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SUMMARY
In this Chapter a detailed country by country analysis was
made of the most important data on agricultural structures.
These are data on land fragmentation, land tenure, legal status
of the holder, hired permanent workers, land use, involvement
of agricultural holdings in growing important crops and livestock
raising, etc. Thus, it is shown that for the reporting countries
the average size of holdings is 11 hectares, while the average
number of parcels is 3.5 per holding.
Data on land tenure show that the ownership is by far the
most important form of tenure, although in some countries
renting of land is also an important form. Concerning major
crops an analysis was made of the percentage of holdings growing
specific crops. Thus, it can be seen that the percentage of
holdings growing maize in different countries varies from
less then two percent to over 80 percent. Similarly, concerning
cattle, the percentage of holdings with cattle varies in various
countries from less than two percent to more than 70 percent.
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