Organic farming and the greening of the Common Agricultural Policy made Walloon agriculture become more environment friendly in 2015

peer reviewed ; In Wallonia, organic farming continues to increase its share of agricultural activities, the number of organic farmers exceeding for the first time 10% of the total number of farmers in 2014, with 8.6% of the total agricultural area. Meadows represent 83% of the organic areas, general crops 15% and vegetables 1%. The number of cattle heads is still increasing, while poultry and laying hen recorded a significant progress during the last years. Organic products consumption is also increasing and the market share of organic products in food products reached 2.3% in 2014. On the ot... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Burny, Philippe
Petrescu, Dacinia Crina
Petrescu-Mag, Ruxandra Mălina
Dokumenttyp: journal article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Schlagwörter: Wallonia / Belgium / Organic farming / Green payment / Ecological focus areas / Life sciences / Agriculture & agronomy / Sciences du vivant / Agriculture & agronomie
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/215573

peer reviewed ; In Wallonia, organic farming continues to increase its share of agricultural activities, the number of organic farmers exceeding for the first time 10% of the total number of farmers in 2014, with 8.6% of the total agricultural area. Meadows represent 83% of the organic areas, general crops 15% and vegetables 1%. The number of cattle heads is still increasing, while poultry and laying hen recorded a significant progress during the last years. Organic products consumption is also increasing and the market share of organic products in food products reached 2.3% in 2014. On the other hand, the implementation of the new Common Agricultural Policy, and particularly its green payment, obliges 50% of Walloon farmers to practice crop diversification and 46% to have at least 5% of ecological focus area within their arable land in 2015, which represents more than 24,000 ha. So, organic farming and ecological focus areas do have today a significant share of the Walloon agricultural area, leading to a more sustainable agriculture.