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Chile agriculture is only viable for 7.3 percent of the land. Agriculture of Chile is centered mostly along the Central Valley of Chile because the cultivable land is found there in adequate quantity. Agriculture in Chile is still done by hired labor or tenants, who form almost 13.6 percent of the workforce. Onions, beans, grapes, apples, oats, wheat, pears, corn, peaches, asparagus, garlic are the main agricultural products of Chile, along with wool, beef and poultry. Chile also produces fish and timber.
Plentiful water reserves and good, predictable climatic patterns favor the growth of Chilean agriculture.
Although the ancient management techniques and obscure land distribution and land use patterns along with insufficient technological know how and ad hoc pricing policies have deeply affected the growth of agriculture of Chile. Adverse results in the orthodox agricultural sector curb a faster growth in agriculture. However the production of grapes has rapidly risen to clock a 235% growth from 1981 to 1985.
Exports of agricultural products by private international and national firms were much encouraged by the government since the time of the military government that took over in 1973. Hence due to this policy, Chile significantly increased the export of canned vegetables, fresh fruit, and wines.
So Chile agriculture is on the verge of a upswing due to governmental measures to address the fulfillment of lacunae in this sector seriously.
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