Spain: the data on organic farming for the year 2011

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<div style="text-align: justify;">For the fourth year Spain is the leading country at EU level for its surface dedicated to organic farming: in 2011 the total surface reached 1,845,039 ha (1,650,866 ha in 2010), with an increase of + 11,76%. Almost all the Spanish regions showed an increase of organic surfaces. The number of operators in 2011 reached 32,837 (+ 18.23% on 2010). The first region for the number of operators is Andalusia (10,203), followed by Castilla-La Mancha (7,266) and Estremadura (3, 424). In 2011, the number of producers grew up to 32,206 (+15.59% on 2010), importers to 101 (93 in 2010), but processors' number decreased to 2,729 (-0.66%).  Concerning the type of organic farming, pastureland and meadows have occupied 913,786 ha (+61,276 ha on 2010), and forests (up to 220,273 ettari, + 2,827 ha on 2010). Organic cereals have increased their surface up to 178,061 ha (+7.21%), and they occupy 25.04% of the cultivated organic surface; they are followed by olive-groves (168,619 ha , +33,48%), nuts (96,990, +7.21%) and vineyards 79,016 ettari (+ 23.72%). More detailed data can be found at: <a href="http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/prensa/noticias/la-superficie-inscrita-des… de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente</a> </div><a href="../share/img_lib_files/1986_spagna-2011.pdf"> AGRICULTURA ECOLÓGICA ESTADÍSTICAS 2011</a> Source: Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente