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 Sows per agricultural holding (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Sows per agricultural holding (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Agriculture census - historical series
First available period 1989
Last available period 2009
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • BREEDING SOWS:  Female pigs with a live weight of 50 kg or more that have given birth or that have not given birth but are intended for reproduction (except cull sows).
  • 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 number of sows/ Total number of agricultural holdings with sows
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 23/05/2011


information presented in 29/4/2024