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REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Census of Agricultural Holdings in Bulgaria in 2010 Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Agriculture and With the financial support of Food the European Union No 218 – November 2012 2010 2020020052005 Agricultural Census in 2010 RUSE DISTRICT – main results General Characteristics of the district The Ruse District is situated in the North Central A Region and is one of the 28 districts in Bulgaria (level NUTS 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics of EU). The total area of the district is 2 G 803.4 sq. km or 2.5% of the territory of the country. The number of the settlements is 83, administered in 8 municipalities; the towns are 9, and the villages – 74. R According to the population census in 2011 the population in the district is 235 252, or 3.2% of the population in the country. The total utilized agricultural O area (UAA) is 1 688 345.5 dca or 60% of the territory of the district. STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS The number of agricultural holdings in the Ruse District is 7 945 or 2.2% of the holdings in the country. The utilized S agricultural area (UAA) is 1 688 346 dca, allocated in 7 633 holdings. The average UAA for the district is 221.2 dca or 118% above the average for the country – 101.3 dca. The holdings that do not have UAA are 312. In the Ruse Municipality are 16.2% of all holdings in the district, 70 without UAA. The remaining 1 216 holdings work 20.7% of the T UAA in the district with average UAA of 287.9 dca. 1 102 holdings in the Ivanovo Municipality utilize 15.1% of UAA with average UAA of 231.9 dca. The least number of holdings is situated in the Borovo Municipality – 7.9%, and they own 6.8% of the UAA with an average size of 191.4 dca. The holdings cultivating over 500 dca of UAA are 363 (5%), and A cover 91% (1 535 715 dca) of the UAA in the district. The agricultural holdings that work up to 10 dca are 5 233, or 69% of the holdings with UAA in the district, but they work only 1% (14 857 dca) of the UAA. T Table 1 Distribution of agricultural holdings in the Ruse District according to the size of the UAA by municipalities UAA (dca) I Total ≥ 100.0 and < = 0.0 > 0.0 and < 10.0 ≥ 10.0 and < 20.0 ≥ 20.0 and < 100.0 ≥ 500.0 500.0 Municipality Number Average Number Number Number Number Number UAA Number of UAA UAA UAA UAA UAA of size of of of of of (dca) holdings (dca) (dca) (dca) (dca) (dca) S holdings (dca) holdings holdings holdings holdings holdings BULGARIA 370 222 36 169 647.3 101.3 13 148 248 015 816 280.7 46 944 625 506.8 41 124 1 631 422.8 12 828 2 786 112.8 8 163 30 310 324.2 T Ruse District 7 945 1 688 345.5 221.2 312 5 233 14 856.5 744 9 898.7 898 39 036.2 395 88 838.9 363 1 535 715.2 Borovo 612 115 618.4 191.4 8 519 1 615.7 32 439.6 27 922.6 12 2 428.8 14 110 211.7 Byala 1 137 263 562.3 249.3 80 839 1 532.2 50 651.0 83 4 124.1 45 9 561.1 40 247 693.9 I Vetovo 845 164 826.5 202.2 30 443 1 548.7 131 1 833.3 151 6 064.0 50 10 981.9 40 144 398.6 Dve Mogili 996 199 074.6 201.5 8 785 1 756.0 73 964.6 66 2 526.1 28 6 574.4 36 187 253.5 C Ivanovo 1 150 255 559.1 231.9 48 837 2 575.4 83 1 078.6 75 3 105.2 47 9 691.3 60 239 108.6 Ruse 1 286 350 143.5 287.9 70 710 1 735.3 123 1 623.8 200 9 034.8 102 22 397.9 81 315 351.7 Slivo Pole 1 144 196 292.7 181.2 61 548 1 834.8 200 2 613.9 231 9 782.8 54 13 127.9 50 168 933.3 S Tsenovo 775 143 268.4 186.5 7 552 2 258.4 52 693.9 65 3 476.6 57 14 075.6 42 122 763.9 Results and analyses Distribution of UAA in the Ruse District UAA according to the legal status of the holdings The utilized agricultural area of 1 688 346 dca is allocated into Figure 1 7 633 agricultural holdings located on the territory of Ruse Associations District. The number of the holders that are natural persons is and others Natural Commercial 7 321 and they work 25% of the total UAA with average area of persons companies 5% 58 dca. The commercial companies are 141 and they utilize 27 % 25% of the total UAA. Their average area is 3 218.8 dca. The 27% agricultural cooperatives in the district are 51 with 29% of the UAA. The average UAA of these structures is 9 411.9 dca. 14% Sole of UAA is utilized by 97 sole traders. Their average area is traders 2 484.2 dca. The remaining 5% of UAA are worked by civil 14% associations and other structures (monasteries, schools, institutes, etc.), with an average area 3 854.8 dca. Proprietary to the holdings is 11.9% of the utilised land, and 88.1% is rented. 85% of the Cooperatives utilized land is property of natural persons. 