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 Distribution of agricultural holdings with irrigation facilities (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Distribution of agricultural holdings with irrigation facilities (%) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001) and Source of irrigation water utilized; Decennial
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Agriculture census - 2009
First available period 2009
Last available period 2009
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
  • Source of irrigation water utilized
Concepts
  • ORIGIN OF IRRIGATION WATER:  The place where water for use in irrigation is obtained.
  • 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.
  • IRRIGATION:  The application of water to the soil to replace the level of moisture necessary to the appropriate development of crops, to protect them against low temperatures, provide them with fertilisers diluted in the irrigation water or wash out excess salts from the soil.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 06/07/2011


information presented in 17/5/2024