Agriculture
... size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure. Agriculture, employing about one-third of the working population, provides the economic base with major exports ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
agriculture
deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/b_mp.html
agriculture
Costa Rica's basically stable economy depends on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. Poverty has remained around 20% for nearly 20 years, and the strong social safety net that had been put ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
agriculture
... in climatic conditions. Despite government attempts to diversify the economy, it is still heavily dependent on agriculture and related activities, engaging roughly 68% of the population. Since 2006, oil and gas production ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 7.2% industry: 31.6% services: 61.2% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Croatia/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 5.2% industry: 25% services: 69.8% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Cuba/e_ec.html
agriculture
... to Mexico for sexual exploitation; forced labor victims also include children coerced into working in commercial agriculture tier rating: Tier 3 - Cuba does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/i_ti.html
Agriculture
... below poverty line: %NA Inflation rate: 11.4% (2006) Budget: revenues: $2.5 billion, expenditures: $2.5 billion (2006) Agriculture - products: citrus fruit, dairy, potatoes, grapes, olives, poultry, lamb Industries: foodstuffs, textiles, clothing, ship repair ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 2.8% industry: 38.4% services: 58.8% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/e_ec.html
agriculture
... growth, but also supported by exports and investments. This thoroughly modern market economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable living standards ...
www.exxun.com/Denmark/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 3.2% industry: 14.9% services: 81.9% (2006)
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/e_ec.html
agriculture
The Dominican economy depends on agriculture, primarily bananas, and remains highly vulnerable to climatic conditions and international economic developments. Tourism has increased as the government seeks to promote Dominica as an "ecotourism ...
www.exxun.com/Dominica/e_ec.html
agriculture
... as an exporter of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, in recent years the service sector has overtaken agriculture as the economy's largest employer due to growth in tourism and free trade zones ...
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 6.7% industry: 35.1% services: 58.2% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/e_ec.html
agriculture
... the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/a_fg.html
agriculture
agriculture: 13.8% industry: 41.1% services: 45.1% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Egypt/e_ec.html
agriculture
... rural areas are trafficked within the country to work as domestic servants or laborers in the agriculture industry tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Egypt is placed on the Tier 2 Watch ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/i_ti.html
agriculture
agriculture: 9.7% industry: 27.6% services: 62.7% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
agriculture
... hard currency earnings, the neglect of the rural economy under successive regimes has diminished potential for agriculture-led growth (the government has stated its intention to reinvest some oil revenue into agriculture ...
www.exxun.com/EquatorialGuinea/e_ec.html
agriculture
... Justice (PFDJ). Like the economies of many African nations, the economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture, with 80% of the population involved in farming and herding. The Ethiopian-Eritrea war in ...
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 3% industry: 28.5% services: 68.5% (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Estonia/e_ec.html
agriculture
Ethiopia's poverty-stricken economy is based on agriculture, accounting for almost half of GDP, 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/e_ec.html
agriculture
agriculture: 4.4% industry: 27.1% services: 67.1% note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services (2002 est.)
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/e_ec.html
agriculture
The economy was formerly based on agriculture, mainly sheep farming, but today fishing contributes the bulk of economic activity. In 1987, the government began selling fishing licenses to foreign trawlers operating within ...
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
