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 Average utilised agricultural area per holding (ha)
Characteristic Description
Name Utilised agricultural area per holding (ha) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002); Biennial
Regularity Biennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Agricultural holding structure survey
First available period 2003
Last available period 2007
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • UTILISED AGRICULTURAL AREA:  Area of the holding which includes arable land (cleared and under cover of forest stands), family vegetable garden, land under permanent crops and permanent pasture.
  • AGRICULTURAL HOLDING:  Technical-economic unit that uses common production factors such as labour, machinery, facilities, land, among others, fulfilling the following four conditions: 1) yield agricultural products or maintain, in good agricultural and environmental conditions, the lands that are no longer used for productive purposes; 2) reach or exceed a certain size (in area or number of animals); 3) be subject to a single management; 4) be located in a well-defined and identifiable area.
Formule Total of utilised agricultural area (ha)/ Total number of holdings
Measure unit (symbol) Hectare (ha)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 12/12/2008


information presented in 1/11/2025