Agriculture Reference
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8. Conclusions
Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and
people. Farming is only considered to be organic at the EU level if it complies with Council
Regulation.
The area of certified organic agricultural land in the world, EU and Lithuania continuously is
tending to increase. EU-28 average made 5.7% of agricultural land as organic in 2012.
Average size of agricultural farm in general is larger in the organic than in conventional sector.
Productivity of crop average yield regularly is lower in organic agriculture compared it with
the conventional one.
Cattle and sheep are the most popular species of the organic livestock.
In the manufacture of organic products fruit, vegetables, meat and meat products are domi‐
nating.
Abbreviations
EU-28 European Union of 28 Member States
EU-27 European Union of 27 Member States
EU European Union
BE Belgium
BG Bulgaria
CZ Czech Republic
DK Denmark
DE Germany
EE Estonia
IE Ireland
EL Greece
ES Spain
FR France
HR Croatia
IT Italy
CY Cyprus
LV Latvia
LT Lithuania
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