2. 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.

3. Organic crop Production
Data flow
About 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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
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