Services & Addresses Agriculture and forestry face the ongoing challenge of Chamber of Agriculture Austria Working groups in the Austrian Chamber of Austrian Chamber of Agriculture meeting the requirements and needs of our society. Office Agriculture: Citizens 1015 Vienna, Schauflergasse 6 Working group for less favoured and mountainous areas Phone: 01/53441-0 Working group of Austrian of female farmers n demand high-quality and healthy food, Fax: 01/53441-8509, 8519, 8529, 8549, 8569 Working group for issues of the rural youth organization n expect clear, clean drinking water, e-mail: [email protected] n approve of to renewable energy and renewable www.lk-oe.at resources. Office Brussels Committees of the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture: In order to comply with these tasks, respective 1040 Bruxelles, Avenue de Cortenbergh 30 Committee for education and consulting services fundamentals are required. Representation of interests Belgium Committee for energy and climate the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture works on the best Phone: 0032/2/285 46 70 Committee for forestry and timber industry implementation and establishment of these important Fax: 0032/2/285 46 71 Committee for dairy farming framework conditions to sustain our basic natural e-mail [email protected] Committee for plant production resources soil, water and air. Committee for legal, tax and social policy Committee for specialized crop Committee for animal production General Secretariat [email protected] Committee for viticulture The Austrian Chamber of Agriculture is 1 HR, finance, organisation, IT [email protected] The quality label for farmers who EU and International Relations [email protected] n agriculture’s and forestry’s voice to the outside world sell directly to the consumers Communication [email protected] guarantees farm products straight n an expert panel, generator of ideas and think tank from the farm. n the platform and representation of interests of agriculture and forestry as well as land owners 2 Legal, Social, Tax and [email protected] Environmental Policy [email protected] The initiative „Gut zu Wissen” n a proactive coordinator and service provider for the (good to know) provides transparency in community catering concerning Chambers of Agriculture, Cooperatives, Unions and the origin of meat and eggs. Associations 3 Market Policy [email protected] [email protected] 4 Rural Development, Education and Impressum: Consulting Services [email protected] Herausgeber und Medieninhaber: Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich 5 Forestry and Timber Industry, Energy [email protected] Schauflergasse 6, 1015 Wien Layout und Grafik: Günther Oberngruber, AgrarWerbe- und Mediaagentur, Schwarzstraße 19, 5020 Salzburg Fotos: fotolia.com Tasks & Goals Members Ratio of female farm owners The Austrian Chamber of Agriculture of the Chamber of Agriculture in Austria Women 49.742 32 % Farm owner n owners of property used for agriculture and/or According to the federal constitution, professional The Austrian Chamber of Agriculture Austria 2013 representation of the agricultural and forestry sector (Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich - LKÖ) is the forestry, total Female farm owner 157.296 falls under the jurisdiction of the regional governments. umbrella organization of the nine chambers of agriculture n tenants of a farm or forest holding, in %, 2013 Therefore in all the regions the chambers of agriculture as well as of the Austrian Raiffeisen Association and is n family members involved in agriculture or forestry Burgenland 40 are public bodies by regional law. set up as an association. on a full-time basis, Men 107.572 Carinthia 27 68 % n agricultural or forestry businesses or cooperatives and Lower Austria 32 Main tasks of the chambers of agriculture: The LKÖ fulfils its tasks on behalf of the members executive staff of the aforementioned enterprises Upper Austria 35 n representation of interests on the federal level especially vis-a-vis ministries, the Salzburg 36 n advisory services Parliament and public authorities, furthermore on the EU Styria 36 Tyrol 14 n involvement in implementing funding programs and international level. Vorarlberg 21 n education and advanced training of the members Vienna 29 As part of the Social Partnership the LKÖ aims at Source: Statistics Austria strengthening the national economy and labour market while at the same time taking ecological requirements into consideration. Value Ratio Farms acc. to type of occupation 2016 Trend 1995 – 2016 Land use in Austria Development of organic farms of agricultural raw material Added acc. to sectors 2016 Enterprises Area in ha Number in agriculture and forestry Organic farmland Number in comparison costs to consumer price Contribution to GDP in % AF (ha) 239.000 of organic farms to the INVEKOS-enterprises 1995 Agriculture and Forestry 1,3 % 1999 217.000 Full-time farms Part-time 3,4 m. ha forest 3,4 % (1,0 Cent) Full-time farms 454.824 2.791.045 farms 2007 187.000 2001 17.770 11 % 36 % Industry 21,6 % 1.612.377 2010 173.000 2005 518.873 20.097 13 % 2013 166.000 6,1 m. ha cultivated area 2010 560.286 21.621 16 % Example roll: 2016 161.200 All enterprises Part-time Total area 2012 552.741 21.289 17 % Building Consumer price: Partnerships 161.200 farms 7.357.200 ha Industry 6,5 % 0,29 € 342.611 Average size of farms 2013 548.812 21.113 17 % 54 % 1995 15,3 ha 2,7 m. ha agricultural land 2014 544.071 20.711 17 % 1999 16,8 ha 2015 545.157 20.760 18 % 2007 18,9 ha Corporate bodies 2016 571.585 21.820 19 % Services 70,8 % and partnerships Corporate bodies 2010 18,8 ha forest use 48 % 10 % 2.611.167 2013 18,8 ha agricultural use 34 % 2016 19,7 ha Source: Eurostat Source: LKÖ, Statistics Austria Source: Green Report other areas 18 % Source: BMLFUW Source: Statistics Austria, LKÖ Source: Green Report, 2016.