methods, notes and classification Organic farming: number of farms, areas with different crops and heads of different types of animals by agricultural size of farm (UAA) and NUTS 2 regions methods, notes and classification

DATA_DESCR This data collection presents summary tables intended to give an overview of the uptake of organic farming within the whole European Union and in each several country, plus Norway and Switzerland. Organic farming has to be understood as a part of a sustainable farming system and a viable alternative to the more traditional approaches to agriculture. Data are available for the following indicators: 1. Number of registered organic operators (table 'Food_act2') 2. Number of registered operators processing and importing products issued from organic farming (table 'Food_act3') 3. Organic crop area (table 'Food_in_porg1') 4. Organic crop production and yields from fully converted areas (table 'Food_in_porg2') 5. Organic livestock (table 'Food_in_porg3') 6. Production of organic animal products (table 'Food_pd_dmorg') Detailed information on the indicators provided in this collection may be found in theádocument 'Organic farming_additional information'á(please see under 'Annex' at the bottom of this page).

CLASS_SYSTEM Information on the classifications usedáfor each indicator may be found in theádocument 'Organic farming_additional information'á(please see under 'Annex' at the bottom of this page).

STAT_CONC_DEF Farming is considered to be organic if it complies with "Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 Juneá2007 (OJ No L 189/2007) on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91". "Organic farming" can be defined as a method of production which places the highest emphasis on environmental protection and, with regard to livestock production, animal welfare considerations. It avoids or largely reduces the use of synthetic chemical units such as fertilisers, pesticides, additives and medicinal products. Organic farming differs from other agricultural production methods in the application of regulated standards (production rules), compulsory control schemes and a specific labelling scheme. More information may be found in theádocument 'Organic farming_additional information'á(please see under 'Annex' at the bottom of this page).

STAT_UNIT Information on the statistical unitáof each indicator may be found in theádocument 'Organic farming_additional information'á(please see under 'Annex' at the bottom of this page).

STAT_POP Information on the statisticalápopulationáof each indicator may be found in theádocument 'Organic farming_additional information'á(please see under 'Annex' at the bottom of this page).

REF_AREA European UnionáMember States,áNorway and Switzerland

BASE_PER Not applicable

UNIT_MEASURE Information on theáunit of measureáof each indicator may be found in theádocument 'Organic farming_additional information'á(please see under 'Annex' at the bottom of this page).

