| Titre : | Land use for cereals, oilseeds and protein crops in the European Union (2025) |
| Auteurs : | A. Popescu ; C. Tindeche ; A. Marcuta ; L. Marcuta ; A. Hontus ; V. Serban |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Scientific Papers-Series Management Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development (vol. 25, n. 2, April 2025) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 647-662 |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.1 - Généralités. Situation AgricoleThésaurus IAMM TERRE AGRICOLE ; RESSOURCE FONCIERE ; UTILISATION DES TERRES ; CEREALICULTURE ; CEREALE ; PLANTE PROTEAGINEUSE ; EUROPE |
| Résumé : | Land use in the EU for cereals, oilseeds and protein crops was studied in the period 2018-2025 based on Eurostat data aiming to identify the trends, similarities and differences among the member states as a reflection how cultivated areas are involved by structure and orientation to stimulate agricultural production. Growth rate, structural index, trend equations, R square, comparison and graphical illustration represent the methodological approach. The results pointed out that the utilized agricultural land (UAA) increased by 0.82% reaching 160.56 Mill. ha, of which six countries keep 68.2%: France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Italy and Romania in which UAA is over 10 Mill. ha. The EU arable land accounts for 99.01 Mill. ha, by 1.81% smaller and having a share of 60.5% in UAA. France, Spain, Germany and Poland account for 52.9% in arable land, having each more than 10 Mill. ha. In 2025, the EU arable land is destined for two groups of crops: cereals 50.2 Mill. ha (52.5%) and oilseeds and protein crops 13.1 Mill. ha (13.9), summing 66.5%. In case of cereals, the largest arable land is allotted to soft wheat (42.1%), barley (20.5%) and grain maize (17.4%) totaling 80%. In case of oilseeds and protein crops, the highest share in arable land is kept by rape (45.1%), sunflower (35.3%) and soybean (7.9%), summing 88.3%. Smaller land surfaces are covered by other crops from these two groups in order to sustain the diversity of domestic production, to cover market needs and stimulate export. All these reflect the role of these crops in the EU vision for developing a sustainable agriculture assuring food security, animal feeding, renewable energy, industry processing and environment protection.Key words: land use,UAA, arable land, cereals, oilseeds and protein crops, EUINTRODUCTION Land is our most precious capital because is our home, provides food for sustaining our life and also other useful resources, offers habitat for various plant and animal species, stores water and carbon and their cycle in nature, regulates climate, assures wealth, has an economic, social, historical and cultural importance in the development of each nation [15].Land use is limited by its surface and for this reason its objectives mustbe balanced between the most beneficial utilizations under the maintenance of environment quality and preservation of land resources and biodiversity [40].The primary purposes of the land use regard establishing settlements, attaining commercial aims, industrial goals, agricultural products, transportation and recreation tourism.In consequence, the primary category of land use are: crop land for agriculture, grassland for animals, wetlands, forests land, terrain for setting up settlements and other types[42].The utilization of land by humans could lead to soil alteration, to the change its destination to another, as it happens in case of the expansion of the urban and semi-urban areas diminishing the agriculture land in the rural areas by crop land abandonment, deforestation, reforestation, investments in transport infrastructure etc. Even farmers could change the land destination from a grassland to a crop land. The changes made by humans have a |
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| URL / DOI : | https://managementjournal.usamv.ro/index.php/scientific-papers/106-vol-25-issue-2/4124-land-use-for-cereals-oilseeds-and-protein-crops-in-the-european-union |
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