Agriculture and livestock provide 10% of the province's output, well above the national average.

Farming and raising livestock provide both employment for 45% of the working population.

Meat-producing livestock can provide environmental benefits through waste reduction, e.g. conversion of human-inedible residues of food crops.

The livestock, chickens and high quality olive oil provide a cash element in this economy.

Farming and raising livestock provides employment for 36% of the working population.

Small family farms and livestock provided the bulk of the sustenance to the population.

In the traditional economy, livestock provided foodstuffs and clothing; after the 1921 revolution, livestock supplied foodstuffs and raw materials for industries and for export.

Price is also an issue for the farmers and ranchers whose crops and livestock provide the raw materials for the pet food.