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 Utilised agricultural area (ha)
Characteristic Description
Name Utilised agricultural area (ha) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001) and Typology (FT 10); Decennial
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Agriculture census - historical series
First available period 2009
Last available period 2009
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
  • Typology (FT 10)
Concepts
  • AGRICULTURAL HOLDING TYPE OF FARMING:  Characteristic of the agricultural holding which is determined by the type of its production system and defined by the relative contribution of the standard outputs of the different activities to the total standard output, according to three levels: general FT (9), principal FT (21) and special FT (62).
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
Measure unit (symbol) Hectare (ha)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 15/06/2011


information presented in 2/11/2025