Agriculture Reference
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Lithuanian Organic Agriculture in the Context of European Union
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/58352
Oilseed rape and leguminous cereals, 2011
Index
Fodder
beans
Spring rape Winter rape
Peas
Vetch
Lupine
Soya beans
Organic area, ha
1812
90
2260
10594
110
3081
371
Organic yield, t
1198
75
3357
14193
70
2457
264
Average productivity of
organic crop,
t ha
-1
0.66
0.83
1.49
1.34
0.64
0.80
0.71
Average productivity of
conventional crop,
t ha
-1
1.95
1.80
1.81
1.80
1.52
1.09
0.87
Table 2.
The productivity of oilseed rape and leguminous cereals grown organically and conventionally in Lithuania
2011. Source: Ekoagros; Statistics Lithuania [22]
Vegetables, 2011
Index
Total
v
egetables
White
cabbages
Red beets
Garlics
Pumpkins Carrots
Onions
Potatoes
Organic area, ha
64.46
4.30
3.14
0.94
1.57
7.49
1.52
346.29
Organic yield, t
669.24
66.82
42.73
3.00
29.33
176.28
17.54
3684.6
Average
productivity of
organic crop, t ha
-1
10.38
15.51
13.61
3.19
18.68
23.54
11.54
10.64
Average
productivity of
conventional crop,
t ha
-1
21.33
-
-
-
-
-
-
15.57
Table 3.
The productivity of vegetables grown organically and conventionally in Lithuania 2011. Note.-data not
available. Source: Ekoagros; Statistics Lithuania [22]
4.3. Organic seed growing
Organic seed material take the special place in organic farming. By the official regulation seed
material for organic agriculture must be certified organically and should come from the special
farms of organic seed material growers. The exceptions are allowed only if organic seeds are
not available in the market by the objective conditions. Anyway, the use of any synthetical
chemical stains for seed staining is strongly forbidden. Supply of organic seeds to Lithuanian
market from the local certified organic seed growers during time period of 2006-2013 is
presented in figure 20. The local specialised organic seed growers still are not able to cover
demand of organic seeds. Therefore, near the local organic seed production (Figure 20) organic
seeds from abroad are continuously imported (the import data are not available). Organic
farmers are obligated every five years to renew the seed material from the special organic seed
