1. Statistical Information on Young European Farmers
European Council of Young Farmers Enhancing Youth Employment in Agriculture for a More Sustainable Europe
E1 – Agriculture and Fisheries Carla Martins
Brussels, 27 February 2013

2. How can agricultural statistics help young farmers?
What is available on agricultural statistics?
2. What is available in Farm Structure Survey?
3. Resources on agricultural statistics.
4. How can young farmers help out agricultural statistics?

3. Agricultural Statistics1
What data is available?
Agricultural prices and price indices
Economic Accounts for Agriculture
Orchards survey/Vineyard survey
Agri environment data
Agricultural Statistics
Agricultural products
Farm Structure Survey
The data available on agricultural statistics in EUROSTAT
Organic farming (administrative records)

4. ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS FOR AGRICULTURE1
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What data is available?
ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS FOR AGRICULTURE
Income by agricultural activity
output, input, subsidies and taxes
Example:
Unit values at basic prices €/tonne, 2011 (table aact_uv01)
Table used:

5. AGRICULTURE PRICES AND PRICE INDEX1
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What data is available?
AGRICULTURE PRICES AND PRICE INDEX
Example:
Land prices and rents of arable land- annual data
€/ha, 2009 (table apri_ap_aland)
Table used:

6. 1 What data is available? Example:
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What data is available?
Example:
Crops products, Cereals (including rice), 2011 (table apro_cpp_crop)
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
Table used:

7. STRUCTURE OF ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS1
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What data is available?
Example:
Total by species since 1977 (area in ha),
All varieties of apples, ha, 2007 (table orch_total)
STRUCTURE OF ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS
Table used:

8. What data is available in: Farm Structure Survey?2
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FARM STRUCTURE SURVEY
What data is available in: Farm Structure Survey?
1 record per farm.
Latest data 2010 Agricultural census
Each decade a census and
2 or 3 Intermediate sample surveys
More than 200 variables!
The Farm Structure Survey collects data from all the National Statistical Authorities in all Member states, Croatia, Norway, Switzerland, Montenegro, Macedonia, Iceland.
Each country send the micro data, this means that in Eurostat there is one record per farm.
For example, the latest data on the 2010 Agricultural Census has um register for each of the 12 million holdings surveyed in the EU 27.

9. What data is available in Farm Structure Survey?2
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HOLDER
Age, Gender,
Training
Other gainful activities
What data is available in Farm Structure Survey?
MACHINERY
Tractors
Harvestors
FARM STRUCTURE SURVEY
LABOUR FORCE
Age, gender,
Family, non family
Regular/ temporary
LIVESTOCK
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep Goats
Poultry
CROPS
Cereals
Fruit
Vegetables
Permanent crops
Grassland
The 200 variables can be divided into various themes:
And there are many possibilities of crossing all these variables.
Some examples I have brought to show you.
ORGANIC FARMING
Certified
In conversion
By crop/animal
OTHER GAINFUL ACTIVITIES
Tourism
Processing of products …

10. 2
FROM FSS - % of farms with Other Gainful Activities, by country, EU 27, 2010
EU 27+HR, 2010
17 % of farms owned by farmers 35 and under are of the general field crop type.
Cereals, oilseeds, and pulses
Higher % of farms in the livestock sector:
Sheep goat and other grazing livestock
Dairy farms
Pigs
Field crops and grazing livestock combined.
Lower percentage of "young farms" in the permanent crops farms (olive and vineyards)

11. 2 FROM FSS - Percentage of farms by type of farm, EU 27+HR, 2010
17 % of farms owned by farmers 35 and under are of the general field crop type.
Cereals, oilseeds, and pulses
Higher % of farms in the livestock sector:
Sheep goat and other grazing livestock
Dairy farms
Pigs
Field crops and grazing livestock combined.
Lower percentage of "young farms" in the permanent crops farms (olive and vineyards)

12. 2 FROM FSS - % of female farmers (within the young farmers)
TOP 12 EU regions
17 % of farms owned by farmers 35 and under are of the general field crop type.
Cereals, oilseeds, and pulses
Higher % of farms in the livestock sector:
Sheep goat and other grazing livestock
Dairy farms
Pigs
Field crops and grazing livestock combined.
Lower percentage of "young farms" in the permanent crops farms (olive and vineyards)

13. 2
FROM FSS - % of farmers under 25 years of age (within the young farmers)
TOP 12 EU regions
17 % of farms owned by farmers 35 and under are of the general field crop type.
Cereals, oilseeds, and pulses
Higher % of farms in the livestock sector:
Sheep goat and other grazing livestock
Dairy farms
Pigs
Field crops and grazing livestock combined.
Lower percentage of "young farms" in the permanent crops farms (olive and vineyards)

14. 3- Resources Legislation
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3- Resources
Legislation
(see “6.1. Legal acts and other agreements”)
Historical Results (Surveys from 1966/67 to 1997)
Census 2010 Results (FSS 2009/2010)
Livestock Units
List of characteristics (until 2007 FSS)
List of characteristics (2010 FSS and after)
Procedures for accessing microdata for research purposes (final report release of FSS microdata – July 2011)
More detailed information
This last slide includes some links to useful resources.

15. 4 How can young farmers help out agricultural statistics?
Current legislation covers the Surveys until 2016.
New legal act needed for the survey from 2020 onwards.
Preliminary work has started for the new system
Objectives:
Reduce the burden on farmers and on the National Statistical Institutes.
More flexibility
Use of administrative data
Adapt to new agricultural realities.

16. 4 How can young farmers help out agricultural statistics?
Farm unions, and associations are key players.
In many countries they are working together with the
statistical offices for collecting the information on farms
Farm unions can have influence on the better use of administrative data
COPA COGECA is participating in the Permanent Committee of Agricultural Statistics SEMINAR
(once a year in Luxembourg - EUROSTAT)
We are glad to receive any input from CEJA on the future of the agricultural statistics.

17. For further information:
Thank you!
For further information:
                      
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18. References:
Pictures: "Young framers" "10€ in vase" IFOAM - "Table and laptop in the field" "Land for sale" "Harvest" "Farm cartoon" "Rural tourism" "Cows" "Cereals" "Young women farmer" "Little girl"