TABLE 10

2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE<= /span> 2.25 CROPPING INTENSITY OF ECOLOGICAL= BELTS NEPAL, 19= 81/82 - 2001/02

		Ecological belt
Category	Nepal	Mountain	Hill	Tarai
		1981/82
Arable land<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> ('000 ha)	2287.5	115.7	856.5	1315.3
Physical area under temporary crops	2250.2	113.5	840.5	1296.2
Effective area sown to temporary crops=	3315.0	144.3	1056.6	2114.2
Cropping intensity (a)	1.45	1.25	1.23	1.61
Cropping intensity (b)	1.47	1.27	1.26	1.63
		1991/92
Arable land<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> ('000 ha)	2323.4	162.3	871.3	1289.7
Physical area under temporary crops	2284.6	158.7	848.2	1277.7
Effective area sown to temporary crops=	4063.0	261.8	1538.2	2262.9
Cropping intensity (a)	1.75	1.61	1.77	1.75
Cropping intensity (b)	1.78	1.65	1.81	1.77
				Contd…

2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE<= /span> 2.25 CROPPING INTENSITY OF ECOLOGICAL= BELTS NEPAL, 19= 81/82 - 2001/02

		Ecological belt
Category	Nepal	Mountain	Hill	Tarai
		2001/02
Arable land<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> ('000 ha)	2357.0	200.0	863.0	1294.0
Physical area under temporary crops	2326.1	197.2	844.4	1284.5
Effective area sown to temporary crops=	4251.7	333.8	1569.1	2348.8
Cropping intensity (a)	1.80	1.67	1.82	1.82
Cropping intensity (b)	1.83	1.69	1.86	1.83

(a) Effec= tive area sown to temporary crops divided by the area under arable land. Effective area is counting the area as many times as a temporary crop is harvested as a result of successive cropping.
(b) = Effective area sown to temporary crops divided by physical area under temporary crops. Physical area is the actual land area devoted to the planting of temporary crops in the holdin= g.

Source : Central Bureau of Statistics