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This article provides a fact sheet of the European Union (EU) agri-environmental indicator "Intensification/extensification". It consists of an overview of recent data, complemented by all information on definitions, measurement methods and context needed to interpret them correctly. The Intensification/extensification article is part of a set of similar fact sheets providing a complete picture of the state of the agri-environmental indicators in the EU.

The intensity of a farm can be defined as the level of inputs used by the farm per unit of factor of production (in general land). Intensification is defined as the increase in farm intensity,
while the extensification describes the opposite trends.

Main indicator:  Trend in the shares of the agricultural area managed by low, medium and high intensity farm.

Supporting indicator:  Average inputs expenditures per hectare in constant input prices.

Indicators are broken down by EU group, Member States, type of farming and less favoured area (LFA) . 

Main statistical findings

Key messages

  • In the EU-15, a continuous trend towards extensification (decrease of utilised agricultural area (UAA) share managed by highly intensive farms and increase of UAA share managed by low input farms) has been observed since 2004. In the 10 Member States which joined the EU in 2004 (EU-N10), the share of UAA managed by medium and high intensity farms increases whereas the one managed by low intensity farms decreases, which indicates intensification. However, the UAA managed by low intensity farms (as defined in this note) represents around a half of the total EU-N10 UAA.
  • The trend by Member State can be significantly different from the EU-group average. In the EU-15, extensification is observed to a more or less extent in 12 Member States over the period studied. In the EU-N10, the share of UAA managed by low intensity farms is decreasing in 5 Member States. In the others, no clear trend can be identified over the period studied.
  • The average inputs expenditures per hectare are very linked to the IRENA type of farming: Cropping fallow land and grazing livestock permanent grass farms have on average lower input levels and pigs and poultry and horticulture farms have higher input levels. The trend (intensification or extensification) is more explained by the EU-group or country than by the IRENA type of farming.
  • In the EU-15 overall it is difficult to identify any trend towards intensification or extensification by Less Favoured Area (LFA) class over the period studied, even though there seems to be a trend towards extensification over the end of the period. In the EU-N10, intensification can be observed in the three LFA classes. However the speed of intensification seems higher for the non LFA class, medium for LFA not mountain and low for LFA mountain. This might reflect a higher intensification in the most productive regions where you can increase more efficiently productivity than in LFA.
  • In Bulgaria and Romania, no trend is available yet at the time of drafting the fact-sheet (FADN contains data only from the year of accession).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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