Increase in organic farming

12,887 hectares of ecological agriculture in the Baleric Islands.

According to the Centre de Recerca Econòmica (CRE), in 2004 the number of producers dedicated to organic agriculture in the Balearics has reached 370, amount that represents a 16.7% increase compared to the previous year. And the number of producers is fourteen times more than in 1994, when the Consell Balear de la Producció Agrària Ecològica was created. As for the area dedicated to ecological agriculture, there are 12,887.5 hectares, 6.4% more than the previous year. With regard to cattle, the number of farmers reaches 172, amount that represents a 57.8% increase compared with the previous year.

Date of publication: 10/09/2005

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