The Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics statistical book presents a selection of topical data. Information is presented for the European Union and its Member States, and is supplemented (when available) with data for EFTA members and for the acceding and candidate countries to the European Union.
This publication treats the following areas:
- a special focus on family farming in EU;
- changes in farm holdings over the last 5/10 years;
- agricultural accounts and prices; a
- agricultural products;
- agriculture and
- the environment; forestry and fisheries.
This publication on Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics presents a selection of tables and figures on a wide range of industry-related topics, covering the 28 EU Member States.
- Chapters 1 and 2 on family farming and the evolution of farm holdings provide readers with an overview of the structures of EU farms, their specificities among Member States and their development over time.
- Chapters 3 to 5 present the EU’s agricultural industry with information on the latest reference period and developments over time. These chapters move beyond a structural presentation of the EU’s agricultural industry, providing information on agri-environmental issues, reflecting recent reforms of the CAP:
Chapter 3 covers economic developments within the agricultural industry and presents data on output and input values, income indicators, as well as price trends;
Chapter 4 presents the most recent data on some of the most important EU agricultural products, first for crops (cereals, sugar beet, oilseeds, vegetables, fruit, wine grapes and olives),then for orchards (apple trees, other fruits trees, main fruit varieties, olive trees and vines producing table grapes), for livestock and meat and finally for milk and milk products;
Chapter 5 provides a small selection of indicators related to the interaction between agriculture and the environment. This year’s edition focuses on the utilisation of nutrients in agricultural production and its impact on the environment;
- The remaining two chapters go beyond agriculture to look at the state of the EU’s forestry and fishery industries:
Chapter 6 provides an overview of the most recent forestry data;
Chapter 7 offers a summary of the state of the EU’s fishing fleet, aquaculture, fishery catches and landings of fishery products.
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Source: Envirocentre.ie – Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics – 2014 Edition
