Analysis of agricultural production in Nicaragua, final report

The purpose was to provide an analytical basis whereby priorities for general and specific agricultural policies could be established to further Nicaraguan development objectives in the agricultural sector. The study was limited to an analysis of principal agricultural products in Nicaragua and included nine crops and two livestock activities. These activities were grouped into three classes of products: (1) basic grains including corn, beans, rice and grain sorghum; (2) export products including cotton, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco and sesame; and (3) livestock activities which included the beef and dairy enterprises. Together, these activities account for over 90 percent of the total value of production from the agricultural sector in 1971. The analysis was further limited to production from the six major regions (Figure 1) which lie in the western half of the country. The two eastern regions bordering the Caribbean were excluded from the study since both are economically unimportant in terms of national agricultural output.