Agronomy journal, Vol. 86 No. 4, 2024.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.33128/ag.86.4.4
Position of the main field crops in the Croatian seed industry in the context of the European Union from 2020 to 2023
Goran Jukić
; Hrvatska agencija za poljoprivredu i hranu, Centar za sjemenarstvo i rasadničarstvo, Brijest, Hrvatska
*
Sara Mikrut Vunjak
; Hrvatska agencija za poljoprivredu i hranu, Centar za sjemenarstvo i rasadničarstvo, Brijest, Hrvatska
Ivica Delić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7807-403X
; Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i ribarstva, Zagreb, Hrvatska
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The creation of new varieties, conservation and seed production in the European Union have a long tradition and are extremely important for each Member State due to the sacurity of mercantile production and ultimately food independence. In all Member States, seed production takes place on relatively small areas, in relation to the total arable area. In the period from 2020 to 2023, seed production in the European Union takes place on an average of 2 009 076 ha (1.27%), out of a total of 157 400 000 ha, while seed production in Croatia averages 20.499 ha (1.36%) which is slightly more than the European Union average. According to the total seed production, Croatia ranks eighteenth in the European Union. However, in terms of plant species for which there is a domestic breeding programme, we are in the upper range of EU Member States.
Keywords
seed industry; seed production and European Union
Hrčak ID:
327425
URI
Publication date:
23.12.2024.
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