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 Proportion of irrigated area (%) on irrigable agricultural area
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of irrigated area (%) on irrigable agricultural area; Annual
Regularity Irregular
Source Statistics Portugal, Agri-environment indicators statistics
First available period 1989
Last available period 2019
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
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.
  • 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.
  • IRRIGATED AREA:  An agricultural area of a holding occupied by main temporary crops, permanent crops and permanent meadows and pastures that have been irrigated at least once in the agricultural year.
Formule (Irrigated area/ Irrigable area)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 02/06/2021


information presented in 26/4/2024