Small scaled family farms in Austria
Due to the topographical circumstances – 70 % of the territory is categorized as mountain area – Austria’s agriculture is largely based on small scaled family farms. Average farm size is about 22 ha UAA and about 36 ha cultivated area including forest (2014). Corresponding to these figures, Austria clearly ranks above the EU-average of 16 ha UAA (2013).
Author: Michael Groier
Organization: Bundesanstalt für Bergbauernfragen
Year: 2016
Country/ies: Austria
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://bab.gv.at/jdownloads/Publikationen/Archiv/BABF/FactSheets/13_factsheet_family_farming_in_austria.pdf
Content language: English