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10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In permanent crops, the main sugarcane
is representing 36% of the total, followed by coffee (21%) and cocoa (0.8%).
Performance-wise, the main products
are raw onion and cane honey.
As
for the most important annual crops are potatoes, which in 2010 showed a
significant increase in planted area, followed in importance traditional maize
(11%), beans and onion bulb (0.5%).
With
respect to annual crops, cassava is the representative crop.
The black snuff was the fastest
growing product in 2010 showed in planting and production.
Animal
Husbandry
The South Andean region contributed
37.9% of total national cattle slaughtered in 2010 aimed at a domestic
consumption 38.1% and 10.5% to the total national export. The variation of beef carcass weight
between January and December increased 23.4% from 23,057,738 kg to 28,442,126
kg.
