Jamaica - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Jamaica was 1,745 as of 1970. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,900 in 1966 and a minimum value of 1,450 in 1967.

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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 1,558
1962 1,700
1963 1,900
1964 3,000
1965 3,940
1966 4,900
1967 1,450
1968 1,550
1969 1,650
1970 1,745

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Jamaica was 120.34 as of 1970. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 326.67 in 1966, while its lowest value was 93.55 in 1967.

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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 93.86
1962 102.41
1963 114.46
1964 180.72
1965 262.67
1966 326.67
1967 93.55
1968 100.00
1969 106.45
1970 120.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production