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PRIMARY SECTOR, coal, fish, oak, trade, wool, cold cuts, alfalfa, barley,…
PRIMARY SECTOR
Definition
It provides food and raw materials that the industry uses and converts into other things
Raw materials
crude or processed material that can be converted by combination into a new and useful product
Across the World
Agricultural and livestock activities
Developing
self-consumption
doesn't contribute to the gross domestic product
value of goods that are produced in one year
Developed
for trade
Improvements in production systems
Agriculture
large agricultural areas
USA, European Union and Canada
few people working (less than 5%)
Livestock and fish
Allowed us produce food
Mining industry
fewer workers
highly mechanised
In Spain
Mining
before
important in Spain
after
don't contribute the gross domestic product
Transformed the landscape
Cultural traditions
Examples
iron
coal
rocks
marble
gypsum
consists of extracting minerals from the Earth's surface
Forestry
important areas for wood production
Basque Country
Galicia
Castilla y León
examples
eucalyptus
corn oak
provides cork
pine
obtain wood for construction or for making furniture and paper
Agriculture and livestock
provide
raw materials
to produce other products
food
non-irrigated crops
don't need water
irrigated crops
Need water
Fishing
removal of fish or other aquatic species from their environment
Spain catches so much fish
production increased
river fish farms
sea farms
still very substantial
Canary Islands
Western Andalucía
Galicia
Mechanisation
fewer people
Agricultural Production and Livestock In Spain
Agriculture
fruit trees
lemon, apple and banana tress
Tropical fruits
avocado, custard apple, mango
orange, tangerine, peach
grapevines and olive trees
number 1 producer
wine
olive oil
fruit and vegetables and animal feed
potatoes, lettuce, peppers
water channel or greenhouses
tomatoes, melons strawberries
alfalfa
industrial crops
tobacco, sugar beet
cotton, sunfloweers
cereals
corn
rice
wheat and barley
Livestock
ovine or sheep
products
wool
cheese
meat
caprine
products
meat
cheese
bovine or cattle
milk producers
Asturias
Cantabria
porcine
product
ham
cold cuts
