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PCBS: Agricultural Census 2010 – Jerusalem Governorate
• Semi-intensive farming: the adoption of animals feeding on grazing plus feed to provide
supplementary nutrition.
• Intensive farming: raising animals in barns on feed without outside grazing.
Poultry:
Refers to all poultry kept for different purposes of production, such as meat from broilers,
eggs from layers, or meat from turkeys or any type of bird or rabbits.
Maximum Capacity for Production:
Refers to the maximum number of chicks that can be kept on the farm.
Barns:
Refers to the place where poultry is kept. It can be a special house or other building.
Number of Cycles in the Barns:
Refers to the number of production cycles the farmer makes during the agricultural year for
all poultry houses.
Broiler Cycles:
The period that extends from the raising of chicks (aged one day) until the final marketing of
the poultry.
Mothers of Broilers:
Refers to the chicks kept to produce fertilized eggs for hatching and producing broiler chicks.
Layers:
Refers to the chicks kept to produce table eggs, not usually for more than 30 months.
Household Poultry:
Refers to poultry kept in small numbers in special places near the home with the main
purpose of household consumption e.g., layers, pigeons, geese, ducks, rabbits.
Main Purpose for Raising Animal:
Refers to the main reason for the animals to be kept. Normally, milk and meat are the main
purpose.
Hatchery:
Special machines for the hatching of poultry eggs.
Modern Beehives:
A wooden box with specific dimensions consisting of a base, raising box and cover. Other
layers and frames may be added or removed.
Local Beehives:
A locally-made beehive with non-specific dimensions and shapes, made mainly of soil or clay
and sometimes from wood, to which layers and frames cannot be added.
Machinery and Equipment:
Covering all machinery, equipment and implements used as inputs to agricultural production.
This includes everything from simple hand tools, such as a hoe, to complex machinery such
as a combined harvester.
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