Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio
Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio
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Table 20 list <strong>the</strong> number of maize hectares that were irrigated at least <strong>on</strong>ce <strong>in</strong> 2003 compared to <strong>the</strong><br />
total of harvested maize areas per regi<strong>on</strong>. Discrepancies may arise because of differences <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
figures for sown and harvested areas or because gra<strong>in</strong> and silage maize do not represent <strong>the</strong> total<br />
crop (energy, corn-cob-mix, seed producti<strong>on</strong> are not systematically <strong>in</strong>cluded). Figure 6 shows a map<br />
of <strong>the</strong> proporti<strong>on</strong> of irrigated maize <strong>in</strong> France, Greece, Italy and Spa<strong>in</strong> for <strong>the</strong> year 2000.<br />
Table 19: Irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> specific regi<strong>on</strong>s (E: east part of <strong>the</strong> country, N: north, NE: nor<strong>the</strong>ast, SW:<br />
southwest, W: west) (Sources: a Endure, b EuropaBio member companies; c Eurostat)<br />
Z<strong>on</strong>e Member State Use Irrigati<strong>on</strong> % of maize<br />
area <strong>in</strong> 2003 c<br />
A<br />
North<br />
B<br />
Centre<br />
C<br />
South<br />
Denmark Silage Mostly not 0%<br />
Est<strong>on</strong>ia - 0%<br />
F<strong>in</strong>land - 0%<br />
Latvia - 0%<br />
Lithuania - -<br />
Sweden - 0%<br />
Austria - 4%<br />
Belgium Gra<strong>in</strong>/Silage Sometimes <strong>on</strong> sandy soil 0.16%<br />
Czech Republic Not specified Mostly not -<br />
Germany Not specified 0 - 7% of cultivated maize area -<br />
Hungary Gra<strong>in</strong>/Silage Not <strong>in</strong> E and W a 0.45%<br />
Ireland - 0%<br />
Luxembourg - 0%<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands Gra<strong>in</strong>/Silage Sometimes <strong>on</strong> sandy soil 0.25%<br />
Poland Not specified Mostly not -<br />
Romania Not specified 0 - 25% of cultivated maize area 2.76%<br />
Slovakia Not specified N<strong>on</strong>e 7.7%<br />
Slovenia - 0.22%<br />
<strong>the</strong> United<br />
K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
-: no data available<br />
- 0%<br />
Bulgaria Not specified 20% of cultivated maize area 4.8%<br />
Cyprus - -<br />
France Not specified SW: <strong>on</strong> sandy soil (Aquita<strong>in</strong>e) and<br />
Gar<strong>on</strong>ne valley a<br />
22.8%<br />
Greece - 85%<br />
Italy Gra<strong>in</strong>/silage 80% of maize area <strong>in</strong> N a 46%<br />
Malta - 0%<br />
Portugal Not specified 97,5% of cultivated maize area;<br />
N: approx. 80% b<br />
Spa<strong>in</strong> Gra<strong>in</strong>/Silage NE: 100% of cultivated maize area<br />
(of which 50% by spr<strong>in</strong>klers) a<br />
NW: approx. 90% b<br />
39.3%<br />
84.7%<br />
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