29% CROPS Allocation of UAA by crops Figure 2 The arable land is 1 561 315 dca or 92% of UAA in the district Fruit allocated into 5 645 agricultural holdings. Its relative share represents Others Species 11% 5% of the total arable land in the country. Of UAA, cereals represent 1% Wheat 53%, industrial crops – 35%, fodder plants – 3%, permanent Grassland 34% grassland – 6%, and permanent crops – 1%. Wheat occupies 63% of 6% the area under cereals (34% of UAA), grain maize – 19% of the cereals (10% of UAA), and barley – 18% of the cereals (9% of UAA). Sunflower occupies 83% of the area under industrial crops (29% of UAA). 72% of the holdings with UAA have kitchen gardens. Permanent crops are 25 120 dca with 69% of them under Sunflower Barley fruit species. 29% of the area under fruit species is occupied by 29% hazelnuts, 17% with walnuts, 15% with peaches and nectarines. Grain 9% maize Vineyards are 6 837 dca. 10% LIVESTOCK Farm animals, poultry and bees are bred by 6 552 holdings in the Allocation of livestock units district. Of them, 24% breed cattle, 46% – sheep, 30% – goats, Figure 3 21% – pigs, and 77.5% – poultry. In the Ruse District are bred 14 331 heads of cattle, the average size of the herds being 9 heads. BULGARIA 41% 12% 3% 16% 20% 8% The dairy cows are 7 525. Cattle, sheep and goats are bred mainly Ruse 24% 7% 40% 23% 4% on the holdings of natural persons, 79% of the cattle, 90% of the 2% sheep, and 99.6% of the goats, respectively. On the holdings of commercial companies and sole traders are bred 92.6% of the pigs Cattle Sheep Goats Pigs Poultry Other and 76.6% of the poultry. 1 149 holdings breed 35 670 bee colonies, 98% of them on the holdings of natural persons. Livestock units are standard measuring units which allow for unification of the different categories of animals for the purpose of their comparison. WORKFORCE Number of persons employed in agriculture by gender and age group Figure 4 18 002 persons (seasonal workers excl.) were employed in agricultural holdings in 2010 and they worked 10 780 annual work units (AWU). 14 over 65 years 2 877 1 971 790 or 82% of those employed in agriculture in the district were family labour force.. The non-family labour (employees) accounted for 3 212, from 55 to 64 years 2 641 2 022 forming 18% of those employed in agriculture who worked a total of 3 020 AWU. The seasonal workers worked 95.6 thousand man-days, 2 340 from 45 to 54 years 1 588 which represents 412 AWU. 40% of those employed were women and 60% - men. The pensioners above 64 working in agricultural holdings from 35 to 44 years 1 731 1 021 accounted for 27% of employees while the workers up to 34 were 10%. from 25 to 34 years. 860 495 84% of 7 945 managers of holdings (including natural persons) were men, and 16% were women. The managers worked a total of 4 715 under 24 years 305 151 AWU. 7% of them were aged up to 34 while 37% of them were over Male Female 64 years of age. TYPOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS In the Ruse District predominate the holdings with mixed crops and stock-breeding, and with mixed stock-breeding – 23.3% and 20.6%, respectively. More than ¾ of the standard output is formed by the holdings specialized in field crops (52.8%) and in breeding of pigs and poultry (24.7%). 2 MAIN RESULTS Table 2 Numbers of holdings and area with main crops, number of livestock and workforce in the Ruse District BULGARIA Ruse District Agricultural area and crops Holdings Area Holdings Area (number) (dca) (number) (dca) Utilised Agricultural Area 357 074 36 169 647.3 7 633 1 688 345.5 Arable land 250 728 31 249 279.8 5 645 1 561 314.8 Cereals 119 640 17 961 479.9 3 905 902 464.6 - Wheat 49 436 11 497 374.0 1 244 573 056.0 - Barley 19 759 2 523 437.0 756 158 161.3 - Grain maize 68 381 3 151 539.5 3 135 167 310.8 Sunflower 16 873 7 325 024.3 1 058 496 897.4 Fodder plants 75 332 1 061 335.4 2 936 49 966.4 Kitchen gardens 227 930 103 646.5 5 503 2 780.6 Permanent grassland 107 267 3 820 229.9 310 99 129.8 Permanent crops 118 610 996 491.1 3 026 25 120.3 - Vineyards 87 002 523 356.7 2 463 6 836.8 - Fruit species 42 827 455 048.5 772 17 209.6 Apples 19 138 58 509.8 250 1 143.6 Peaches and nectarines 9 369 48 701.7 268 2 646.8 Cherries and sour cherries 10 702 106 319.8 119 1 493.3 Walnuts 2 938 62 212.2 136 3 002.3 Hazelnuts 542 16 468.8 52 4 991.1 BULGARIA Ruse District Types and categories of livestock Holdings Number of Holdings Number of animals* (number) animals* (number) Cattle 95 357 576 339 1 591 14 331 - Cows 86 210 347 291 1 202 7 564 Sheep 91 793 1 415 181 3 026 32 639 Goats 84 582 388 866 1 942 9 975 Pigs 82 265 670 469 1 374 83 482 - Sows 15 235 73 547 367 10 275 Total equidae 92 806 112 632 2 370 2 589 Poultry 185 455 17 491 187 5 080 843 616 - Laying hens and pullets 180 253 7 875 278 4 942 496 746 - Chickens for fattening 19 457 7 564 578 679 276 089 - Ducks 7 907 1 543 763 199 6 841 Bee colonies 23 982 588 694 1 149 35 670 *Except for the bees included in the number of the bee colonies.