Costa Rica ranks among the most widely grown crops: oil palm coffee cane ranks in the top three

In Costa Rica, oil palms, coffee and sugar cane are the most widely used crops in costa Rica, according to the Encuesta Nacional Agropecuaria, a national agricultural survey released on November 20th by the National Bureau of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica.
Costa Rica's National newspaper reported on 21 November that, according to the survey, oil palm was the largest crop in Costa Rica in 2017, with an area of 92,456 hectares cultivated, followed by coffee with an area of about 90,725 hectares and sugar cane with 63,295 hectares of arable land in Costa Rica.
are perennennal or permanent crops, and their products are mainly used for export.
are consistent with the area under cultivation, and Costa Rica has the highest yield of all three crops.
2017, Costa Rica's oil palm, sugar cane and coffee harvests were 1334,912 tons, 4147,291 tons and 381,277 tons, respectively.
also found that basic grains cover the largest area of Costa Rica's annual crop, which is harvested once a year and has to be re-planted the next year.
last year, Rice, beans and maize were grown in Costa Rica at 45,092 hectares, 16,503 hectares and 11,226 hectares, respectively.
basic cereals produced in Costa Rica are mainly used for domestic consumption, and the production of all three crops is difficult to meet domestic market demand and must therefore be supplemented by imports.
, Costa Rica produced 80,085 tons of rice, 9,005 tons and 20,561 tons of corn last year.
also harvested 95,047 tons of bananas, 212,906 tons of oranges, 115,636 tons of melons, 87,482 tons of cassava and 54,900 tons of potatoes last year, according to the report.
Costa Rica, pastoralism is the largest area of economic production, with the exception of farming.
survey, as of last year, Costa Rica had 124,078 hectares of land for forestry cultivation and grazing.
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