Agriculture in Martinique is an important industry. The soil of the island is extremely fertile, and the climate is tropical making excellent conditions...
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Martinique (/ˌmɑːrtɪˈniːk/ MAR-tin-EEK, French: [maʁtinik] ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the...
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The economy of Martinique is mostly based in the services sector. Agriculture accounts for about 6% of Martinique's GDP and the small industrial sector...
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distinct taxon, it was endemic to Martinique and became extinct due to habitat loss as Martinique was cleared for agriculture. It has not been recorded since...
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Dominica (redirect from Sport in Dominica)
developed plantation agriculture on Martinique and Guadeloupe, where they cultivated sugarcane with enslaved African workers. In Dominique they gradually...
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Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. As of the 2017 census of agriculture, there were 2.04 million farms...
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Grenada (redirect from Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique)
the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and several small islands which lie to the north of the main island and...
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l'agriculture biologique" (PDF). Agriculture biologique en Martinique [Organic agriculture in Martinique] (PDF) (in French). IRD Editions. part 2, chapter 2...
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This is a page on the history of the island of Martinique. The island was originally inhabited by Arawak and Carib peoples. Circa 130 AD, the first Arawaks...
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Le Lamentin (redirect from Lamentin, Martinique)
located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km2, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin...
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Agriculture in Cuba has played an important part in the economy for several hundred years. Today, it contributes less than 10% to the gross domestic product...
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the largest agricultural producers and exporters in the world. As with other developed nations, the proportion of the population agriculture employed and...
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Parc naturel régional de la Martinique is one of 54 French regional nature parks. With a surface area of approximately 63,000 ha (240 sq mi), it covers...
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Tropical Storm Cindy (1993) (category Hurricanes in Martinique)
tropical cyclone that caused disastrous floods and mudslides across Martinique in August 1993. Cindy formed east of the island and became the annual hurricane...
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The Regional Council of Martinique served as the regional council governing Martinique. In 2015, the Assembly of Martinique was established to replace...
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Zanthoxylum martinicense (redirect from Martinique prickly ash)
Zanthoxylum martinicense, the Martinique prickly ash, white pricklyash, or espino rubial, is an evergreen tree with pinnately compound leaves and thick...
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In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's...
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Guadeloupe (redirect from Elections in guadeloupe)
West India Company before it was annexed to France in 1674 under the tutelage of their Martinique colony. Institutionalised slavery, enforced by the Code...
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of agriculture were undertaken in 1978/1979, 1996 and 2007. The last census of agriculture was conducted in the French territory of Martinique in 2020...
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Indo-Caribbean people (redirect from Indians in the Caribbean)
Kashmir. Most Indians in the French West Indies of Martinique and Guadeloupe are of South Indian Tamil and Telugu origin and Indians in Barbados are mostly...
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poor soil, agriculture has never really been a viable enterprise in the Bahamas" and that Bahamian "settlers and citizens often found that in spite of their...
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Anadenobolus monilicornis (category Animals described in 1876)
Caribbean: it is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, and on Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Maarten, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica...
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Administrative divisions of France (redirect from Local government in France)
regions: 12 in mainland France and 6 elsewhere (1 in Europe: Corsica; 2 in the Caribbean (the Lesser Antilles): Guadeloupe and Martinique; 1 in South America:...
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cocoa in terms of export value. Coffee cultivation was first introduced to Haiti in 1715, as hardier plants from Martinique was later brought in and further...
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Saint Lucia (category 1800s establishments in the Caribbean)
north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 (238 square miles) with an estimated...
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Economy of French Polynesia (redirect from Agriculture in French Polynesia)
Mountains were terraced for agriculture production, river banks were contained by stone walls, artificial soil was created on atolls in large trenches, and large...
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French Guiana (redirect from Internet in French Guiana)
was only implemented in Saint-Domingue, Guadeloupe and French Guiana, while the colonies of Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique and French India resisted...
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Caribbean (redirect from Foreign interventions by the United States in the Caribbean)
Guadeloupe An Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) in Martinique Crescentia cujete, or calabash fruit, Martinique Thalassoma bifasciatum (bluehead wrasse fish)...
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Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna Taxation in France Economic...
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over high cost of living in Martinique turn violent". Associated Press. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-11. "Martinique's airport briefly closes after...
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