This province is located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighbouring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.

Area: 53,219 km²

Population: 611,888 (2001)

Density: 11.5/km²

Jujuy is, despite its rural profile, not particularly agrarian. Agriculture contributes about 10% to ouput and the main agricultural activity is sugarcane. Its processing represents more than half of the province's gross production, and 30% of the national sugar production. The second agricultural activity is the tobacco, cultivated in the Southeaster valley, as a major national producer. Other crops include beans, citrus and tomatoes, and other vegetables for local consumption.

Manufacturing is more prominent in Jujuy than in some neighboring provinces, adding 15% to its economy. Jujuy is the second largest Argentine producer of iron, used by the Altos Hornos Zapla steel mill. Other industrial activities include mining for construction material, petroleum extraction at Caimancito, salt production from Salinas Grandes salt basin, and the paper production feed by the Jujuy's forests with 20% of the industrial product of the province.

Cattle and goats for milk and wool are a minor activity, as well as llamas, vicuñas and guanacos.

This brief overview explains why you should consider visiting this province on an agricultural tour.

For more information, please visit our agritours page.

Salta is a province located in the northwest of the country. Neighbouring provinces are: Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Catamarca and Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile.

Area: 155,488 km²

Population: 1,079,051 (2001)

Density: 6.94/km²

Salta's economy is relatively underdeveloped, yet diverse.

Agriculture and its derived industries are still an imporant activity in the province, adding over 10% to ouput. Tobacco, sugar cane and viticulture are the most important and produce most of the exports from the area. Other crops mostly for local consumption are maize, beans, citrus, bananas and tomatoes.

Gas and petroleum from the Tartagal, Aguas Blancas, Madrejones and Campo Durán centres is transported to Buenos Aires and Rosario by pipes. Campo Durán also has an oil refinery located in the province. In all, manufacturing plays a significant role in Salta, adding 20% to the economy. Mining includes sulfur extraction at the La Casualidad mine, and uranium at Iruya, La Poma and San Carlos.

American breeds of cattle are raised only on the humid sub-tropical east, along with some sheep and goats.

This brief overview explains why you should consider visiting this province on an agricultural tour.

For more information, please visit our agritours page.

Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.

Area: 136,351 km²

Population: 804,457 (2001)

Density: 5.9 /km²

Santiago del Estero had long been very rural and fairly agricultural (known for its excellent cotton and tobacco, as well as leather) and nearly lacking in manufacturing; despite this, it should be noted that the humble province has grown just as quickly as many of its better-positioned fellow provinces, in the recovery that Argentina has enjoyed since 2002.

The economy of the province still leans toward primary production, specially in agriculture, about 12% of the province's output. Centered on the basins of the Salado and Dulce Rivers, the main crops include cotton (20% of the national production), soybean, maize and onion.

Cattle farming is also important, mainly in the east, where weather conditions make it possible, but goats, with 15% of the national production, adapt better to the rest of the province.

This brief overview explains why you should consider visiting this province on an agricultural tour.

For more information, please visit our agritours page.

Tucumán is a province of Argentina located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighbouring provinces are (from the north clockwise): Salta, Santiago del Estero and Catamarca. It is nicknamed "El Jardín de la República" (The Republic's Garden).

Area: 22,524 km²

Population: 1,338,523 (2001)

Density: 59.4/km²

Known internationally for its prodigious sugarcane (with 2,300 km², and the sugar production, 60% of the country's), Tucuman's economy is quite diversified and agriculture accounts for about 7% of output. After the sugar crisis of the 1960s, Tucumán tried to diversify its crops, and now cultivates, among others, lemon (world's first producer), strawberry, kiwifruit, beans, maize, alfalfa, and soybeans.

Cattle, sheep and goats are raised, mainly for local consumption.

Manufacturing is not prominent in Tucumán; but, still, adds about 15% to ouput. Besides the industrialisation of the sugarcane into sugar, paper and alcohol, there are food, textile and metallurgic industries. Among the latter, the freight-truck assembly operated by Swedish conglomerate Saab's SCANIA unit is probably the best-known. Mining is a minor activity, centered on salt, clay, lime and other non-metallic extractions.

This brief overview explains why you should consider visiting this province on an agricultural tour.

For more information, please visit our agritours page.