A parcel (or plot) of land is an area of land with a particular ownership, land use, or other characteristic. A parcel is frequently used as the basis for a cadastre or land registration system. The basic spatial unit in a cadastre is known as a parcel. A parcel can be defined in many ways depending on the purpose of the cadastre. For instance, an area with a particular type of land use may be considered a parcel in some systems; in others it is defined as an area exclusively controlled or owned by an individual or group of individuals (e.g. family or corporation). In some systems a property may consist of several parcels of land which may be distributed over a small region such as a village. The flexibility in the definition makes it possible to adapt the cadastral system to particular needs and thus also to adapt the cost of the registration. If, for instance, the purpose is mainly to protect the ongoing traditional land use, larger parcels representing common interests can be defined as the basis for the system.; Part or whole of a field on which a specific crop or crop mixture is grown.