12.D.3 Share of organic farm area in total agricultural land
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 12. Responsible consumption and production
Priority
Improving the competitiveness of farms through the development of organic farming
Definition
Area of organic agricultural land in organic farms in relation to the total agricultural land area of agricultural holdings.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Organic farm uses organic methods of agricultural production which has a certificate granted to it by a certification body or which is under conversion to organic methods of agricultural production under control of a certification body.
The certification bodies for organic farming are bodies which, by the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, have been authorized to carrying out inspections and issuing and revoking a certificate of conformity with regard to organic agriculture – Law of 25 June 2009 on organic farming (uniform text Journal of Laws 2019, item 1353, 1824).
Organic agricultural land is land where the organic methods of agricultural production are implemented. The area of certified organic agricultural land in organic holdings covers agricultural land area which conversion to organic agriculture was finished.
The agricultural land area including area of agricultural land in a good agricultural condition and other agricultural land Agricultural land in a good agricultural condition – maintained in accordance with norms meeting requirements of the Law on payments under direct support schemes, dated 5th February 2015 (uniform text Journal of Laws 2018 item 1312, with later amendments) – include sown area, fallow land, permanent crops (including orchards), kitchen gardens, permanent meadows and permanent pastures. Other agricultural land is agricultural land which is not used and maintained in a good condition.
Data on the total agricultural land area do not include land of owners of agricultural land who do not conduct agricultural activities, and land of owners of less than 1 ha of agricultural land who conduct agricultural activities on a small scale (below specific thresholds).
