Figure 3. Comparison survey cross-section data and farming area with income per capita
in 1999
The analysis of irrigated land olive tree farms is less drastic. The number of irrigated
farms that can not reach the average per capita income in the province is reduced to a 15.38% in
1994 and2.56% in 1999.
When comparing sample data with quadrupled of the average per capita income the
reduction in the number of farms is 66.5% and 28.2% in 1994 and 1999 respectively. In 1994
the percentages are similar to the one obtained in dry land, but we have to take into account that
1994 was a very dry year and for that reason there was not enough water for irrigation. In 1999
crop year there is a great difference between dry land irrigated land.
Secondly, the average size of farms is bigger for dry land than for irrigated land in1994
(in the sample the average size for dry land was 19.54 Ha and for irrigated land was 15.2 Ha
while in farms which had more than quadrupled average per capita income were 43.3 Ha in dry
land and 30.35 in irrigated land, Figure 2). In 1999 the average size of farms is smaller in dry
land than in irrigated land (in the sample the average size for dry land was 13.18 Ha and for
irrigated land 45.56 Ha; farms with had more than four times average per capita income were
32.48 Ha in dry land and 59.56 Ha in irrigated land, Figure 3)
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