Agriculture y Economy in Tenerife
Isla de la Eterna Primavera
Tenerife is known throughout the world as the Island of Eternal Spring. Its geographic position, in an imaginary strip around the world in which you find some of the best holiday spots in the world, means that this slogan is not far from truth.
Los guanches
Even before the Canary Islands were part of history as such, they were legendary as the mythical lands beyond the Pillars of Hercules, the Gibraltar Straits, toward the Dark Sea.
Los guanches
The Canary Islands are the group with the greatest wealth of flora.Moreover, it is the fourth natural region in the world for endemic flora, with 1700 reported higher plant species, of which some 20 genera and more than 500 species are endemic.
Embajadas
Listing of addresses and telephones, of the Consulates and Embassy of the different countries located in the Tenerife and Gran Canaria Islands.
Telefonos
Listing addresses and telephone numbers of public services in the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria ....
Agriculture accounts for less than 10% of GDP, although it makes an important contribution to the island in that it generates incalculable benefits, related to sustaining the rural landscape and maintaining the cultural values of Tenerife.
Bananas are the leading crop, with Tenerife being the leading producer of the Canary Islands.Annual production has stabilised around 150,000 metric tonnes in recent years, after peaking at 200,000 tonnes in 1986. Just over 90% of the crop goes to the Spanish domestic market. Banana plantations cover 4,200 Has. of land. The next most important crop is tomatoes, followed by potatoes, flowers and ornamental plants and vines. BANANA (Tenerife)
1995 = 153.619 tonnes (371.208 tonnes in Canaries as a whole)
1996 = 151.448 tonnes (348.087 tonnes in Canaries as a whole)
Agricultural value (1995) = 12.500 Millones pts. (including subsidies for loss of income).
