Solomon Islands: Agriculture

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Agricultural machinery > tractors	9		[186th of 190]
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Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land	5		[168th of 188]
DEFINITION: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Agricultural raw materials exports > % of merchandise exports	26.16 %		[3rd of 154]
DEFINITION: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Agricultural raw materials imports > % of merchandise imports	0.34 %		[91st of 155]
DEFINITION: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Arable and permanent cropland	60 thousand hectares		[146th of 148]
DEFINITION: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Arable land > % of land area	0.64 % of land area		[192nd of 199]
DEFINITION: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.		View time series
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Arable land > hectares	18,000 hectares		[162nd of 199]
DEFINITION: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Crop production index	145.8 %		[4th of 182]
DEFINITION: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Food production index	143.2 %		[3rd of 182]
DEFINITION: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor share	72.6%		[22nd of 149]
DEFINITION: Agricultural labor as a percent of total labor force. Agricultural labor as a percentage of the total labor force is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the total number of workers in the labor force. Agricultural labor for
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Land under cereal production > hectares	1,400 hectares		[157th of 176]
DEFINITION: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.		View time series
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Livestock production index	112.8 %		[41st of 181]
DEFINITION: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Permanent cropland > % of land area	2.11 % of land area		[81st of 187]
DEFINITION: Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Permanent crops	18,000 hectares		[139th of 181]
DEFINITION: Permanent crops in 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tractor concentration	0.2		[135th of 147]
DEFINITION: Tractors per 1000 Hectares of Cropland is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of tractors in use by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. Data for agricultural machinery are reported by country governments through surveys. Individual countries have different methods of data collection.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000
Tractors	9		[148th of 147]
DEFINITION: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded.
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Workers per hectare	2.7		[10th of 148]
DEFINITION: Workers per hectare of cropland 2000. Agricultural labor intensity, number of workers per hectare shows the labor input intensity of agricultural systems. It is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the number of hectares of arable and permanent cropland. Values vary widely among countries according to labor scarcity, production technologies, costs of energy and machinery, etc.
SOURCE: World Resources Institute