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Agriculture

Extensive farming is widely practiced in areas with more land available for cultivation.
Farming is done by using modern technology. This type of farming is mostly practiced
in Russia. Only 10% of the total population of Europe was engaged in agriculture.
In the densely populated areas where the cultivable land is limited. The intensive
farming is practical. The improved seeds, chemical fertilizers, insecticides and
pesticides are used very highly to get the good production from the small farm. Cattle
rearing and crop cultivation are found in the same area. It is called mixed farming.
Besides crop cultivation, horticulture and floriculture and Pisciculture are common in
Europe. It produce varieties of flowers and citrus fruits so, it is also called the “Garden
of the world”.

Pisciculture

Fisheries or pisciculture is the important economic activity in various parts in Europe.
It is a peninsula bounded by the sea on three sides. So the fishing is prospered in
Europe. Mostly the people living is coastal areas are engaged in making fishing nets
and fishing boats, catching fish, processing, packaging and marketing canned fish
and fish products. Fishing has become an industry because of the advance technology.
Large ships with full equipment are used to catch fish. The countries following
pisciculture are Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the United Kingdom,
the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Russia.
Minerals

The continent Europe has large deposition of mineral resources. The mineral deposition
is not distributed evenly, however, some of the areas with mineral deposition are
given below in the table:
Sl.No. Mineral Areas
1. Coal Germany, Poland, Belgium, France, Spain, the UK, Ukaraine and Czech
Republic
2. Iron Ore Sweden, the UK, Russia, Spain, France, Belgium, Poland and Germany
3. Bauxite, Russia, Germany, France, Norway, the UK, Switzerland and Austria
an ore of Aluminium
4. Petroleum and Natural Gas Romania, Russia and North Sea Oil fields
5. Chromium Turkey
6. Silver Poland
7. Titanium Norway
Europe has limited deposit of oil and natural gas even though Russia is the highest
exporter of natural gas. The second largest exporter of natural gas is Norway and
other countries are the Netherlands and the UK.
Industries

Europe is an industrially advanced country. Industrial Revolution was started in Great
th
Britain in the late 18 century. Now, there is widespread industrial development
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