摘要：The purpose of the Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, also referred to as farm structure surveys (FSS), is to obtain reliable data, at regular intervals, on the structure of agricultural holdings in the European Union, in particular on land use, livestock and farm labour force. Farm structure surveys are carried out at intervals of two to three years. Approximately every ten years (1970/71, 1979/80, 1989/90 and 1999/2000), a full scope survey is carried out in the form of an agricultural census. In the inter-censual period, the farm structure surveys are carried out as sample surveys, in most of Member States. With the fi rst survey conducted in 1966/67, the survey of 2003 is now the fourteenth FSS. It is the fi rst FSS which was carried out in the Member States of EU-25. Th e present paper presents the main results analysing some key indicators describing some production sectors and providing useful fi gures through summary tables. Th e analysed key indicators are the number of holdings, agricultural area, farm labour force, economic size of the holdings, type of activity and system of farming. Where possible, the results are compared with those from the 1999/2000 agricultural census and some comparisons are done between EU-15 and ten new Member States.
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