The Gambia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in The Gambia was 43.00 as of 1983. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.00 in 1977 and a minimum value of 37.00 in 1961.

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 37.00
1962 43.00
1963 43.00
1964 43.00
1965 43.00
1966 44.00
1967 44.00
1968 44.00
1969 44.00
1970 45.00
1971 45.00
1972 45.00
1973 45.00
1974 46.00
1975 46.00
1976 46.00
1977 47.00
1978 46.00
1979 46.00
1980 45.00
1981 44.00
1982 44.00
1983 43.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in The Gambia was 2.35 as of 1983. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 3.52 in 1962, while its lowest value was 2.18 in 1982.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 3.06
1962 3.52
1963 3.50
1964 3.47
1965 3.44
1966 3.49
1967 3.44
1968 3.44
1969 3.38
1970 3.46
1971 3.38
1972 3.26
1973 3.15
1974 2.71
1975 2.80
1976 2.82
1977 2.76
1978 2.60
1979 2.77
1980 2.83
1981 2.43
1982 2.18
1983 2.35

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production