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 Irrigable area (ha) of agricultural holdings
Characteristic Description
Name Irrigable area (ha) of agricultural holdings by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001) and Economic size classes (ESU); Irregular
Regularity Irregular
Source Statistics Portugal, Agricultural holding structure survey
First available period 1989
Last available period 2007
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
  • Economic size classes (ESU)
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).
  • ECONOMIC DIMENSION (ED):  The total gross margin of a holding, expressed in European size units (ESUs), which is the sum of the different gross margins of the activities on the holding.
  • 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.
  • IRRIGABLE AREA:  The maximum area in a holding that could be irrigated if necessary by the holding's own equipment and with an amount of water normally available.
Measure unit (symbol) Hectare (ha)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 05/11/2009


information presented in 8/11/2025