Average organic farm size by utilised agricultural area, economic size and farm type

<p>Organic farming can improve soil health, water quality and biodiversity, by reducing the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilisers. Farm structure indicators measure key structural characteristics of agricultural holdings, such as farm size and type of farming. This table includes information on the number of agricultural holdings, hectares of utilised agricultural area (UAA) and annual working units (AWU), and average size of holdings fully converted and under conversion to organic farming utilised agricultural area (excluding kitchen gardens), by type of farm, class of economic size (standard output - SO) of the farm and class of utilised agricultural area (UAA), at country level. Annual work unit (AWU) is the full-time equivalent employment. One annual work unit corresponds to the work performed by one person who is occupied on an agricultural holding on a full-time basis. The standard output is the average monetary value of the agricultural output at farm-gate price, in euro per hectare or per head of livestock. Information is based on censuses and sample surveys.</p>

Cite as: Eurostat, Average organic farm size by utilised agricultural area, economic size and farm type (EF_FSI_ORG).