Total area: 2,780,400 sq km
Total land area: 2,736,690 sq km
Total water area: 43,710 sq km
Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Terrain Description: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border
Arable land use: 13.68%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.36%
Irrigated Land: 15,500 sq km (2003)
Total Renewable water resources: 814 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 32.57 cu km/yr (23%/13%/64%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 864.9 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural Hazards Description: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding in some areas
Environmental Current Issues: environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution
Total Labor Force: 17.05 million
% of Labor Force in Agricultural: 5%
Agricultural products description: rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base.
Total land area: 2,736,690 sq km
Total water area: 43,710 sq km
Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Terrain Description: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border
Arable land use: 13.68%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.36%
Irrigated Land: 15,500 sq km (2003)
Total Renewable water resources: 814 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 32.57 cu km/yr (23%/13%/64%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 864.9 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural Hazards Description: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding in some areas
Environmental Current Issues: environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution
Total Labor Force: 17.05 million
% of Labor Force in Agricultural: 5%
Agricultural products description: rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base.
These images show the high amounts of technology that there is for the farmers that are growing a lot of crops. Then, it shows the ways that the animal farmers herd their livestock. They do not have as good of technology and usually have to do most of their work by hand.
http://www.tresvalles-lodge.com/en/d/the-ranch/livestock
http://www.argentour.com/en/argentina_economy/agriculture.php
http://ibjoneshistory11.wikispaces.com/1.03+Argentina
http://www.ifad.org/media/events/2002/women.htm
http://inhabitat.com/spiffy-backpack-traps-bovine-gas/cow-backpack-methane-emissions-national-institute-for-agricultural-technology-livestock-industry-greenhouse-gases-global-warming-guillermo-berro-argentina/
http://www.argentour.com/en/argentina_economy/agriculture.php
http://ibjoneshistory11.wikispaces.com/1.03+Argentina
http://www.ifad.org/media/events/2002/women.htm
http://inhabitat.com/spiffy-backpack-traps-bovine-gas/cow-backpack-methane-emissions-national-institute-for-agricultural-technology-livestock-industry-greenhouse-gases-global-warming-guillermo-berro-argentina/