Regional aspect of organic agriculture in Croatia
Grgić, Ivo | Čagalj, Marin | Baškarić, Lucija | Prišenk, Jernej
All strategic documents of agricultural development of the Republic of Croatia starts from respecting significant regional differences. Climatic and pedological differences have historically determined the types and intensity of production and are a good basis for future agricultural development which is based on regional synergy. Concerning that, and thanks to the growing demand for organic products, there is a growing number of organic producers who are still under-represented. In 2018, there were registered 4,373 eco-producers in Croatia, and it is estimated that by 2025 there will be around 6,100. In the period from 2013 to 2018, there was a large increase in the area of organic agricultural land from 40,660 to 103,166 ha. The largest increase is in permanent grasslands (2,8 times), followed by permanent crops (2,5 times) and arable land (2,4 times), which make up less than half of the total ecological area (48,7%). Most areas in organic farming are located in Pannonia (39,0%), less in the Adriatic (36,9%) and the least in Central Croatia (24,1%). Pannonian Croatia owns 66,7% of the total arable land and gardens in organic farming, Central Croatia 39,3% of the area of permanent crops (39,3%) and Adriatic Croatia as much as 74,0% of the total permanent grassland of Croatia that is in organic farming. In the total organic production, cereals (14,87%) and fruits (11,52%) are more significant, and individual crops include winter wheat, corn, winter barley, spelled, winter triticale, spring oats, walnuts, hazelnuts and plums.
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