Table 7 Comparison of the distributions of the farms in the considered sub-sample and in the whole FADN sample within geographical areas and altimetry zones
Sub-sample | Whole sample (2012) | Similaritya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. of farms | % | N. of farms | % | 93 % | ||
Types of farming (TF) | Code | |||||
Specialist field crops | 1 | 571 | 24 % | 3007 | 27 % | |
Specialist horticulture | 2 | 276 | 11 % | 824 | 7 % | |
Specialist permanent crops | 3 | 715 | 30 % | 3073 | 27 % | |
Specialist grazing livestock | 4 | 492 | 20 % | 2504 | 22 % | |
Specialist granivore | 5 | 84 | 3 % | 524 | 5 % | |
Mixed cropping | 6 | 161 | 7 % | 691 | 6 % | |
Mixed livestock and Mixed crops-livestock | 7 | 103 | 4 % | 566 | 5 % | |
Economic size (ESU classes) | 98 % | |||||
Small (Classes 1, 2 and 3) | 697 | 29 % | 3100 | 28 % | ||
Medium (Classes 4, 5, 6) | 1595 | 66 % | 7311 | 65 % | ||
Large (Classes 7 and 8) | 110 | 5 % | 778 | 7 % | ||
Whole country | 2402 | 100 % | 11189 | 100 % | ||