Statistical Terms Glossary

Refers to the whole range of goods and services necessary for an agricultural product to move from the farm to the final customer.

Is waste produced as a result of various agricultural operations. It includes manure and other wastes from farms, poultry houses and slaughterhouses; harvest waste; fertilizer run- off from fields; pesticides that enter into water, air or soils; and salt and silt drained from fields.

The study, planning, monitoring, and application of quantitative and qualitative control and development techniques for long-term, multiple use of water resources for agricultural purposes including irrigation and livestock watering.; The continuum from rainfall management through to irrigation for food production.

The water that must be supplied through the irrigation system to ensure that the crop receives its full crop water requirement (without including losses in the process of applying the water). It varies considerably with climatic conditions, seasons, crops and soil types: IWR=KcxET0-P-?S, where: Kc is a coefficient varying with crop type and growth stage; ET0 is the reference evapotranspiration, depending on climatic factors; P is the precipitation; ?S is the change in soil moisture from previous month. In the specific case of paddy rice irrigation, additional water is needed for flooding to facilitate land preparation and for plant protection. In that case, irrigation water requirements are the sum of rainfall deficit and the water needed to flood paddy fields.

Includes water abstracted from surface and groundwater, and return flows (withdrawals) from irrigation for some countries, but excludes precipitation directly onto agricultural land.

Annual quantity of self-supplied water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes.

Water withdrawn for irrigation in a given year, expressed in percentage of the total renewable water resources (TRWR). This parameter is an indication of the pressure on the renewable water resources caused by irrigation.

Any person who undertakes one or more of the following: cultivation, harvesting and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables.

It is a service road for agricultural or forest areas and it is of  local importance only and is mostly earthy or covered with gravel and sometimes asphalt.

A narrow definition of agriculture includes cultivation of crops and animal husbandry as well as forestry, fisheries, and the development of land and water resources.; A broader definition of agriculture includes in addition agro-industries, manufacturing of agricultural inputs and machinery, regional and river development, and rural development.

The ratio of the agriculture share of government expenditures to the agriculture contribution to the economy.

The agriculture sector includes crop production, livestock production and agricultural chemicals.

The annual monetary value of all gross transfers from taxpayers and consumers arising from policy measures that support agriculture, net of the associated budgetary receipts, regardless of their objectives and impacts on farm production and income, or consumption of farm products.

Trailer designed exclusively or primarily for agricultural purposes and to be hauled by an agricultural tractor, whether or not permitted to use roads opened to public traffic.

ISIC Rev. 4 divides section A, activities of agriculture, forestry and fishing, into 3 divisions: Division 01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities; Division 02 Forestry and logging; Division 03 Fishing and aquaculture.

Income is lower than in urban areas, facilities for social services are scarce, fertility rate is high, and there is a larger proportion of dependent persons.

Is a summary measure, combining raw data, used to describe the state of the environment, a risk to the environment, a change in the environment, or a driving force behind such a change, that can be attributed wholly or in part to an agricultural activity or activities.