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ARGENTINA extends down the Atlantic coast of South America and is made up of the Andes mountain range to the west; irrigated areas where fruits and sugarcane are grown; a system of plains subtropical in the north where cotton is dominant; the central Pampas, chiefly used for grazing; and the cold and arid Patagonian plateau in the south. Arable land is 9% of the total land area, and 7% of that is irrigated. Agriculture makes up 7% of the GDP. The population in 1999 was about 37 million. General information - GNI per capita PPP$, 2000: 12,050
- Internal renewable water resources: 694 km3
- Incoming water flow: 300 km3
- Main food consumed: meat, oil and fat, sugar and honey, milk, wheat
- Rice consumption, 1999: 3.8 kg milled rice per person per year
Production season | | | | Planting | Harvesting | Main season | Oct-Nov | Mar-Apr | Production constraints
The following are constraints to sustainable rice production in Argentina: - High production costs
- Dependence on external markets for marketing of rice products
- Straighthead, especially on sandy soils in Corrientes
- Weed infestation (Echinochloa sp. And Brachiaria sp.)
- Low temperature during early and/or reproductive phases
- Yield potential of rice varieties has reached a plateau
Basic statistics, Argentina |
| 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Rice | Area harvested (ha) | 108,750 | 116,620 | 184,000 | 214,000 | 289,000 | 185,000 | Yield (t/ha) | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.6 | Production (t) | 400,000 | 428,100 | 926,000 | 1,036,000 | 1,658,000 | 858,000 | Rice imports (t) | 274 | 1,212 | 7,116 | 13,457 | 16,091 | na | Paddy imports (t) | 0 | 172 | 539 | 178 | 87 | na | Rice exports (t) | 111,774 | 75,228 | 390,091 | 547,281 | 659,480 | na | Paddy exports (t) | 0 | 250 | 37,468 | 113,751 | 350,410 | na | Others | Population, total (x103) | 30,305 | 32,527 | 34,768 | 36,123 | 36,577 | na | Population, agriculture (x103) | 3,904 | 3,984 | 4,026 | 4,044 | 4,049 | na | Agricultural area (x103 ha) | 169,900 | 169,400 | 169,200 | 169,200 | na | na | Irrigated agricultural area (x103 ha) | 1,560 | 1,560 | 1,561 | 1,561 | na | na | Total fertilizer consumption (t) | 161,700 | 165,500 | 524,700 | 809,500 | na | na | Tractors used in agric. (no.) | 204,000 | 270,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | na | na | Source: FAOSTAT online database. | Click here for a pdf of this information
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