Glossary:Utilised agricultural area (UAA)

Utilised agricultural area, abbreviated as UAA, is the total area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland, permanent crops and kitchen gardens used by the holding, regardless of the type of tenure or of whether it is used as a part of common land.

Includes

• arable land
• permanent grassland
• permanent crops
• kitchen gardens

Excludes

• mushrooms
• unutilised agricultural land (NUAA)
• woodland (WA)
• other land, occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, etc. (FA9)
• utilised agricultural area which is a property of the owner but is leased or rented to someone else
• common land which is not used (NUAA)

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Related concepts

• Agricultural holding

Statistical data

• Farms and farmland in the European Union - statistics