Farms with Significant Degradation Problems (Irrigation Salinity), 1998-1999

\r\n\r\nThis data relates to the proportion of farms who experienced significant\r\nirrigation salinity problems in the period 1998-1999. Proportion of farms with\r\nsignificant irrigation salinity problems is reported at the Statistical\r\nDivision (SD) level for Australia. This data relates to broadacre and dairy\r\nfarms run by owner managers. The data was collected by Resource Management\r\nSupplementary (RMS) survey interview which accompanied the ABARE Annual farm\r\nsurvey in 1998-1999.The data is presented at a scale of 25000000. Projection\r\n-P Albers Equal-Area Conic -D WGS84 -m 132 -o 0 -p -18 -p -36 -e 0 -n 0The\r\nfollowing attributes are contained within the dataset; Sd code a a unique 3\r\ndigit code for Statistical Divisions (SD), Sd name a the name of the\r\nStatistical Division (SD),Irrig_sal- the proportion of farmers who experienced\r\nproblems in 1998-1999.Ag_land_ha a hectares of agricultural land use in the\r\nStatistical Division (SD).Note that metropolitan areas are assigned a value of\r\n-99999, whilst areas with no data are assigned a value of -88888.\r\n\r\nSee [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_fdpisr9aa\r\n__01111a00.xml) for more detail.\r\n\r\n