated crops and irrigated crops
Agricultural production
Fruit trees
Orange, tangerine, peach, lemon and apple trees and the banana tree
Apple trees (Valencia, Murcia, Lleida, Aragón)
Banana tree (Canary islands)
Tropical fruits are produced on the Andalusian Mediterranean coast
Fruits and vegetables and animal feed
Potatoes, tomatoes, melons, lettuce, peppers and strawberries
Almería, Alicante and Murcia
The main animal feed product is Alfalfa (Huesca)
Grapevines and olive trees
Spain is the world's number one producer of wine and olive oil
Andalucía, La Mancha and Extremadura
Cereals
Barley, corn and rice
Castilla y león, Castilla-La Mancha and the Ebro Valley are the main producers of cereals
Tarragona, Valencia and Sevilla lead the way in rice production
Galicia and Aragón lead the way in corn
Industrial crops
Cotton, sunflowers, tobacco and sugar beet
Livestock production
Bovine or cattle
Castilla y León, Galicia and Extremadura
Ovine or sheep
Extremadura, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha and Aragón
Caprine
Andalucía and Extremadura
Porcine
Catalonia and Aragón
Mining consists of extracting mineral from the Earth's surface
Nowadays it contributes very little to gross domestic product.
The mines have transformed the landscape and created cultural traditions
Forest explitation or forestry
It is mainly focused on obtaining wood
Most wood production in Spain comes from Galicia
The main kinds of woods are pine, eucalyptus, beech, oak and Holm oak.
Fishing
Spain catches a large amount of fish
Production has increased because of river fish farms and sea farms
The fishing sector is very substantial in Galicia, the Canary Islands and Western Andalucía.
Species caught
Fish
Mollusc
Crustaceans
River fish farm
Sea farm
The fishing sector is substantial in Galicia, the Canary Islands and Western Andalucía.
The primary sector across the world
For trading (the United States, the European Union and Canada)
Large agricultural areas have few people working in the agricultural sector (less than 5%)
These countries are large-scale producers
Highly mechanised and needs fewer mine workers
For self-cosumption (Africa, Asia and America)
Large number of workers but low efficiency
