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Mexico is widely believed to be an arid country, but this is not the case. It has a vast territory, where almost 12% is used for agriculture: 232,761 square kilometers (89,869 sq mi), which are almost the size of the whole United Kingdom, are used to grow food and cash crops. Then another 16% of Mexico's territory (315,608 square Km/121,857 square miles, or an area the same size of Poland or New Mexico) is considered as man-made or natural pastures, where cattle of several species is raised, including bovine, caprine, porcine and poultry.
With the Green Revolution (1950-1970), Mexico made the necessary effort (financial, technical and even political) to switch from dry farming to irrigated farming. Mexican laborers also adopted new breeds of wheat, maize and beans, improving field productivity in some cases, by more than 90%. This success helped Mexico become self-sufficient by 1968, then it also allowed Mexico to become one the largest producers of agricultural products in the world: nowadays, main crops include corn (ranked 4th worldwide), sorghum (4th), and beans (5th). Mexico is also a major producer and exporter of fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products, being among the top 10 producers of avocado, cacao, coffee, lemon, mango, orange, tomato, sugarcane, honey and banana.
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