Agriculture in reunion island

Almost all the food is imported. Agricultural products mainly include other cash crops such as sugarcane, geranium and vanilla, fruits and vegetables, livestock products and meat. There are 63,600 hectares of cultivated land, including 33,200 hectares of sugarcane, accounting for 52.2% of all cultivated land. From 65438 to 0997, the output value of various agricultural products accounted for 34.8% of the total agricultural output value, sugar cane 27. 1%, grain and seeds 2.7%, other cash crops 1.8%, beef 2.6% and pork1.2%. Sugarcane is the most important agricultural product in Reunion Island, and the export of sugarcane and sucrose accounts for 93% of the total export of agricultural products and 66% of the total export of the whole island. 1999, thanks to favorable climatic conditions, the yield of left-behind sugarcane reached the best level in recent years. 1300 tons of fruit exported in 1998, including pineapple 1 150 tons. In the past 20 years, the output of traditional cash crops such as vanilla, geranium and vanilla has declined, and the output of sugarcane has not exceeded 2 million tons, which is not as good as that in the 1960s and 1970s. However, the proportion of fruits, vegetables, flowers and grains in agricultural products has increased.

With the rapid development of animal husbandry, residents on the island can achieve self-sufficiency in pork. 1998, there were 26,900 cows, 84,000 pigs and 38,000 goats, and beef 15 17 tons, pork1273 tons, rabbit meat 520 tons and poultry meat/kloc were produced.

Rich in fishery resources, it is one of the important sources of income and the fourth largest export product after sucrose, rum and essence. From 65438 to 0998, the output of tuna was 600 tons and swordfish was 450 tons.