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Table 3 Provisioning services

From: Pathways towards the integration of periurban agrarian ecosystems into the spatial planning system

Food production capacity, state and balance in Aranjuez (2006)

Ecosystem

Available area

Crop yield

Production capacity

Food needed

Capacity to feed people

Capacity to feed people by ha

 

ha

kg/ha

kg

kg/hab

inhab

inhab/ha

Irrigated land

6,458.26

 

121,315,783.50

383.25

316,545

49

Vegetables 57%

3,681.21

18,810.67

69,246,027.11

219.00

316,192

86

Fruit 43%

2,777.05

18,750.00

52,069,756.39

164.25

317,015

114

Dry land farming

6,509.67

 

7,267,530.68

57.58

126,216

19

Cereal 36.5%

2,376.03

2,138.00

5,079,954.60

40.11

126.651

53

Legume 43%

2,799.16

495.00

1,385,584.19

10.95

126,537

45

Nuts 20%

1,301.93

616.00

801,991.88

6.52

123.005

94

Olive

2,694.58

422.00

1,137,112.25

109.50

10,385

3.85

Food produced capacity, state and balance in Aranjuez (2006)

Ecosystem

Area relative to Madrid region

 

Food produced (estimated from regional production)

Food needed

People fed

 
 

%

 

kg

kg/inhab

inhab

 

Irrigated land

19.89

 

5,476,200

383.25

14,289

 

Vegetables

  

3,180,200

219.00

14,521

 

Fruit

  

2,296,000

164.25

13,979

 

Dry land farming

5.91

 

1,012,027

57.58

17,576

 

Cereal

  

975,270

40.11

24,315

 

Legume

  

19,647

10.95

1,794

 

Nuts

  

17,110

6.52

2,624

 

Olive

11.3

 

179,640

109.50

1,641

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