Dominican Republic

General information GNI per capita PPP$, 2011: 9,490 Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 21 km3/year Incoming water flow, 2011: 0 km3/year Main food consumed, 2009: rice, plantains, meat, milk, wheat, sugar, oils and fats Rice consumption, 2009: 53.2 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons   Planting Harvesting Main Dec-Mar May-Aug Off Jul-Sep Dec-Jan

Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):

The Dominican Republic occupies an area of 48,670 km², the major part of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, with Haiti occupying the smaller, western part of the island. The Dominican Republic had a population of 10 million in 2011, and about 10% of the workforce is engaged in agriculture, which makes up 6% of GDP. It is a tropical country with extensive fertile areas lying between mountain ranges; about 17% is arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT database online as of November 2012.

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