1. Organic farming development in CEECs Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (VUZE)‏ Andrea Hrabalová Pavla Wollmuthová Summer Academy, 16 June 2008

2. Content Background and methodology Statistics:  area under organic production,  number of organic holdings,  organic crops composition,  number of organic livestock Data sources

3. Background and methodology The presentation is based on:  the research on OF development in CEECs within the EU project “Further Development of Organic Farming Policy in Europe with particular emphasis on EU Enlargement” (2003-2006)  the updated information from Eurostat database supplemented by national sources The original data collection was carried out for the period 1997-2004 and held in 8 CEECs :  Czech Republic (CZ), Estonia (EE), Hungary (HU), Poland (PL), Slovenia (SI), Lithuania (LT), Latvia (LV) and Slovakia (SK)

4. Organic area and number of organic holdings

5. Total organic area in ha, 1997-2006

6. OF development in CEECs, 2000-2006 Total organic area (ha)Annual growth rate (%)Share in 2005 UAA (%) 2000200320062000-032003-062005-0620002006 CZ165 699254 995281 53515.453.3610.414.607.81 EE9 87242 57372 88662.7719.6322.001.188.74 HU47 221116 535122 76535.131.75-4.520.812.09 PL22 37149 928228 00925.9365.9142.770.141.43 SI5 44020 01826 83154.3810.2614.181.075.25 LT4 70923 28996 71770.3760.7449.850.173.41 LV4 40024 480175 10977.1992.6847.630.2510.10 SK58 45854 479120 409-0.0230.2628.163.016.20 ALL 8318 170586 2971 124 26122.2624.2424.420.963.38

7. Share in total organic area among CEECs in 2000 and 2006 (%)

8. In-conversion area as % of total organic area by country, 2000-2006 NB: Data for SI was not available.

9. Total number of organic farms, 1997-2006

10. Total number of organic farms, average size and share in total agricultural holdings Total number of organic farms Average size of farm (ha), 2006 Share in total agricultural holdings (%) 1997200020032006organicconventional20002006 CZ211563810963292,35111,811,752,99 EE702317641 17362,1430,050,834,23 HU1615711 2551 93577,55102,291,003,38 PL3241 4192 2869 18824,8210,600,090,61 SIna6201 4151 95413,736,620,802,53 LT1062307002 35041,1667,400,555,58 LVnd785504 10542,7613,470,063,19 SK4688 265454,37226,111,023,09 ALL 89183 8007 86821 93352,0917,730,201,17

11. Share in total organic holdings among CEECs in 2000 and 2006 (%)

12. Organic crop statistics

13. Organic land use structure (ha) by country, 2006 Arable land Of which: Fodder Pastures, meadows Permanent crops OtherTotal Share of grassland and fodder in total organic area CZ23 47811 626232 1901 19624 671281 53587% EE59 41148 28211 8321 14649772 88682% HU51 89811 50563 4861 8665 515122 76561% PL94 224nd107 1038 83017 851228 00947% SI1 68542224 458688026 83193% LT69 3071 00022 4704 51142996 71724% LV67 3871 060103 2222 0472 453175 10960% SK36 48119 64783 1747540120 40985% ALL 8403 87193 542647 93521 03851 4161 124 26166% NB: Data for PL was not available and are estimated.

14. Development of land use structure in CEECs, 2000-2006

15. Main categories of total organic arable land (ha), 2004 Cereals Protein crops Root crops Industrial crops VegetablesFodderOtherTotal CZ9 0544631168332024 0744 95219 694 EE5 42225328093999 0061 55416 707 HU27 7161 3565810 9451 18920 4264 05865 748 PL10 793566779nd830nd21 22034 188 SI7920136918262151 727 LT13 8883 747448228174654 16722 717 LV4 97034732335713 34371710 202 SK7 7629921251 0344474 5882 19317 141 ALL 880 3977 4112 67413 5593 09442 12338 866188 124

16. Development of o rganic crops´ structure on arable land, 2001-2006 NB: Data for PL was not available, was excluded.

17. Share of organic crop area in total crop area for selected crops (%), 2006 Share in: CZEEHUSILTLVSKALL 7ALL 7 (2004) Cereals0,63,00,9 4,75,61,61,91,0 Protein crops2,43,25,91,639,90,04,915,74,5 Root crops0,22,10,10,7 2,60,20,70,4 Industrial crops0,10,71,10,92,02,40,91,00,9 Vegetable7,64,81,12,91,4211,31,722,81,4 Fodder2,427,94,00,80,2 8,04,52,5 NB: Data for PL was not available, was excluded.

18. Organic livestock statistics

19. Organic livestock in CEECs (heads), 2006 Cattle Of which: Dairy cows SheepGoatsPigsPoultryHorsesTotal Total (2004) CZ115 1924 32239 9673 3221 4645 2292 536172 032139 629 EE14 2253 23020 7235584345 0371 41042 38727 564 HU11 453nd23 9434 0572 18721 60038763 627172 158 SI14 46492022 9203 9641 74015 1071 85660 05151 758 LT8 6706 2738 50765920093731219 28511 88911 889 LV55 3193 13623 1034 8169 14117 1154 470113 96421 133 SK28 9224 99987 6071 40831258440118 74740 645 ALL 7248 24522 880226 77018 78415 47865 08311 411585 771464 776 Share42%4%39%3% 11%2%100%x NB: Data for PL was not available, was excluded.

20. Development of o rganic livestock (heads), 2001-2006

21. Share of organic livestock in total number of livestock (%), 2006 Share in: CZEEHUSILTLVSKALL 7ALL 7 (2004) Cattle8,35,81,63,21,014,75,75,51,8 Of which: Dairy cows1,03,0ndnd0,81,61,72,71,40,5 Sheep26,941,81,717,729,155,527,310,76,1 Goats23,119,95,115,63,032,33,69,43,7 Pigs0,050,130,050,300,022,190,030,20,1 Poultry0,030,270,040,280,010,420,000,1 Horses11,129,40,59,30,532,25,35,61,1

22. Livestock categories in organic compared to total agricultural farming in LU, 2006

23. Data sources EU project “Further Development of Organic Farming Policy in Europe with particular emphasis on EU Enlargement” (2003-2006) University of Hohenheim, Organic Farming in Europe: Economics and Policy Volume 1-13 Willer, H., Yussefi, M.: The world of organic agriculture, statistics & emerging trends 2004 – 2007, IFOAM &FiBL. European Commission, Brussels: Different organic farming patterns within EU-25. Statistics in focus. http://www.organic-europe.net/country_reports/default.asp (country reports) http://www.organic-europe.net/country_reports/default.asp Eurostat database