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Primary production is a quantitative expression of vegetative matter (e.g. harvestable yield) <\/SPAN><\/P>

It may be conceptualised as a general expression of the sustainable agricultural production expectation and is a quantification of the long term and basic environmental status of a location under rain fed (i.e. non irrigated) conditions. The concept is particularly useful in overall agricultural planning of a country or region, in objectively assessing the intrinsic environmental biomass production capability between one region and the next, and in comparing the environmental resource potential of one location with others. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>

<\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "Reflect production", "title": "Agric_Mean_ann_production_SA", "tags": [ "Primary production", "vegetative matter" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "Source: Schulze, R.E. 2007. Primary Production. In: Schulze, R.E. (Ed). 2007. South African Atlas of Climatology and Agrohydrology. Water Research Commission, Pretoria, RSA, WRC Report 1489/1/06, Section 14.1", "licenseInfo": "" }