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Indicator Definition Data source Web page access source French term and Agriculture Total area excluding area under inland bodies. The Organization of the United http://faostat.fao.org/site/377/defau Superficie totale Total area definition of inland water bodies generally includes major Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - lt.aspx#ancor des terres rivers and . Data are expressed in 1000 hectares (Ha). Statistical database on Agricultural area includes , permanent and permanent and is expressed as a percentage of the total land area.

- arable land: land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary for mowing or , land under market and kitchen and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The Food and Agriculture abandoned land resulting from is not Organization of the United included in this category. Data for arable land are not meant http://faostat.fao.org/site/377/defau Superficie Agricultural area Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable; lt.aspx#ancor agricole Statistical database on Land - permanent crops: land cultivated with crops that occupy the Use land for long periods and need not be replanted after each , such as cocoa, coffee and rubber; this category includes land under flowering shrubs, trees, nut trees and , but excludes land under trees grown for or timber; - permanent pastures: land used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild or land).

Arable and permanent crops area, expressed as a percentage of the total land area.

Arable land refers to land under temporary crops (double- cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen Food and Agriculture gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). Organization of the United Terres arables et Arable lands and http://faostat.fao.org/site/377/defau The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - permanent crops lt.aspx#ancor included. Data for arable land is not meant to indicate the Statistical database on Land permanentes amount of land that is potentially cultivable. Permanent crops Use are sown or planted once, and then occupy for some years and need not be replanted after each annual harvest, such as cocoa, coffee and rubber. This category includes flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees and vines, but excludes trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent crops area, expressed as a percentage of the total land area. Food and Agriculture Crops are divided into temporary and permanent crops. Organization of the United http://faostat.fao.org/site/377/defau Cultures Permanent crops Permanent crops are sown or planted once, and then occupy Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - lt.aspx#ancor permanentes the land for some years and need not be replanted after each Statistical database on Land annual harvest, such as cocoa, coffee and rubber. This Use category includes flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees and vines, but excludes trees grown for wood or timber.

Permanent pastures area, expressed as a percentage of the Food and Agriculture total land area. Food and Agriculture Organization Organization of the United et of the (FAO) - Permanent pastures Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - pâturages Permanent pastures refers to land used permanently (five Division - area Statistical database on Land permanents years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated statistics Use or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land). Forest

(MDG 7 - Ensure environmental - Target 7A: Integrate the Food and Agriculture principles of Area covered with forest, expressed as a percentage of the Organization of the United http://www.fao.org/forestry/country Forêt sustainable total land area. Nations (FAO) - Forestry /32185/en/ development into Division - Forest area statistics country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental ) Area equipped for which is actually irrigated, expressed as a percentage of the total land area.

Part of the area equipped for irrigation refers to area Food and Agriculture Irrigated agricultural equipped to provide water to crops and includes areas http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquast Superficie Organization of the United land equipped for full/partial control irrigation, equipped lowland at/data/query/index.html agricole irriguée Nations (FAO) - AQUASTAT areas, and areas equipped for spate irrigation. Part of the area equipped for irrigation which is actually irrigated refers to physical areas. Irrigated land that is cultivated more than once a year is counted only once. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United http://faostat.fao.org/site/377/defau Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - lt.aspx#ancor Statistical database on Land Terres arables et Arable and Use cultures permanent cropland Arable lands and permanent crops (in hectare) divided by Food and Agriculture permanentes en in Ha per agricultural agricultural population, in a given year Organization of the United Ha par habitant inhabitant Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - http://faostat.fao.org/site/550/defau agricole Statistical database on lt.aspx#ancor Population, Annual seriesStatistical database on Population, Annual series Food and Agriculture Number of heads of (units) present in the country at the Organization of the United time of enumeration. It includes animals raised either for draft Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - purposes or for and production or kept for http://faostat.fao.org/site/573/defau Cattle Statistical database on Bétail breeding. lt.aspx#ancor Agricultural Production, (Live animals in for fur or skin are not included in the Primary - Live system although furskin trade is reported.) animals Food and Agriculture Number of heads of and goats (units) present in the Organization of the United country at the time of enumeration. It includes animals raised Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - either for draft purposes or for meat and dairy production or http://faostat.fao.org/site/573/defau Moutons et Sheep and goats Statistical database on kept for breeding. lt.aspx#ancor chèvres Agricultural Production, (Live animals in captivity for fur or skin are not included in the Livestock Primary - Live system although furskin trade is reported.) animals Food and Agriculture Number of heads of poultry , reported in thousand units, Organization of the United present in the country at the time of enumeration. It includes Nations (FAO) FAOSTAT - http://faostat.fao.org/site/573/defau Poultry birds animals raised either for draft purposes or for meat, eggs and Statistical database on Volaille lt.aspx#ancor dairy production or kept for breeding. Agricultural Production, Poultry birds include chicken, ducks, geese and turkeys. Livestock Primary - Live animals Food and Agriculture Volume of aquatic species, expressed in tons, caught by the Organization of the United country in a given year, in all fishing areas inclucing marine http://www.fao.org/figis/servlet/Tab Nations (FAO) and Fish catch and and freshwater sources, for all commercial, industrial, LandArea?tb_ds=Production&tb_ Pêche et Department- aquaculture recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mode=TABLE&tb_act=SELECT&t aquaculture Fisheries Global Information mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of is b_grp=COUNTRY System (FIGIS) Global also included. Production Statistics database