Sentences with phrase «average farm size»

The results show that the average farm size has gone from 60 ha in 1900 to 180 ha in 2002.

The situation in Rwanda in the»90s, for example, didn't just happen because of some irrational ethnic or political agenda, it happened at least in part because too many people had too little land to support themselves, yet everyone depended on small - scale farming (average farm size on the order of a few acres) for subsistence.

Small average farm size ensures that Kona's coffee farmers have an incentive to cultivate coffee in a way that is sustainable and maintains the quality for which Kona Coffee has become known.

Not exact matches

The number of dairy farms has more than halved in the past 25 years and the average herd size has gone up from 85 cows in 1980 to 215 in 2008.

Now, with the legislation signed, the tax exemption will be based on the average size of the farming parcel and not the specific assessment on land already being used.

A study found that insectivorous birds cut infestations by the beetle Hypothenemus hampei by about half, saving a medium - sized coffee farm up to US$ 9,400 over a year's harvest — roughly equal to Costa Rica's average per - capita income.

Small farms tend to be more environmentally responsible, sustainable and diverse and, contrary to perception, they are also more efficient: According to USDA records from 1990 onwards, farms less than four acres in size average net income of $ 1,400 per acre, whereas farms of 1,000 acres or more average $ 40 an acre.

At present the «Kona Coffee Belt» — an area extending about 22 miles long and two miles wide from North Kona through South Kona at elevations of between 700 ′ to 2400 ′ above sea level — is home to more than 650 coffee farms with an average size of about 5 acres.

To put this in perspective, a 100MW (roughly average size for Australia) wind farm can be expected to generate, on average, around 6,000 MWh in a week and the average weekly power consumption for the whole of SA is about 300,000 MWh.

Simultaneously, the average size of the grid - connected European offshore wind farms is now 493 MW, 34 % higher than the previous year.

Since the average home solar system uses 2.5 kilowatts to 4 kilowatts of panels, the additional 65,000 new systems would add as much as 260 megawatts of annual demand for panels in the state, which is about the size of one large solar farm.

For 24 GW of power plants operating at an average of 13 % capacity factor (assumed by EDM - 2011), the land area would be around 35 million hectares and involve nearly 75,000 average sized wheat farms.

For a 30 megawatt power plant at a 70 % capacity factor the land area would be around 240,000 hectares and involve nearly 500 average sized wheat farms.

Still, given that an Australian wind farm with an installed capacity of 50 MW would be only moderate in size, even if the average household consumption is 1 kW we can calculate that this moderate - sized wind farm would generate enough electricity to supply more than 17 000 homes.

«On a national scale, the average farm has tripled in size over the past 50 years.