Written answers
Wednesday, 2 March 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
Organic Farming.
9:00 pm
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of land in organic production here compared with all other EU member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6981/05]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The percentage of agricultural land under organic production in Ireland stands at just under 0.7%. The following table lists the percentage land areas under organic production in each of the other EU member states as at 31 December 2003.
| EU Country | Organic Area (kha) | % of land area |
| Austria | 328.8 | 12.90 |
| Belgium | 24.2 | 1.73 |
| Cyprus | 0.166 | 0.12 |
| Czech Republic | 255.0 | 5.97 |
| Denmark | 165.1 | 6.14 |
| Estonia | 40.9 | 4.59 |
| Finland | 160.0 | 7.22 |
| France | 550.0 | 1.86 |
| Germany | 734.0 | 4.3 |
| Greece | 244.5 | 6.24 |
| Hungary | 113.8 | 1.94 |
| Italy | 1,052.0 | 6.86 |
| Latvia | 24.5 | 0.99 |
| Lithuania | 23.3 | 0.67 |
| Luxembourg | 3.0 | 2.00 |
| Malta | 0.014 | — |
| Netherlands | 41.9 | 2.17 |
| Poland | 49.9 | 0.30 |
| Portugal | 120.7 | 3.17 |
| Slovakia | 54.5 | 2.43 |
| Slovenia | 21.0 | 4.15 |
| Spain | 725.2 | 2.84 |
| Sweden | 225.8 | 6.83 |
| United Kingdom | 695.6 | 4.42 |
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