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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSAs shown in the table below, around two thirds of farms with laying hens are classed as arable andalmost a quarter are specialist olive farms. However, these producers have relatively few laying hens.Most laying hens (51%) are found on livestock farms, most of which are on pig units (47%).Table A1.45: Laying hen holdings by farm type in 2000TypeFarmofSpecialisation Farms Laying Hens % of farms % of layinghensCereals General Field cropping 58,650 1,210,000 18.9% 9.9%Specialist cereals, oilseed and protein crops 23,640 470,000 7.6% 3.8%Specialist horticulture 4,020 80,000 1.3% 0.7%Specialist vineyards 4,400 70,000 1.4% 0.6%Specialist fruit and citrus fruit 13,800 240,000 4.4% 2.0%Specialist Olives 71,850 1,190,000 23.1% 9.7%Various permanent crops 25,870 480,000 8.3% 3.9%TOTAL CEREALS 202,230 3,740,000 65.1% 30.6%Livestock Dairying 870 20,000 0.3% 0.2%Cattle rearing and fattening 950 20,000 0.3% 0.2%Cattle dairying, rearing and fattening combined 340 10,000 0.1% 0.1%Sheep, goats and other livestock 24,200 520,000 7.8% 4.3%Specialist granivores 1,880 5,710,000 0.6% 46.7%TOTAL LIVESTOCK 28,240 6,280,000 9.1% 51.4%Mixed Mixed cropping 41,250 910,000 13.3% 7.4%Mixed livestock, mainly grazing livestock 10,810 260,000 3.5% 2.1%Mixed livestock mainly granivores 1,970 150,000 0.6% 1.2%Field crops-grazing livestock combined 10,270 250,000 3.3% 2.0%Various crops and livestock combined 15,790 630,000 5.1% 5.2%TOTAL MIXED 80,090 2,200,000 25.8% 18.0%TOTAL 310,560 12,220,000 100.0% 100.0%Source: Eurostat.Greece is almost self-sufficient in eggs (96.7% in 2003). As shown in Figure A1.38, total eggproduction declined slightly from 1990 to 1997, but recovered from 1999 to 2001 before decliningagain in 2002. The industry believe that the recent recovery in egg production is related topopulation increases resulting to net inward migration. There is also some (untested) suggestion thatper capita egg consumption is higher amongst immigrant groups compared to native Greeks.194

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