Changes in land use in CEE countries during the last decade

Takácsné György, Katalin (2010) Changes in land use in CEE countries during the last decade. ANNALS OF THE POLISH ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND AGRIBUSINESS ECONOMISTS, 12 (6). pp. 173-178. ISSN 1508-3535

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Abstract

The trends in arable land use and production structure in the enlarged European Union ñ in contrary to the former expectations ñ contribute to the increasing share of cereal production. It is also enhanced by the subsidy system which was introduced and has been in use since the integration into the EU. The research uses the data of EUROSTAT database in order to examine the total agricultural area, arable land area, area of cereals and yield averages by single countries. The permanent decrease of agricultural and plough land areas can be seen in the EU land use from 1999 to 2009. It was proved in the research that the area of winter wheat, parallel with the permanent growth of average yield, has increased in most of the member states, which is an unhealthy tendency in regards to the production structure because it further adds to the overproduction of cereals.

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