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Agriculture Land Use

Cropland (000 ha)

Irrigated Land

Land

Total

Permanent

Arable Land

as a % of

Area

% Land

% Land

% Land

% Land

% Land

% Land

Total Cropland

(000 ha)

1982-84

Area

1992-94

Area

1982-84

Area

1992-94

Area

1982-84

Area

1992-94

Area

1982-84

1992-94

Antigua & Barbuda

44

8

18

13

30

..

..

..

..

8

18

8

18

..

..

Bahamas

1,001

9

1

5

0

2

0.2

3

0.3

7

1

7

1

..

..

Barbados

43

17

40

28

66

..

..

..

0.0

16

37

16

37

6

6

Belize

2,280

53

2

28

1

7

0.3

12

0.5

46

2

45

2

4

6

Cuba

10,982

3,452

31

1,742

16

702

6.4

728

6.6

2,630

24

2,637

24

24

26

Dominica

75

17

23

20

26

10

13.3

10

13.3

7

9

7

9

..

..

Dominican Rep

4,838

1,430

30

730

15

355

7.3

455

9.4

1,075

22

1,005

21

13

17

French Guiana

8,815

5

0

3

0

1

0.0

2

0.0

4

0

10

0

40

40

Grenada

34

14

41

28

81

9

26.5

6

18.6

5

15

5

15

..

..

Guadeloupe

169

33

19

26

15

9

5.1

7

3.9

24

14

22

13

6

6

Guyana

19,685

495

3

249

1

15

0.1

16

0.1

480

2

480

2

26

26

Haiti

2,756

899

33

466

17

348

12.6

350

12.7

552

20

560

20

8

9

Jamaica

1,083

223

21

122

11

61

5.7

64

5.9

162

15

155

14

15

15

Martinique

106

19

18

19

18

8

7.2

9

8.8

12

11

8

8

21

16

Neth. Antilles

80

8

10

9

11

..

0.0

..

0.0

8

10

8

10

..

..

St. Kitts & Nevis

36

14

39

26

73

6

16.7

6

16.7

8

22

8

22

..

..

St. Lucia

61

17

28

22

37

12

19.7

13

21.3

5

8

5

8

6

12

St. Vincent & Grenadines

39

10

25

17

44

6

14.5

7

17.9

4

11

4

10

10

10

Suriname

15,600

57

0

29

0

9

0.1

11

0.1

48

0

57

0

79

105

Trinidad & Tobago

513

118

23

71

14

46

9.0

47

9.1

72

14

75

15

18

19

Caribbean

68,240

6,899

10

3,651

5

1,605

2.0

1,746

11.0

5,172

8

5,122

8

5

5

Costa Rica

5,106

515

10

263

5

232

4.5

245

4.8

283

6

285

6

17

24

El Salvador

2,072

725

35

380

18

165

8.0

165

8.0

560

27

565

27

15

17

Guatemala

10,843

100

1

50

0

485

4.5

534

4.9

1,300

12

1,325

12

5

7

Honduras

11,189

1,772

16

894

8

200

1.8

296

2.6

1,572

14

1,671

15

4

4

Nicaragua

12,140

1,594

13

804

7

172

1.4

171

1.4

1,092

9

1,100

9

5

6

Panama

7,443

580

8

294

4

125

1.7

162

2.2

455

6

500

7

5

6

Central America

48,793

5,287

14

2,685

7

1,379

3.0

1,572

3.2

5,261

11

5,445

11

15

12

Argentina

273,669

27,200

10

13,605

5

2,200

0.8

2,200

0.8

25,000

9

25,000

9

6

6

Bolivia

108,438

2,175

2

1,089

1

193

0.2

260

0.2

1,982

2

2,120

2

6

5

Brazil

845,651

51,033

6

25,520

3

10,100

1.2

7,358

0.9

40,933

5

43,071

5

4

6

Chile

74,880

4,302

6

2,154

3

222

0.3

270

0.4

4,080

5

3,979

5

29

29

Colombia

103,870

5,248

5

2,626

3

1,489

1.4

1,540

1.5

3,759

4

3,920

4

8

17

Ecuador

27,684

2,492

9

1,251

5

930

3.4

1,402

5.1

1,562

6

1,608

6

16

10

Paraguay

39,730

1,930

5

967

2

110

0.3

80

0.2

1,820

5

2,190

6

3

3

Peru

128,000

3,671

3

1,837

1

316

0.2

350

0.3

3,331

3

3,517

3

32

44

Uruguay

17,481

1,373

8

690

4

46

0.3

44

0.3

1,327

8

1,260

7

7

10

Venezuela

88,205

3,777

4

1,890

2

677

0.8

700

0.8

3,080

3

3,215

4

4

5

South America

1,707,608

103,201

6

51,629

3

16,284

1.0

14,204

0.8

86,874

5

89,879

5

14

11

Mexico

190,869

24,688

13

12,350

6

1,550

0.8

1,580

0.8

23,138

12

23,150

12

20

25

LAC

2,015,510

140,074

6

70,316

4

20,818

1.0

19,101

1.2

120,446

6

123,597

6

7

8

 

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT Statistics Database, Rome, 1998.

Definitions: Cropland refers to land under temporary and permanent crops, temporary meadows, market and kitchen gardens, and temporarily fallow land. Permanent cropland is land under crops that do not need to be replanted after e ach harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, fruit trees, rubber, and vines. Arable land is land fit for plowing or planting of crops. Irrigated land as a percentage of cropland refers to areas purposely provided with water, including land flooded by river water for crop production or pasture improvement, whether or not this area is irrigated several times or only once during the year. [an error occurred while processing this directive]