    • Agricultural area
      • 0 Total
      • 1 Zero ha
      • 2 Less than 2 ha
      • 3 From 2 to 4.9 ha
      • 4 From 5 to 9.9 ha
      • 5 From 10 to 19.9 ha
      • 6 From 20 to 29.9 ha
      • 7 From 30 to 49.9 ha
      • 8 From 50 to 99.9 ha
      • 9 100 ha or over
    • Eurofarm indicators
      • 00 hold: Total number of holdings
      • 01 ha: Utilised agricultural area
      • 02 LSU of the holdings with livestock
      • 03 hold:Organic farming - certified
      • 04 ha:Organic farming - certified
      • 05 hold:Farming system - Conversion to organic farming
      • 06 ha:Farming system - Conversion to organic farming
      • 07 hold:Organic farming (incl. in conversion)
      • 08 ha:Organic farming (incl. in conversion)
      • 09 hold:Organic farming - cereals
      • 0a ha:Organic farming - cereals
      • 0b hold:Organic farming - dried pulses
      • 0c ha:Organic farming - dried pulses
      • 0d hold:Organic farming - potatoes
      • 0e ha:Organic farming - potatoes
      • 0f hold:Organic farming - sugar beet
      • 0g ha:Organic farming - sugar beet
      • 0h hold:Organic farming - oil seed crops
      • 0i ha:Organic farming - oil crops
      • 0j hold:Organic farming - fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries
      • 0k ha:Organic farming - fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries
      • 0l hold:Organic farming - pasture and meadow, excl. rough grazings
      • 0m ha:Organic farming - pasture and meadow, excl. rough grazings
      • 0n hold:Organic farming - fruit and berry
      • 0o ha:Organic farming - fruit and berry
      • 0p hold:Organic farming - citrus fruit
      • 0q ha:Organic farming - citrus fruit
      • 0r hold:Organic farming - olives
      • 0s ha:Organic farming - olives
      • 0t hold:Organic farming - vineyards
      • 0u ha:Organic farming - vineyards
      • 0v hold:Organic farming - other crops
      • 0w ha:Organic farming - other crops
      • 0x hold: Organic farming - bovine animals
      • 0y head:Organic farming - bovine animals
      • 0z hold: Organic farming - pigs
      • 10 head:Organic farming - pigs
      • 11 hold: Organic farming - sheep and goats
      • 12 head:Organic farming - sheep and goats
      • 13 hold: Organic farming - poultry
      • 14 head:Organic farming - poultry
      • 15 hold: Organic farming - with other animals
      • 16 Euro: Standard output (SO)
    • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
      • 00 Belgium
      • 01 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest and Vlaams Gewest
      • 02 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
      • 03 Prov. Antwerpen
      • 04 Prov. Limburg (BE)
      • 05 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen
      • 06 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant
      • 07 Prov. West-Vlaanderen
      • 08 Région wallonne
      • 09 Prov. Brabant wallon
      • 0a Prov. Hainaut
      • 0b Prov. Liège
      • 0c Prov. Luxembourg (BE)
      • 0d Prov. Namur
      • 0e Bulgaria
      • 0f Severozapaden
      • 0g Severen tsentralen
      • 0h Severoiztochen
      • 0i Yugoiztochen
      • 0j Yugozapaden
      • 0k Yuzhen tsentralen
      • 0l Czechia
      • 0m Praha
      • 0n Strední Cechy
      • 0o Jihozápad
      • 0p Severozápad
      • 0q Severovýchod
      • 0r Jihovýchod
      • 0s Strední Morava
      • 0t Moravskoslezsko
      • 0u Denmark
      • 0v Danmark
      • 0w Hovedstaden
      • 0x Sjælland
      • 0y Syddanmark
      • 0z Midtjylland
      • 10 Nordjylland
      • 11 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
      • 12 Baden-Württemberg
      • 13 Bayern
      • 14 Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg
      • 15 Berlin
      • 16 Brandenburg
      • 17 Bremen
      • 18 Hamburg
      • 19 Hessen
      • 1a Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
      • 1b Niedersachsen
      • 1c Nordrhein-Westfalen
      • 1d Rheinland-Pfalz
      • 1e Saarland
      • 1f Sachsen
      • 1g Sachsen-Anhalt
      • 1h Schleswig-Holstein
      • 1i Thüringen
      • 1j Estonia
      • 1k Eesti
