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Glossary item | 20 June 2018

Area under cultivation

Bioeconomy

It is the area that corresponds to the total sown area, but after the harvest it excludes ruined areas (e.g. due to natural disasters).

EU, 2009a, Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93, OJ L167, 29.06.2009, pp. 1-11.

Source category: EU Legislation

Area under cultivation means the area that corresponds to the total sown area, but after the harvest it excludes ruined areas (e.g. due to natural disasters). If the same land parcel is used twice in the same year, the area of this parcel can be counted twice.

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 14 October 2016

Source category: EC Technical Documents

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