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M08] Area under organic farming

sessments published: [ 2009 2011 2008 ]

 Key message

e response of agricultural holdings to the agricultural policy supporting the spreading of organic farming has been growing every year. The areaended for organic farming have increased in the period 1999-2008 from 2,400 ha to 29,836 ha, or from 0.5 % to 6.1 % of all utilised agriculturala.

Definition

e indicator shows area included in organic farming and its share in the total utilised agricultural area in Slovenia in the period 1999-2008, and inEuropean Union (EU) in 2007. It covers all the area included in the control of organic farming, i.e. those where organic farming has alreadyn carried out, and those in conversion to organic farming. The indicator does not provide direct information on the environmental efficiency of measure, but points to the response of agricultural holdings to the agricultural policy supporting such production.

Graphs

age KM8-1: The share of area under organic farming (including the area in conversion to organic farming) in total utilised agriculturala in Slovenia

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urce: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia, 2009; Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2009.ble

age KM8-2: The share of area under organic farming (including the area in conversion to organic farming) in total utilised agriculturala in EU-27 by individual countries for 2007

urce: EUROSTAT, 2009.ble

Objective(s)

y 2013, include 64,000 ha of utilised agricultural area into organic farming,y 2015, include 20% of utilised agricultural area into organic farming.

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Comment

ganic farming is a special form of sustainable management of natural resources in line with the principles of raising the quality of food, reducingvironmental pollution and preserving biodiversity. The use of synthetic plant protection products and easily soluble mineral fertilisers, growthulators and hormones, genetically modified organisms etc. is not allowed on area intended for organic farming.

Slovenia, organic farming started to spread in the late 1990-ies, and in 1999 farmers had the possibility to claim support for this type of duction for the first time. Until 2001, this sphere was regulated by Recommendations for organic farming (MAFF), or guidelines of ecologicalieties and associations. Since 2001, organic farming has been governed by the Rules on organic production and processing which comply withEuropean Regulation on organic type of farming. In 2001, support to organic farming was included in the Slovenian agri-environmentalgramme, and after the EU accession in 2004, it became part of the Rural Development Programme of the Republic of Slovenia.

1999, the control of organic farming included 2,400 ha or 0.5 % of all utilised agricultural area. By 2008, organic farming was extended to836 ha or 6.1 % of all utilised agricultural area. The structure of agricultural land with organic farming is still strongly dominated by grassland% in 2008), which shows that the transition to this type of production was primarily animal holdings decided for.

ganic farming has been spreading in the EU as well. In 2007, the EU-15 countries ran organic farming (or the areas were in convertion to it) on% of the total utilised agricultural area (3.0% in 2000). The highest share of organic farming is in Austria (11.7% in 2007), Sweden (9.9%) andy (9.0%), while among the new Member States the leading ones are Latvia (9.8%), Estonia (8.8%), and the Czech Republic (8.3%). By there of agricultural land with organic farming, Slovenia ranks somewhere in the medium of EU-27.

Methodology

ta for Slovenia:

jectives summarized by:the Rural Development Programme of the Republic of Slovenia for the period 2007-2013, and the Action Plan of 

ganic Farming Development in Slovenia until 2015 (APOFD).urce database or source: Data on the number of farm holdings and the area subject to organic farming control are collected by the Ministry of riculture, Forestry and Food (MAFF). They are published on a href="http://www.mkgp.gov.si/en/">their website (Areas of Work > Agriculture).ce 2004, these data have been published also by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SORS) on its SI-STAT data portal:nvironment and natural resources > Agriculture and Fishing > Plant Production > Produce and surfaces > Groups of land categories and crops).nvironment and natural resources > Agriculture and Fishing > Organic farming > Land use by type of farming (ha).ta administrator: MAFF and SORSta acquisition date for this indicator: 6.11.2009thodology and frequency of data collection for the indicator: Data on the inclusion in organic farming are supplied by organisationshorised for control and certification. Data include area for which the farm holdings have already obtained the certificate, and the area in

nversion to organic farming in the transitional period before obtaining the certificate. Data are published every year and are available from 1999

ta processing methodology: Data on area under organic farming are used directly, and the relative indicator is calculated by dividing this areah the total utilised agricultural area (area under organic farming /UAA x 100).ormation concerning data quality:dvantages and disadvantages of the indicator: the advantage of the indicator is in its regular publication within SORS. Reporting is governed byes and is uniform for the entire EU.elevance, accuracy, robustness, uncertainty:iability of the indicator (archival data): The indicator is reliable.certainty of the indicator (scenarios/projections): Scenarios and projections are not available.verall assessment (1 = no major comments, 3 = data to be considered with reservation):evance: 1curacy: 1mpleteness over time: 1mpleteness over space: 1

ta for the EU:

urce database or source: Data on the share of utilised agricultural area included in organic farming by individual Member States are availableEUROSTAT databases (Statistics Database > Statistics > Main tables > Agriculture, forestry and fisheries > Agriculture > Organic farming >ea under organic farming (%)).ta administrator: European Commission, EUROSTATta acquisition date for this indicator: 6.11.2009thodology and frequency of data collection for the indicator: DData refer to area included in the organic farming control. Data are providedMember States once in a year.ta processing methodology: Data are used directly.ographical coverage: EU-15 is composed by old Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy,xembourg, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.ormation concerning data quality:

dvantages and disadvantages of the indicator: the advantage of the indicator is in its regular publication within EUROSTAT. Reporting isverned by rules and is uniform for the entire EU.elevance, accuracy, robustness, uncertainty (from the point of view of data):iability of the indicator (archival data): The indicator is reliable.certainty of the indicator (scenarios/projections): Scenarios and projections are not available.verall assessment (1 = no major comments, 3 = data to be considered with reservation):evance: 1curacy: 1

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Linked indicators

M03] Area under agri–environment Support

16 November 2009

Tina Volk, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia

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