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Agricultural growth	0		[150th of 149]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	64,200		[49th of 190]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land	237.78		[60th 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
Arable and permanent cropland	2,000 thousand hectares		[85th of 148]
DEFINITION: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Arable land > % of land area	23.25 % of land area		[28th 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	2,800,000 hectares		[30th 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
Cereal production	0 thousand metric tons		[150th of 149]
DEFINITION: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Crop production index	110 %		[70th 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 Resources Institute
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons	266,200 metric tons		[53rd of 169]
DEFINITION: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Fertilizer use	175.5 kg		[19th of 138]
DEFINITION: Average fertilizer use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Fertilizer use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total fertilizer consumption, measured in kilograms of plant nutrient, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. The measure of fertilizer consumption is an aggregate of nitrogenous, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments. In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data. Hectares of arable and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Food production index	109.7 %		[61st 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 Resources Institute
Grains > Rice consumption	1,640 thousand metric tons		[17th of 17]
DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor share	29.4%		[73rd 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: United States Department of Agriculture
Livestock production index	115.4 %		[35th 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 Resources Institute
Permanent crops	300,000 hectares		[62nd of 181]
DEFINITION: Permanent crops in 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Production > Soybean	360,000		[14th of 21]
DEFINITION: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000
Root and tuber production	684 thousand metric tons		[77th of 149]
DEFINITION: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998
SOURCE: Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA
Tractor concentration	35		[27th 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, 2001
Tractors	70,000		[46th 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	1.7		[29th 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

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