Chile: the balanced view : a recopilation of articles about the Allende years and after

Granting that the program could be carried out in the estímated time, the use (Jf agricultural land in Chile would evolve as indicat~d below: (Thousaríds 01 hectares) Graos. 1970/71 1972/73 1975/76 1979/80 Cereals 891.4 100 698.2 73 970.6 108 1.060 118 Small farm crops 271.2 100 263.9. 97 308.0 114 375 138 Industrial crops 102.0 100 69.4 68 111.7 115 170 166 Vegetables . 102.0 100 95.0 93 95.0 9'3 110 108 Vineyards 107.9 100 110.4 102 120.0 111 145 132 Orchards 101.2 100 102.1 101 102.5 101 167.5 164 ! Totals 1,575.7 1,339.0 85 1,707.8 ,108 2,027.5 128 In the preceding table the agricultural year 1970-71 has been used as an indicator of 100toshow howthe crop structure is expectedtovaryupto 1979-80. With a total increase in farmed area to 128 percent, the more intensive crops such as smal! farm (138 percent) and industrial crops (166 percent) increase considerably taster, thereby retlecting the policy directive on inténsive agriculture. It is.also hoped that by 1980 the 236,000 hectares whose principal irrigatíon installa– tions have been completed wi II be irrigated, ín addition to 140,000-150,000 hectares whose basic installations are currently u(1der construction. The fact that more area wíll be írrigated and growíng techníques ímproved (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and week-killers) permits us to forecast ímproved yields in al! crops. The program predicts improvement as indicated below, using the same agricultural years as in the preceding table: (Hundreds of kg ha) Grop 1970/71 1972/13 1975/76 Wheat 18.8 .14 17 20 Oat 14.9· 14.4 16 18 Barley 21.6 16.8 19.7 23 Rye 13.8 13.5 11 14 Rice 24.6 29.6 33 35.5 Corn 33.5 34 35 39 Potatoes 104.4 93.5 105 115 Beans 10.3 9.6 12 13.5 Lentils 6.6 6.1 6.2 7.3 Peas 8.4 7.5 8.6 10. Chick-peas 4.5 2.7 5.5 7.2 . Sugar beets 395.7 247.0 420 460 Raps 16.6 13 13.7 15 Sunflowers 13.3 11.3 11.3 13 Tobacco 29 35 Winesn 4,866.5 4,856.9 4,900 5,000 -_.- (')Liters per ha 237