AGRICULTURE Table 4. Area, production <strong>and</strong> yields of major crops <strong>in</strong> 1996-2003 A area (‘000 ha) B yields per ha (dt) C production (‘000 tonnes) Type of crops Total cereals 1996-2000* 2000 2001 2002 2003 1996-2000 = 100 2002=100 area A 8796,0 8814,0 8820,0 8293,7 8163,3 92,8 98,4 yields B 28,6 25,3 30,6 32,4 28,7 100,3 88,6 production Total wheat C 25189,4 22340,6 26960,3 26877,6 23390,8 92,9 87,0 area A 2576,8 2635,0 2627,0 2414,2 2308,0 89,6 95,6 yields B 34,0 25,3 30,6 38,5 34,0 100,0 88,3 production Rye C 8772,0 8502,9 9283,0 9304,2 7858,2 89,6 84,5 area A 2275,4 2130,2 2002,3 1560,3 1479,3 65,0 94,8 yields B 22,7 18,8 24,3 24,6 21,4 94,3 87,0 production Total barley C 5160,0 4003,0 4863,6 3831,0 3172,2 61,5 82,8 area A 1142,6 1096,0 1071,1 1051,7 1016,1 88,9 96,7 yields B 29,9 25,4 31,1 32,1 27,9 93,3 86,9 production Oats C 3420,0 2783,3 3330,9 3369,9 2831,5 82,8 84,0 area A 590,0 565,6 531,0 605,2 526,9 89,3 87,1 yields B 24,4 18,9 24,6 24,6 22,4 91,8 91,1 production Total Triticale C 1437,5 1070,2 1305,2 1486,6 1181,9 82,2 79,5 area A 663,4 695,3 838,3 943,9 985,6 148,6 104,4 yields B 30,2 27,3 32,2 32,3 28,5 94,4 88,2 production Potatoes C 2006,0 1900,9 2697,9 3047,7 2811,6 140,2 92,3 area A 1292 1251 1194,2 803,4 765,8 59,3 95,3 yields B 183 194 162 193 179 97,8 92,7 production C 23620,0 24232,3 19379,0 15528,4 13731,5 58,1 88,5 Total rapeseed <strong>and</strong> agrimony area A 409,6 436,8 443,2 438,9 426,3 104,1 97,1 yields B 20,7 21,9 24,0 21,6 18,6 89,9 85,7 production Sugar beets C 846,7 958,1 1063,6 949,5 793,0 93,7 83,2 area A 395,4 333,1 317,5 303,0 286,3 72,4 94,5 yields B 377 394 358 443 410 108,8 92,6 production C 14920,1 13134,4 11363,9 13432,1 11739,5 78,7 87,4 Source: GUS 14
AGRICULTURE to 2 400 farms) <strong>and</strong> field vegetables on more than 5 ha (from 1 700 to 4 500 farms). Dur<strong>in</strong>g accession negotiations the reference yield was established at 3.0 t/ha result<strong>in</strong>g from average cereals yields <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> with<strong>in</strong> the base period, i.e. 1994/95 – 1998/99 (exclud<strong>in</strong>g two extreme years). The base area was enlarged by the area grown to maize for silage <strong>and</strong> specified at 9 454 000 ha. Starch production volume was agreed at 144 985 tonnes, sugar quota A at 1 580 000 t <strong>and</strong> sugar quota B at 91 900 t. The tobacco quota was established at 37 933 t, the quota of flax <strong>and</strong> hemp for fibre – 1 386 t, the dried fodder quota – 13 538 t <strong>and</strong> the quota of tomatoes for process<strong>in</strong>g – 194 639 t. A great variety of vegetables are produced <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>. The ma<strong>in</strong> vegetable crops are cabbage, carrots <strong>and</strong> onions. 15