Organic crop Production Development of organic agriculture in Austria From 2009 onwards mountain pastures are included in the calculation of organically farmed utilised agricultural area. For 2010 data are preliminary.

Organic crop Production Data flow About 20.000 organically farmed holdings 9 private independent control bodies Main Datasource 9 Federal state authorities for Food safety Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) EU Kommission DG AGRI, Eurostat Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth Accreditation according to EN 45011 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Enviroment and Water Management (BMLFUW) Agrarmarkt Austria AMA ÖPUL Förderungsstelle IACS Datasource

Organic crop Production Administrative data sources checked within the Grant IACS data = Integrated Administration and Control System Data from control bodies Data from the Farm Structure Survey Data from the mineral oil tax refund Data from LBG Wirtschaftstreuhand- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH Data from harvest statistics

Organic crop Production Discussion of the holding data from 2008 (1) Summary of the data sets transmitted Data sets (DS) Number of DS As % of DS transmitted DS transmitted by the control bodies 21.745 100,00 DS without LFBIS number 101 0,46 DS recorded twice 112 0,52 DS for which an admission and a withdrawal was registered in the same year 35 0,16 DS sent for evaluation 21.497 98,86

Organic crop Production Discussion of the holding data from 2008 (2) Summary of the data sets evaluated Data sets (DS) Number of DS As % of DS evaluated DS with AMA applications in 2008 20.810 100,00 DS without AMA application in 2008 687 -- DS with cultivated area information from other sources 543 Remaining DS without cultivated area information 144 0,70 Total DS with cultivated area information 20.666 99,30

Organic crop Production Selection of important organic crops on arable land Product Area in ha Total yield in t Breadgrain Common wheat and spelt 33.274 112.504 Rye and maslin 15.427 31.805 Feedgrain Barley 10.592 24.984 Oats 6.552 14.250 Grain maize and corn cob mix 9.488 61.135 Root crops Potatoes 3.452 59.915 Oilseed Soya 1.770 4.143