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Ecological farming in Lithuania
Type of publication
Straipsnis konferencijos medžiagoje Web of Science duomenų bazėje / Article in conference proceedings in Web of Science database (P1a1)
Title
Ecological farming in Lithuania
Is part of
Baltic surveying' 11: proceedings international scientific conference of agriculture universities of Baltic States, 11-13 May, 2011. Jelgava, 2011
Date Issued
Date Issued |
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2011 |
Publisher
Jelgava, 2011
Is Referenced by
Extent
p. 138-145
Field of Science
Abstract
The article analyses distribution of ecological farms in Lithuania and their specialization. Ecological farming in Lithuania has been practiced since 1993, when only nine ecological farms were certified. At present ecological farming is becoming more and more popular, the number of such farms is increasing every year, which is influenced by financial EU and state support for the development of ecological agriculture. In 2003 were certified 700 ecological farms, while in 009 – almost four times more than in 2003 (2733 ecological farms). However, ecological farms comprise only 2.6 percent from the total number of registered farms. Ecological farming is practiced mostly on an area of up to 30 ha of agricultural land. Such farms in 2007 made up 65 percent of all certified ecological farms. Most farms practice mixed production, although prevails growing of crops, the least is the number of farms engaged in ecological livestock and herb production. Having calculated specialization coefficient, it was found that from 2005 to 2008 ecological farms were averagely specialized, as coefficients in the studied period range between 0.35 and 0.48. Among ecological crops in Lithuania dominate grains and legumes.
Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Latvija / Latvia (LV)