      • 1l Ireland
      • 1m Border, Midland and Western (NUTS 2013)
      • 1n Southern and Eastern (NUTS 2013)
      • 1o Greece
      • 1p Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki (NUTS 2010)
      • 1q Kentriki Makedonia (NUTS 2010)
      • 1r Dytiki Makedonia (NUTS 2010)
      • 1s Thessalia (NUTS 2010)
      • 1t Ipeiros (NUTS 2010)
      • 1u Ionia Nisia (NUTS 2010)
      • 1v Dytiki Ellada (NUTS 2010)
      • 1w Sterea Ellada (NUTS 2010)
      • 1x Peloponnisos (NUTS 2010)
      • 1y Attiki
      • 1z Voreio Aigaio
      • 20 Notio Aigaio
      • 21 Kriti
      • 22 Spain
      • 23 Galicia
      • 24 Principado de Asturias
      • 25 Cantabria
      • 26 País Vasco
      • 27 Comunidad Foral de Navarra
      • 28 La Rioja
      • 29 Aragón
      • 2a Comunidad de Madrid
      • 2b Castilla y León
      • 2c Castilla-la Mancha
      • 2d Extremadura
      • 2e Cataluña
      • 2f Comunitat Valenciana
      • 2g Illes Balears
      • 2h Andalucía, Ceuta, Melilla
      • 2i Andalucía
      • 2j Región de Murcia
      • 2k Ciudad de Ceuta
      • 2l Ciudad de Melilla
      • 2m Canarias
      • 2n France
      • 2o Île de France
      • 2p Champagne-Ardenne (NUTS 2013)
      • 2q Picardie (NUTS 2013)
      • 2r Haute-Normandie (NUTS 2013)
      • 2s Centre (FR) (NUTS 2013)
      • 2t Basse-Normandie (NUTS 2013)
      • 2u Bourgogne (NUTS 2013)
      • 2v Nord-Pas-de-Calais (NUTS 2013)
      • 2w Lorraine (NUTS 2013)
      • 2x Alsace (NUTS 2013)
      • 2y Franche-Comté (NUTS 2013)
      • 2z Pays de la Loire (NUTS 2013)
      • 30 Bretagne (NUTS 2013)
      • 31 Poitou-Charentes (NUTS 2013)
      • 32 Aquitaine (NUTS 2013)
      • 33 Midi-Pyrénées (NUTS 2013)
      • 34 Limousin (NUTS 2013)
      • 35 Rhône-Alpes (NUTS 2013)
      • 36 Auvergne (NUTS 2013)
      • 37 Languedoc-Roussillon (NUTS 2013)
      • 38 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (NUTS 2013)
      • 39 Corse (NUTS 2013)
      • 3a Départements d'outre-mer (NUTS 2010)
      • 3b Guadeloupe (NUTS 2010)
      • 3c Martinique (NUTS 2010)
      • 3d Guyane (NUTS 2010)
      • 3e Réunion (NUTS 2010)
      • 3f Croatia
      • 3g Jadranska Hrvatska
      • 3h Kontinentalna Hrvatska (NUTS 2016)
      • 3i Italy
      • 3j Piemonte
      • 3k Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste
      • 3l Liguria
      • 3m Lombardia
      • 3n Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen
      • 3o Provincia Autonoma di Trento
      • 3p Veneto
      • 3q Friuli-Venezia Giulia
      • 3r Emilia-Romagna
      • 3s Provincia Autonoma Bolzano/Bozen (NUTS 2006)
      • 3t Provincia Autonoma Trento (NUTS 2006)
      • 3u Veneto (NUTS 2006)
      • 3v Friuli-Venezia Giulia (NUTS 2006)
      • 3w Emilia-Romagna (NUTS 2006)
      • 3x Toscana
      • 3y Umbria
      • 3z Marche
      • 40 Lazio
      • 41 Toscana (NUTS 2006)
      • 42 Umbria (NUTS 2006)
      • 43 Marche (NUTS 2006)
      • 44 Lazio (NUTS 2006)
      • 45 Abruzzo
      • 46 Molise
      • 47 Campania
      • 48 Puglia
      • 49 Basilicata
      • 4a Calabria
      • 4b Sicilia
      • 4c Sardegna
      • 4d Cyprus
      • 4e Kypros
      • 4f Latvia
      • 4g Latvija
      • 4h Lithuania
      • 4i Lietuva (NUTS 2013)
      • 4j Luxembourg
      • 4k Luxembourg
      • 4l Hungary
      • 4m Közép-Magyarország (NUTS 2013)
      • 4n Közép-Dunántúl
      • 4o Nyugat-Dunántúl
      • 4p Dél-Dunántúl
      • 4q Észak-Magyarország
      • 4r Észak-Alföld
      • 4s Dél-Alföld
      • 4t Malta
      • 4u Malta
      • 4v Netherlands
      • 4w Noord-Nederland
      • 4x Groningen
      • 4y Friesland (NL)
      • 4z Drenthe
      • 50 Oost-Nederland
      • 51 Overijssel
      • 52 Gelderland
      • 53 Flevoland
      • 54 West-Nederland
      • 55 Utrecht
      • 56 Noord-Holland
      • 57 Zuid-Holland
      • 58 Zeeland
      • 59 Zuid-Nederland
      • 5a Noord-Brabant
      • 5b Limburg (NL)
      • 5c Austria
      • 5d Ostösterreich
      • 5e Burgenland (AT)
      • 5f Niederösterreich
      • 5g Wien
      • 5h Südösterreich
      • 5i Kärnten
      • 5j Steiermark
      • 5k Westösterreich
