Spanish provinces

Aridity index shows that the wet Iberia, there aridity. In the call Iberia semi-humid, arid there some months but not more than four, aunk there even months for k produces surplus. In the semiarid Iberia, there is never water surplus and deficit reaches no more d 7 months. When the deficit is between 7 and 11 months are in the semiarid Iberia which coincides with the extreme southeastern coast. On the Peninsula there are totally ary regions, although in the Canaries. Except in the franaj cantabrica the rest of the mainland is only suitable for rainfed crops. No keda therefore more irrigation resource, expensive and not always possible to solve the problem d aridity. Socioeconomic factors of agriculture: The agricultural working population: The population has been losing agricultural active effects from the 4, 5 million of the century comienxos d to just under 700,000 today. The decline was sharper in the decades of 60 and 70. This decline has never been a problem because the Spanish camp always had a substantial surplus geographic. There is a serious problem in the aging of the agricultural working population. D Children 30 years are 23% and over d 50 to 42%. Wanting it to say that generational change is doubtful.Current structure of the population, "Dimension and farm productivity. The average size of land holdings business is about 14.7 ha. Excessive fragmentation hinders recional land use, started in 1953, the call-allotment, which aimed redice the number of parcels of each farm. INE classifies farms today degun their economic size units that give a better idea close to the situation of the Spanish countryside. Given that an ESU equals 1,200 €, consider low-yield holdings


those whose gross margin is less than 8 UDES, the average return of between 8 and 40 UDES and highly profitable but those of d 40 udes. The prevailing low profitability in all regions of the country. The average return is 19% of the total high yield and accounted for only 4%. "Tenure. The tenure system has changed considerably as a result of rural exodus. UAA in the regime of property has increased in recent years to nearly three quarters. The operation on a lease and sharecropping has declined almost in the same proportion.