Conventional versus organic olive farming: which has a better economic performance?

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 RECAN summary information on TF 37 (olive farming)

Variable	FADN code	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Mean	CV (%)^a
Farms represented	SYS02	49,921	50,273	55,385	55,388	55,488	55,657	55,863	53,996	4.6
Sampled farms	SYS03	350	373	330	346	364	427	435	375	10.0
Structure
Total UAA (ha)	SE025	25.3	27.2	25.4	27.9	25.8	25.7	25.9	26.2	3.5
Total labor input (AWU^b)	SE010	1.40	1.50	1.30	1.30	1.40	1.30	1.30	1.36	5.4
Unpaid labor input (AWU)	SE015	0.80	0.80	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.73	6.2
Paid labor input (AWU)	SE020	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.50	0.70	0.60	0.60	0.60	8.9
Revenues (€/ha)
Sales revenue	SE131	1492	1936	1860	1811	2103	1913	1895	1859	9.3
Subsidies	SE605	483	464	420	422	471	436	436	447	5.2
Costs (€/ha)
Total inputs	SE270	1207	1250	1184	1077	1297	1281	1280	1225	5.8
Intermediate consumption	SE275	654	656	598	612	721	715	713	667	7.0
Depreciation	SE360	183	204	198	165	172	173	162	180	8.3
External factors	SE365	371	390	389	301	405	393	405	379	8.9
Wages paid	SE370	321	350	346	263	361	348	362	336	9.6
Rent paid	SE375	44	36	38	36	41	42	40	40	7.1
Interest paid	SE380	5	4	5	2	3	3	3	4	29.4
Income (€/ha)
Gross Farm Income (GFI)	SE410	1369	1814	1676	1616	1856	1638	1623	1656	8.9
Farm Net Value Added (FNVA)	SE415	1185	1610	1478	1451	1684	1465	1461	1476	9.8
Farm Net Income (FNI)	SE420	802	1161	1087	1149	1283	1071	1062	1088	12.5