Farm Structure Surveys in European Union

Authors : Fethi Şaban ÖZBEK

Pages : 72-76

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Publication Date : 2009-06-25

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Farm Structure Surveys have a great importance in European Union insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EU); in monitoring agricultural struc-ture, observing the state of agricultural holdings and obtaining comparable horizontal and vertical data between Member States. In EU, sixteen Farm Structure Surveys insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FSS); of which the first was in 1966 and the last was 2007 were implemented up to now. While the surveys implemented in 1970/71, 1979/80, 1989/90 and 1999/2000 were the general agricultural censuses, the others were the sample surveys. FSS have been mainly implemented base on Council Regulation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EEC); No 571/88 on the “Organization of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings”. To execute a new FSS regulation developing in the frame of changing agricultural structure and needs is at final stage in EU. In this article; the information on the aim, context, historical development, legal basis, characteristics, new regulation of FSS implemented in EU and the studies carried out in Turkey about FSS is given.
Keywords : Tarım istatistikleri, Çiftlik yapı anketi