Definition
Land use refers to the major classification of the land by type of parcels in the holdings. An agricultural holding is classified either as agricultural land or as non-agricultural land. Generally the agricultural land is broadly classified into two categories, the crop land and land under ponds. The crop land is further categorized namely as arable land, land under permanent crops, land under permanent meadows and pasture.
For this survey land use refers to either land with vegetable crops or land with other crops.