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The increase in the surface was 10.55% in 2009 over the previous year

Spain leads the national area devoted to organic farming

Drafting Interempresas31/08/2010

August 31, 2010

Andalusia is the first Spanish community on surface dedicated to organic farming, with 54,08% of the national total, a percentage that has been increasing gradually in recent years, as well as the number of operators certified to the production and marketing of products obtained by organic farming. The Ministry of agriculture and fisheries of the Junta de Andalucía indicates that a distance of Andalusia is Castilla - La Mancha, with some 250,000 hectares of organic farming which represent 15% of the surface State. The increase in the surface was 10.55% in 2009 over the previous year, reaching the 866.799 hectares and the operators of 3.93 per cent. Most of the certified operators are producers, with a total of 7.937, followed by the winemakers, with 586.
The Minister of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucía, Clara Aguilera, asked recently report to Parliament on developments "very positive" of organic production and present the assessment of the lines of public support for the sector in Andalusia. "Both the producers and entrepreneurs in the agro-food sector demonstrate have a great sensitivity to meet the growing demand for organic products and thus to develop new lines of business," according to Aguilera.

Most of the Andalusian area with organic farming goes to livestock uses (82 per cent of the total), and is dedicated to the use of pastures, grasslands and fodder, as well as forests and wild collection. 18 Percent of the remaining area, about 155,000 hectares, is dedicated to agricultural uses, especially for crops such as olives, cereals and nuts that concentrate 80% of the activity. In this sense, Aguilera underlined that Andalusia is the Spanish region which dedicated more surface to the Green olive grove (31 per cent of the total), while in the rest of the country this crop is of average 22,21 per cent of the surface to organic production.

The number of operators, excels Almería, with 1.806, despite being one of the provinces that less surface has dedicated to the ecological production, something that reflects the "plot atomization and the transformative nature" of its operators thus incorporating greater value to their primary production.

Ecological agro-industries

The ecological agro-industrial sector has also experienced an increase of 42,16% in 2009 compared to the previous year, from 453 industries in 2008 to 644 in 2009 and has managed to position itself as the second ecological agro-industrial sector of the country. Within the national Andalusia % 21,24 of industrial activity, very slightly behind Catalonia, which tops the list with 21.60 per cent. However, Andalusia is the first in the number of operators engaged in the processing of primary products from the organic sector.

Sectors that more companies brings together is the fruit and vegetables, with 122 distributed mainly by the provinces of Almería, Málaga and Granada and which represent an increase of 25% in 2009 connection to the previous year. The second important group corresponds to the olive grove, with 110 mills. It should be noted that in 2009 doubled the number of companies dedicated to canning and vegetable juices, while the envasadoras of fruit and vegetables have experienced a growth of 25%.

Andalusia is the Spanish region that devotes more space to the Green olive grove, 31% of the total. Photo: Alex Bruda
Andalusia is the Spanish region that devotes more space to the Green olive grove, 31% of the total. Photo: Alex Bruda.

Priority to ecological projects

In its continued support for organic agriculture and animal husbandry, the Ministry of agriculture and fisheries has this year introduced a new incentive for this sector within the framework of the annual call for aid to the Andalusian agro-industry. Thus, investment projects relating to organic production increased percentage of public aid are entitled to and shall be subject to a specific evaluation, as reflected in the order of July 26, 2010 (published 4 August BOJA)which lays down the bases for granting subsidies to the processing and marketing of agricultural products.

In this way, it will take into account when processing a request for aid some parameters such as the number of organic operators who will benefit, the volume of production expected, if the company is located in a protected natural area or if you are going to develop a new product in the market. "Must be paramount corporate initiatives aimed at the real needs of the market, and in the same way that in agro-industry subsidies we have always given more support to projects that help to realize the concentration of supply"", we have considered the need to strengthen public support for the organic sector as one of the advantages of future for the Andalusian countryside", recently explained the Minister of agriculture.

More than 40 million in aid

Department of agriculture will be materialized payments by a total of EUR 40.4 million. This money correspond to the execution of different lines of public aid managed by the Andalusian Government and which aim to facilitate the farmers the establishment and consolidation of ecological production techniques.

The most important budgetary amount is intended to the payment of agri-environmental measures relating to organic production. Since the beginning of the year, only by this concept, the producers have already received 18.8 million euros. Also during this year, the Ministry of agriculture and fisheries intends to transfer to farmers and ranchers ecological of agri-environmental measures for EUR 17.5 million.

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