Baseline information on agricultural practices in the EU ... - Europabio
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3.2 Cultivati<strong>on</strong> area<br />
An overview of <strong>the</strong> surface of sugar beet cultivati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>EU</strong> Member States is provided <strong>in</strong> Figure 1 and<br />
Table 2. The total sugar beet cropp<strong>in</strong>g area reached 1.5 milli<strong>on</strong> hectares <strong>in</strong> 2010 (<strong>EU</strong>ROSTAT). In 10<br />
years’ time <strong>the</strong> acreage almost halved com<strong>in</strong>g from 2.7 milli<strong>on</strong> hectares <strong>in</strong> 2001. In <strong>the</strong> same period<br />
<strong>the</strong> total beet yield, however, <strong>on</strong>ly decreased from 124 milli<strong>on</strong> t<strong>on</strong>nes to 104.3 milli<strong>on</strong> t<strong>on</strong>nes.<br />
Figure 1: Area of producti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> 1,000 ha <strong>in</strong> 2010 (<strong>EU</strong>ROSTAT) ( : 0.0 - 0.0 ; : 0.0 - 15.3 ; :<br />
15.3 - 39.2; : 39.2 - 71.0; : 71.0 - 383.5; : Data not available)<br />
Figure 2: Sugar beet producti<strong>on</strong> areas with sugar process<strong>in</strong>g plants (source CIBE-CEFS, 2010)<br />
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