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Region · FR-NAQ

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

A mild, moist oceanic (Cfb) climate along France's southwestern Atlantic seaboard, with warm summers and abundant, well-distributed rainfall.

Major crop systems

  • Grain maize on the Adour and Garonne plains and the sandy Landes — a core French maize area, often irrigated
  • Wine, including the internationally renowned Bordeaux (Gironde) vineyards and the Cognac vineyards of the Charentes
  • Cereals, oilseeds and, locally, tobacco and vegetables
  • Fruit and specialty crops in the river valleys

Major livestock systems

  • Beef and dairy cattle, including the Limousin beef breed of the central uplands
  • Poultry, notably Label Rouge free-range and Landes birds, plus foie-gras ducks and geese in the southwest
  • Sheep, including dairy sheep in the Pyrenees

Agricultural land: France's largest region by area and a leading farm region, combining the sandy Landes and Adour plains, the Garonne valley and extensive livestock uplands. Irrigation: Irrigation is significant for grain maize on the sandy Landes and in the Adour and Garonne basins, where summer water demand is high.

Agroecological zones: Cfb (Oceanic (marine west coast))

Documented crops & livestock

Official institutions

  • Agreste — Ministère de l'Agriculture (SSP) — Official French agricultural statistics service; regional crop, livestock and land-use data.
  • INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) — National agricultural, food and environmental research institute.
  • Chambre régionale d'agriculture Nouvelle-Aquitaine — Regional chamber of agriculture; farm advisory services and technical references.

Data coverage & limitations

Descriptive profile; subnational statistics for Nouvelle-Aquitaine are published by Agreste (Ministère de l'Agriculture) and are not reproduced numerically here.

  • Boundaries and administrative classifications follow the official ISO 3166-2 code FR-NAQ.
  • Any production statistics are dated, source-specific and periodically revised; read them with their year and dataset version.
  • The region is very large and internally varied — Atlantic maize plains, prestige vineyards and livestock uplands — so regional totals blend distinct systems.

Sources

This article draws on the following authoritative sources. See our sources & methodology for how they are selected.

  1. [1]European Commission — Agriculture and rural development (opens in a new tab)

    European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture

    Authoritative

    Cited for: EU regional agriculture and market context

    Type:
    Government agency
    Jurisdiction:
    European Union
    Accessed:
    2026-07-12
  2. [2]FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization (opens in a new tab)

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    Authoritative

    Cited for: Crop and livestock production context

    Type:
    Intergovernmental organization
    Jurisdiction:
    Global
    Accessed:
    2026-07-12