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hectare

(hĕk`târ, –tär), abbr. ha, unit of area in the metric systemmetric system,
system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the world.
..... Click the link for more information. , equal to 10,000 sq m, or about 2.47 acres.

Hectare

a metric unit of area used for measuring plots of land. Its abbreviated form in Russian is ga; internationally, ha. The area of 1 ha is equal to the area of a square with a side of 100 m. The designation “hectare” comes from are, a unit of area, to which the prefix hecto- is added. As defined, 1 ha = 100 are = 10,000 sq m; 1 desiatina = 1.09254 ha.

hectare

[′hek‚tar]

(mechanics)

A unit of area in the metric system equal to 100 ares or 10,000 square meters. Abbreviated ha.

hectare

A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters; approximately 2 ½acres.

hectare

one hundred ares. 1 hectare is equivalent to 10 000 square metres or 2.471 acres.

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While sweet potatoes account for only a very small portion of total hectarage planted (Figure 1), their significantly greater harvested yield led to a greater contribution to potential biomass production (Table 1).

Assessing the energy production potential of Mississippi crops and crop residue using adiabatic bomb calorimetry

James said there is considerable potential for increasing the biotech adoption of the four current large hectarage biotech crops - maize, soybean, cotton and canola - which represented almost 150 million hectares in 2010 from a global potential of double that hectarage at over 300 million hectares.

Biotech Crops Surge Over 1 Billion Hectares

The future for biotech crops looks encouraging with the number of countries adopting the four current major biotech crops expected to grow, and their global hectarage and number of farmers planting biotech crops expected to increase as the first generation of biotech crops is more widely adopted and the second generation of new applications for both input and output traits becomes available.

Genetically modified (GM) foods: a brief perspective

Although there are no official estimates of marijuana hectarage in the islands, cultivation of marijuana by Jamaicans is a continuing trend.

The Bahamas

Consequently, this will allow a more accurate annual forecasting once the coffee hectarage has been determined.

The Coffee Board's long-term goals

antinarcotics effort in Colombia, has successfully reduced that nation's hectarage of coca plants.

Colombia defies court on coca

With small hectarage, you cannot afford to grow this crop," he said.

Chile: a brand new image

typical urban area (TUA) studies', by which the different character area or typologies of bits of town are identified, a sample of each is studied in depth, and the results multiplied by the hectarage of that type of area -- the DETR is quite sniffy about this approach, so it might be best to avoid it

Tapping the potential

Irrigated hectarage on the Euphrates, Orantes (Asi), and Khabur leaped from 284,000 ha in 1956 to 583,000 ha in 1957" (Sanlaville and Metral, 231).

DEFINING THE POLITICAL/ECOLOGICAL THRESHOLD FOR THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS RIVERS

When farmers decided on their potato hectarage for this season, potato prices were still low," Demeester explained.

Despite East Asian economic crunch, frozen potato products market sizzles

Not surprisingly, agricultural sales revenue was significantly associated with hectarage (chi squared 332.

Indigenous rural firms: farm enterprises in the UK

These simulations included relaxing exogenous livestock numbers and selected crop hectarage constraints, and requiring that green forage be fed in the season grown.