LAND SOWN WITH CROPS, FRUIT TREES AND GRAPEVINES

Situation as on 1 June 2006

 

In the Republic of Croatia the total of 856 227 ha was land sown with crops. The structure of the land sown was described as follows: cereals made 66.6%, oil seeds 12.8%, tobacco 0.6%, sugar beets 3.7%, forage crops 11.8%, flowers, aromatic and other plants 0.5% and potatoes, leguminous and other vegetables 4.0%.

 

As compared to the last year, the land sown with wheat showed an increase of 18%, while that sown with maize decreased by 8%. The land sown with oil seeds showed a decrease of 9%, where rape seed made even 59% of the total decrease. Land sown with forage crops showed an increase of 5% and that sown with sugar beets of 5%, as compared to the last year.

 

1.   LAND SOWN, SITUATION AS ON 1 JUNE 2006

ha

 

Total

Legal entities
and parts thereof

Private family farms

Indices

2005. = 100

Total

 

 

 

 

 

Land sown, total

856 227

147 366

708 861

101

 

 

 

 

 

Cereals

570 095

85 245

484 850

102

Wheat − total1)

177 403

43 313

134 090

118

Maize − total2)

299 138

32 345

266 793

92

 

 

 

 

 

Oil seeds

109 328

30 540

78 788

91

Soya-beans

63 121

19 100

44 021

132

Rape seed

8 455

4 685

3 770

41

Sunflowers

35 427

6 410

29 017

70

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco

5 320

723

4 597

103

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar beets

31 514

14 067

17 447

105

 

 

 

 

 

Forage crops

100 994

14 101

86 893

105

Alfalfa3)

26 415

3 539

22 876

102

Clover and mixtures3)

19 580

568

19 012

93

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers, aromatic and other plants4)

4 420

797

3 623

89

 

 

 

 

 

Potatoes, leguminous and other vegetables5)

34 556

1 893

32 663

99

 

1)    Soft wheat (winter, spring and seed)

2)    Mercantile and seed

3)    Including the autumn and spring sowing and the area with old production

4)    Chamomile, sage, chicory, hop, seeds, planting material and other

5)    Including cultivation on arable land, in gardens, protected areas and kitchen gardens

 

 

2.   LAND SOWN, BY COUNTIES, SITUATION AS ON 1 JUNE 2006

ha

 

Total

Cereals

Oil seeds,
 total

Tobacco

Sugar
 beets

Forage
 crops

Flowers,
aromatic and other plants

Potatoes, leguminous
and other
vegetables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Croatia

856 227

570 095

109 328

5 320

31 514

100 994

4 420

34 556

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Zagreb

42 724

33 346

1 122

 -

 -

6 938

48

1 270

County of Krapina-Zagorje

15 937

11 685

3

 -

 -

3 129

7

1 113

County of Sisak-Moslavina

41 964

33 134

2 662

 -

35

4 887

14

1 232

County of Karlovac

21 224

11 763

20

 -

 -

7 826

8

1 607

County of Varaždin

30 334

23 223

410

 -

196

1 823

79

4 603

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

58 892

45 362

1 715

50

585

10 057

191

932

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

73 399

59 818

3 511

70

109

8 059

171

1 661

County of Primorje- Gorski kotar

1 293

65

 -

 -

 -

469

5

754

County of Lika-Senj

9 733

4 043

 -

 -

 -

4 556

2

1 132

County of Virovitica-Podravina

84 885

52 365

14 888

4 061

2 926

5 064

2 214

3 367

County of Požega-Slavonia

36 490

25 616

4 277

940

791

3 757

142

967

County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina

57 001

39 565

8 183

25

1 943

6 095

19

1 171

County of Zadar

5 405

1 493

 -

 -

 -

2 306

8

1 598

County of Osijek-Baranja

200 710

126 536

40 395

149

12 058

18 802

729

2 041

County of Šibenik-Knin

1 889

598

 -

 -

 -

978

1

312

County of Vukovar-Sirmium

122 839

70 914

30 231

25

12 219

7 626

62

1 762

County of Split-Dalmatia

5 958

2 126

 -

 -

 -

1 898

242

1 692

County of Istria

10 095

4 017

25

 -

 -

3 788

299

1 966

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

1 308

20

 -

 -

 -

309

7

972

County of Međimurje

27 445

19 579

1 394

 -

648

1 787

75

3 962

City of Zagreb

6 702

4 827

492

 -

4

840

97

442

 

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

 

Source and methods of data collection

 

At the end of the spring harvest, the Report on Land Sown with Crops, Fruit Trees and Grapevines is used in collection of data on arable land sown with crops, data on total agricultural land by type of cultivation, land under mixed and combined crops, number of fruit trees, grapevines and, concerning business entities and parts thereof, data on the renting of land. These data are collected separately for legal entities and parts thereof and for private family farms. Data concerning legal entities are still collected by using the postal method.

 

Data for private family farms have been collected by using the interview method applied to a selected sample. The sample for private family farms was selected from the basic group according to the 2003 Agricultural Census and it is entirely random; the only condition was that there were at least three households in a same settlement. The sample was conceived out of 21 county samples, providing that the basic group consisted of all agricultural households less households selected for the sample in the Survey on Livestock on Private Family Farms. The sample size was conditioned by the financial means allocated from the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia and the share of agricultural farms by counties. The sample consisted of 7 386 selected households. In every county the sample was selected on the basis of the analysis of the following 7 land categories: total used agricultural land, surface area of arable land, surface area of kitchen gardens, surface area of meadows, surface area of pastures, surface area of orchards and surface area of vineyards. All expanded data were compared to data from previous years, 2003 Agricultural Census data and available administrative sources (the Address Book of Private Family Farms of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management etc.). On the basis of all available data, corrections were done if necessary.

 

Data on agricultural land refer to the situation as on 1 June and present agricultural land used in a reference year.

 

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Reporting units are legal entities and parts thereof taken over form the Register of Business Entities, which are defined in sections A Agriculture, hunting and forestry and B Fishing, according to the NKD 2002. (NN, No. 13/03). The coverage is selective and data are collected by using the postal method.

 

Reporting units are also households engaged in agricultural production, for which interviewers collected data. Private family farms have been selected from the 2003 Agricultural Census data base.

 

 

Definitions

 

Kitchen gardens are areas determined for the cultivation of crops (mainly vegetables) intended for consumption  by members of a household. They are not primarily intended for sale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbreviations

 

ha                 hectare

NKD 2002.  National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

NN               Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

 

Symbols

 

- no occurrence