Brief description
Data showing trend changes in the percentage area of all land prepared for crops and pastures under different tillage practices (1995 - 2012): no cultivation (apart from herbicide spraying or sowing); one or two cultivations; and three or more cultivations.The data was sourced from ABARES (Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources) who have derived the dataset from customised data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data inputs include: the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data for 2007-08, 2009-10 and 2011-12 together with Agricultural Census data for 1995-96, 2000-01 and 2010-11, customised by commodity groupings. For more information see: http://www.nrm.gov.au/system/files/resources/df08ac55-1229-4a8b-a643-82421475b955/files/land-management-practice-trends-australia.pdf
The data has been used by the Department of Environment and Energy to produce Figure LAN21 in the Land theme of Australia State of the Environment 2016, available at
https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/land/topic/2016/soil-formation-and-erosion#land-figure-LAN21
Full description
LAN21 Changes in the area of all land prepared for crops and pastures under different tillage practices, 1995-2012 - Source: Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (specifically the 2007–08, 2009–10 and 2011–12 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the 1995–96, 200–01 and 2010–11 Agricultural Census, customised by commodity groupings).\r\n\r\nNote, for 2000-01, totals for Australia were not provided and so had to be calculated from state totals. For 2007-08: Totals for Australia were not provided (confidentiality issues) and so had to be calculated from regional (NRM region) totals. For 2007-08, the cultivation question included pastures so will overestimate.\r\n\r\ntext: SA0003560: Australia
Identifiers
- Local : 2016-soe-land-change-in-area-of-for-crops-and-pastures-under-different-tillage-practices-1996-2012
- URI : data.gov.au/data/dataset/a7ef99d1-73db-4970-b3bb-00089d767d82