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 Area of permanent crops (ha)
Characteristic Description
Name Area of permanent crops (ha) by Geographic localization (Região agrária), Type (permanent crops) 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 (Região agrária)
  • Type (permanent crops)
  • Economic size classes (ESU)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • 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.
  • PERMANENT CROPS:  Crops which occupy the soil for a long period and provide repeated yields of crops over several years and do not rotate with other crops. They do not include permanent grasslands and pastures. In relation to fruit trees, only regular plantations with a minimum density of 100 trees, or 45 trees in regard to olive, fig and nut trees, are considered.
  • 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.
Measure unit (symbol) Hectare (ha)
Power of 10  0
Observations Data for 1989, 1999, 2009, based on census (Agricultural Census). Between these periods, biennial for odd years and with exception for 1991 and 2001, the information is based on sampling surveys (Farm structure survey).
Last update date 04/01/2010


information presented in 5/5/2024