Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio
Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio
Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio
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ecommended near streams or dams <strong>in</strong> Portugal (Anpromis). It is expected that for new crop<br />
protecti<strong>on</strong> products a similar c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> will determ<strong>in</strong>e if a specific buffer z<strong>on</strong>e is required.<br />
5.3 Irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />
In <strong>EU</strong>-27 <strong>the</strong> total <strong>agricultural</strong> area equipped for irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> year 2003 accounts for 16 milli<strong>on</strong> ha<br />
<strong>on</strong> a total of 182 milli<strong>on</strong> ha of <strong>agricultural</strong> land (Eurostat, Farm structure survey data 2000, 2003). The<br />
majority of irrigated areas are c<strong>on</strong>centrated <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mediterranean regi<strong>on</strong>. France, Greece, Italy,<br />
Portugal and Spa<strong>in</strong> account for 12 milli<strong>on</strong> ha corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to 75% of <strong>the</strong> total area equipped for<br />
irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>EU</strong>-27 (JRC, 2008, Water Requirements for Irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> European Uni<strong>on</strong>). Germany<br />
has less than 0.5 milli<strong>on</strong> ha of irrigated land <strong>on</strong> a total of 17 milli<strong>on</strong> ha (