Spain: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food makes the 2020 organic production data public

Published 2021년 7월 13일

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The article reports a surge in the number of farms in Spain raising rabbits, chickens, sheep for milk, goats, pigs, sheep, goats for meat, and dairy cattle. The number of head of cattle has also increased. Spain is leading Europe in surface area and organic production and aims to meet the European Green Pact's goal of allocating 25% of agricultural land to organic production by 2030. The country's 2020 eco-area was predominantly permanent pastures, with a smaller portion dedicated to permanent and arable crops.

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By species, farms dedicated to sheep meat (-3%, to 1,879 farms) and goats (-5%, to 463) decreased, although those dedicated to raising rabbits (+33%, only there are 4), chickens (+7%, up to 111), sheep milk (+9%, up to 119) and goats (+5%, up to 203). However, the number of head of cattle increased especially in pigs (+17%, up to 37,846 animals), sheep, goats and dairy cattle (+7%, +15% and +10%, respectively) and in poultry meat (+ 5%, up to just over 1.6 million animals) and laying (+13%, up to 943,106 animals). Spain is the first European country in terms of surface area and organic production and the third in the world -behind Australia and Argentina-. For this reason, it is in a position to meet in 2030 the objective, set in the European Green Pact, of allocating 25% of agricultural land to organic production, also in line with the ecological transformation agenda of this Government, according to Luis Flat. In 2020, ...

Source: Revista Ganadería