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Table 8.3
Farming intensity according to the share of agriculture in total employment in FADN
regions in the EU15, 2003 (output per hectare in current euro) (Own calculations based on FADN)
Farming intensity as% of national intensity
National share
agriculture
in total
employment (%)
National
farming
intensity
(€/ha)
Type with share
agriculture in total
employment →
<3%
3-8%
8-15%
15-25%
>25%
Belgium
100
-
-
-
-
2.4
3,985
Denmark
-
100
-
-
-
3.6
2,750
Germany
115
96
-
-
-
2.5
2,186
Greece
-
127
73
115
16.2
2,533
Spain
130
130
91
-
-
6.0
1,246
France
115
96
-
-
-
3.6
1,649
Ireland
-
100
-
-
-
7.0
811
Italy
156
93
60
73
-
4.4
3,247
Luxembourg
100
-
-
-
-
1.4
1,643
The Netherlands
100
-
-
-
-
3.0
9,719
Austria
-
100
-
-
-
4.9
2,012
Portugal
-
306
125
56
-
9.6
925
Finland
-
94
113
-
-
5.3
1,256
Sweden
99
129
-
-
-
2.4
1,300
UK
104
75
-
-
-
1.6
1,193
EU15
129
96
62
69
147
4.9
1,980
'-' Denotes that the type does not exist
in Finland and Sweden in 2003 could be related to the much larger share of dairy
cattle farms in the regions with a higher share of employment in agriculture.
Hypothesis 3 Farming in LFA tends to be less intensive than farming in non-LFA
Nine EU15 Member States appear to have regions in different types of LFA
regions. In 1990 the hypothesis is supported in all countries with different types
of LFA (Finland and Sweden are excluded from the analysis for this year). In 2003
the hypothesis is supported in six countries and rejected in Germany, Finland and
Sweden (Table
8.4
). The rejection in Finland and Sweden is again due to the relatively
high share of dairy cattle in LFA regions compared to that in partly-LFA regions,
and this could also be a likely reason for the rejection in Germany in 2003. On the
whole, the share of grazing livestock farms in LFA regions tends to exceed that
in non-LFA regions, whereas the share of permanent crop farms in LFA regions
is usually below that in non-LFA regions. However, in Germany and Italy the
composition of farm types in LFA regions and non-LFA regions is rather similar.
Especially in Spain, Italy, Portugal and the UK differences in farming intensity in
LFA, partly-LFA and non-LFA regions are considerable. In Spain and Portugal,
this gap between LFA, partly-LFA and non-LFA regions widened in the period
1990-2003, whereas it decreased in Italy and remained rather stable in the UK.
Related to the higher share of grazing livestock in LFA regions, usually the share
of grassland in total UAA in LFA regions tends to exceed that in non-LFA regions
(Table
8.5
). As grassland gives home to many birds and other species, this could
