Sharashkin, Leonid. The socioeconomic and cultural significance of

Table 5. Distribution of land under different crop categories (annual and perennial) for
agricultural enterprises, individual farmers, and households, as of July 1, 2006 (sum across
columns).
Agricultural
enterprises
000’s % of
ha total
land
used
for all
crops
Independent
farmers
000’s % of
ha total
land
used
for all
crops
Households
000’s
ha
% of
total
land
used
for all
crops
TOTAL
000’s
ha
% of
total
land
used
for all
crops
All crops total 59,029 100% 12,943 100% 3,551 100% 75,522 100%
Annual crops total 58,774 100% 12,924 100% 3,160 89% 74,858 99%
Grains and beans 34,350 58% 9,014 70% 355 10% 43,719 58%
Industrial crops* 6,313 11% 2,468 19% 33 1% 8,814 12%
Potatoes 154 0% 79 1% 1,884 53% 2,118 3%
Vegetables and melons 123 0% 122 1% 501 14% 747 1%
Forage crops 17,833 30% 1,241 10% 387 11% 19,461 26%
Perennial crops total 255 0% 18 0% 391 11% 664 1%
Perennial fruits, berries and nuts 191 0% 17 0% 387 11% 595 1%
Other perennials 64 0% 2 0% 4 0% 70 0%
Note: *Industrial crops — raw material for factory processing, e.g., flax. Source: Rosstat
2007a. The 2006 Census of Agriculture, Preliminary results, Issue #3, Tables 14 & 18.
As can be seen from Tables 4 and 5, commercial agricultural producers put primary
emphasis on annual crops (which amount to 99.6% of land area for agricultural enterprises
and 99.9% for independent farmers), especially grains, forages and “industrial crops” (raw
materials for factory processing such as flax, sunflower, and sugar beets). Potatoes, vegetables,
and perennial crops each occupy less than 1% of land used by enterprises and
independent farmers. At the same time, households place emphasis on potatoes (53.1% of
planting area), and devote the balance of the land to vegetables, perennial crops, forages,
grains and beans — roughly in equal measure (between 10% and 15% each). Household
production is highly diversified (Tables 6 and 7), and households play a leading role in the
production of most vegetable and perennial crops.
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