What percentage of Mexico is involved with food production?

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A graph would also be helpful.

Answer 1

There are a few different answers, although they all say about the same thing. According to InfoPlease ( http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107779.html ) approximately 13% of the land in Mexico is arable (it also gives a list of crops). Encyclopedia Britannica (http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-204556) goes into a little more depth, saying: "It is estimated that no more than 20 percent of the nation can be classified as potentially arable. Normally only from 10 to 15 percent of the country's area is planted to crops annually, and because of weather conditions less than that is harvested. Only about a quarter of the cropland in production is irrigated."

For graphs, you can try EarthTrends: http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/agriculture-food/country-profile-122.html but the graphs focus on food production, not land use. I found a really great pie chart that shows the break-down of how land is used, but only in Mexico City, unfortunately. If you want to see it, that one is here: http://pangea.stanford.edu/courses/gp104/waterscape/viewscaperk.php?entry=25 Other than that, it looks like most of the graphs online deal with exports or specific areas.