Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Note. MT data 2006, CY, PT data 2007; DE no data available; IE, ES share in total organic area, Source: Eurostat
(food_in_porg1)
Figure 16.
Share in percent (%) of arable land crops, permanent crops, pastures and meadows in fully converted area,
2008 [19].
paid. The distribution of wheat, barley and perennial grasses in Lithuania by the municipalities
(2005) in comparison of organic to conventional agriculture are presented in figures 17, 18 and
19. To follow the relevance to grow wheat, barley and perennial grasses in separate territories
are presented the land productivity points. Organic wheat covered 0.7%-3.1% and conven‐
tional 4.2%-8.7% in the crop structure in the most favourable land to wheat growing by the
land productivity points (Figure 17). On the lands of 40-48 points of land productivity wheat
covers 0.4%-12.9% and 0.3%-7.9% in organic and conventional agriculture accordingly. Higher
share of wheat in conventional agriculture on the best lands could be explained by the higher
share of cereals in the crop rotation of conventional agriculture and not seldom used sowing
wheats after wheats. Though, sugar beets (that are not grown at all organically in Lithuania)
take the first position on the best lands of conventional agriculture because of the highest
profitability. On land of lower productivity, i.e. 32-40 points and less than 32 points organic
wheat covers 0.1%-4.8% and 0%-2.7% while conventional wheat covers 0.3%-1.9% and 0%-0.5%
accordingly (Figure 17).
Organic barley was the most common on 40-48 points land productivity reaching till 16.2%
(2005) when conventional varied in the range of 1.5%-6.3% in the crop structure (Figure 18).
On the best soils organic barley covered 0.5%-1.8% while conventional one took their highest
share of 3.2%-6.8% in the crop structure.
Organic perennial grasses covered till 9.3% on land of 32-40 point productivity, till 5.7% on
land of 40-48 point productivity and till 5.9% on land till 32 point productivity (Figure 19). On
the best soils organic perennial grasses covered only from 0% till 0.9% area in the crop structure
while conventional ones from 0.9% till 3%. On the land with decreasing land productivity from
40-48 to 32-40 and less than 32 points conventional perennial grasses covered till 3.6%, 6.3%
and 8.2% accordingly (Figure 19).
