Summary
According to the regulation 571/88 from the European Council and Parliament the EU Member States must realize 3 farm structural surveys (1993, 1995, and 1997) between two successive agriculture censuses.
From 1989, the 1993, 1995 and 1997 farm surveys took place.
The objectives of the publication containing the results of Farm Structure Survey - 1997 are:
- to provide data on the farms' structure and evaluate its evolution since the 1995 survey;
- to provide data about the evolution of the agricultural production methods;
- to characterize farm labour force and agricultural population;
- to obtain data on farm forest.
This publication contains a comparison to the European agriculture referred to 1995.