      • 5l Oberösterreich
      • 5m Salzburg
      • 5n Tirol
      • 5o Vorarlberg
      • 5p Poland
      • 5q Lódzkie (NUTS 2013)
      • 5r Mazowieckie (NUTS 2013)
      • 5s Malopolskie
      • 5t Slaskie
      • 5u Lubelskie (NUTS 2013)
      • 5v Podkarpackie (NUTS 2013)
      • 5w Swietokrzyskie (NUTS 2013)
      • 5x Podlaskie (NUTS 2013)
      • 5y Wielkopolskie
      • 5z Zachodniopomorskie
      • 60 Lubuskie
      • 61 Dolnoslaskie
      • 62 Opolskie
      • 63 Kujawsko-Pomorskie
      • 64 Warminsko-Mazurskie
      • 65 Pomorskie
      • 66 Portugal
      • 67 Norte
      • 68 Algarve
      • 69 Centro (PT)
      • 6a Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
      • 6b Alentejo
      • 6c Região Autónoma dos Açores (PT)
      • 6d Região Autónoma da Madeira (PT)
      • 6e Romania
      • 6f Nord-Vest
      • 6g Centru
      • 6h Nord-Est
      • 6i Sud-Est
      • 6j Sud - Muntenia
      • 6k Bucuresti - Ilfov
      • 6l Sud-Vest Oltenia
      • 6m Vest
      • 6n Slovenia
      • 6o Vzhodna Slovenija (NUTS 2010)
      • 6p Zahodna Slovenija (NUTS 2010)
      • 6q Slovakia
      • 6r Bratislavský kraj
      • 6s Západné Slovensko
      • 6t Stredné Slovensko
      • 6u Východné Slovensko
      • 6v Finland
      • 6w Itä-Suomi (NUTS 2006)
      • 6x Etelä-Suomi, Åland (NUTS 2006)
      • 6y Etelä-Suomi (NUTS 2006)
      • 6z Länsi-Suomi
      • 70 Pohjois-Suomi (NUTS 2006)
      • 71 Helsinki-Uusimaa
      • 72 Etelä-Suomi
      • 73 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi
      • 74 Åland
      • 75 Sweden
      • 76 Stockholm
      • 77 Östra Mellansverige
      • 78 Småland med öarna
      • 79 Sydsverige
      • 7a Västsverige
      • 7b Norra Mellansverige
      • 7c Mellersta Norrland
      • 7d Övre Norrland
      • 7e Iceland
      • 7f Ísland
      • 7g Norway
      • 7h Oslo og Akershus (statistical region 2016)
      • 7i Innlandet
      • 7j Sør-Østlandet (statistical region 2016)
      • 7k Agder og Rogaland (statistical region 2016)
      • 7l Vestlandet (statistical region 2016)
      • 7m Trøndelag
      • 7n Nord-Norge
      • 7o Switzerland
      • 7p Région lémanique
      • 7q Espace Mittelland
      • 7r Nordwestschweiz
      • 7s Zürich
      • 7t Ostschweiz
      • 7u Zentralschweiz
      • 7v Ticino
      • 7w United Kingdom
      • 7x North East (UK)
      • 7y Tees Valley and Durham
      • 7z Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
      • 80 North West (UK)
      • 81 Cumbria
      • 82 Cheshire (NUTS 2006)
      • 83 Greater Manchester
      • 84 Lancashire
      • 85 Merseyside (NUTS 2006)
      • 86 Cheshire
      • 87 Merseyside
      • 88 Yorkshire and The Humber
      • 89 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
      • 8a North Yorkshire
      • 8b South Yorkshire
      • 8c West Yorkshire
      • 8d East Midlands (UK)
      • 8e Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
      • 8f Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
      • 8g Lincolnshire
      • 8h West Midlands (UK)
      • 8i Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
      • 8j Shropshire and Staffordshire
      • 8k West Midlands
      • 8l East of England
      • 8m East Anglia
      • 8n Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
      • 8o Essex
      • 8p London, South East
      • 8q Inner London (NUTS 2010)
      • 8r Outer London (NUTS 2010)
      • 8s Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
      • 8t Surrey, East and West Sussex
      • 8u Hampshire and Isle of Wight
      • 8v Kent
      • 8w South West (UK)
      • 8x Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
      • 8y Dorset and Somerset
      • 8z Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
      • 90 Devon
      • 91 Wales
      • 92 West Wales and The Valleys
      • 93 East Wales
      • 94 Scotland
      • 95 Eastern Scotland (NUTS 2013)
      • 96 South Western Scotland (NUTS 2013)
      • 97 North Eastern Scotland
      • 98 Highlands and Islands
      • 99 Northern Ireland (UK)
      • 9a Northern Ireland (UK)
      • 9b Montenegro
      • 9c Crna Gora