AGRICULTURE
Total Area: 301,340 sq km
Land Area: 294,140 sq km
Water Area: 7,200 sq km
Climate description: Predominantly Mediterranean, Alpine in far North, hot, dry in the South
Terrain description: Mostly rugged and mountainous, some plains, coastal lowlands
Arable Land Use: 22.57%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 8.37%
Irrigated Land: 39,510 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 191.3 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 45.41 cu km
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 789.8 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: Regional risks include landslides, mud-flows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding and land subsidence in Venice
Environmental Current Issues: Air pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide, coastal and in land rivers polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents, acid rain damaging lakes, inadequate industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities
Total Labor Force: 25.62 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 3.9%
Agricultural Products description: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, suger beets, soybeans, grain, olive, beef, dairy product and fish
Land Area: 294,140 sq km
Water Area: 7,200 sq km
Climate description: Predominantly Mediterranean, Alpine in far North, hot, dry in the South
Terrain description: Mostly rugged and mountainous, some plains, coastal lowlands
Arable Land Use: 22.57%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 8.37%
Irrigated Land: 39,510 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 191.3 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 45.41 cu km
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 789.8 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: Regional risks include landslides, mud-flows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding and land subsidence in Venice
Environmental Current Issues: Air pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide, coastal and in land rivers polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents, acid rain damaging lakes, inadequate industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities
Total Labor Force: 25.62 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 3.9%
Agricultural Products description: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, suger beets, soybeans, grain, olive, beef, dairy product and fish