AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Main products of economic importance in the agricultural sector in Cusco

LegendSectorAgropecuario//Cusco//2007

[ A ] Agricultural Area in the Cusco Region

[ B ] Non-agricultural area in R. Cusco

[ A.1 ] Potato

[ A.2] Starchy corn

[ A.3 ] Coffee

[ A.4] Hard yellow corn

[ A.5] Wheat

[ A.6 ] Paddy rice

[ A.7 ] Dry grain beans

[ A.8 ] Soy

The total agricultural area corresponds to 13.19% of the department of Cusco. 86.8% corresponds to the non-agricultural space occupied by natural pastures, mountains, and forests.

The department’s geoeconomic units are linked to but do not precisely coincide with, three main ecological floors. Within the framework of the process of elaboration of the Strategic Plan for Departmental Development of Cusco to 2012, 6 decentralized workshops were held, which grou ped the provinces of the department according to their belonging to one or another geoeconomic unit—finding the area of Cusco in Agriculture, se condary and tertiary industries.