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Horticultural production

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Key figures

-28.7 %

decrease in production of fruit in 2020

Horticultural production.
2020Per cent change from
Tonnes2019 - 20202016 - 2020
Fruit13 919-28.7-9.1
Garden berries9 951-20.0-21.7
Vegetables205 0137.15.4

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Table 1 
Yield of fruit, garden berries and vegetables. Tonnes

Yield of fruit, garden berries and vegetables. Tonnes1
20162017201820192020
1Refers to holdings which fulfil one or more of these conditions: Minimum 1 decare of fruit trees, 1 decare of field-grown berries, 2 decare of field-grown vegetables including herbs, or 300 m2 of vegetables including herbs grown in greenhouses.
2Yield of vegetables refer to field grown crops and crops under glass/plastics. Beans and processing peas are not included.
Fruit15 31715 42218 36219 51613 919
Garden berries12 71111 93211 35012 4399 951
Vegetables2194 594193 317174 783191 367205 013

Table 2 
Yield of various horticultural crops

Yield of various horticultural crops1
2020
Area (decares)Yield per decare (kg)Yield (tonnes)
1Refer to holdings which fulfil one or more of these conditions: Minimum 1 decare of fruit trees, 1 decare of field-grown berries, 2 decare of field-grown vegetables including herbs or 300 m2 of vegetables including herbs grown in greenhouses.
Fruit
Apples15 43378112 055
Pears661739488
Plums4 266170724
Sweet cherries1 350383517
Cherries508249126
Garden berries
Black currant2 738242662
Strawberry12 5085627 027
Raspberry3 4985902 062
Vegetables, field grown
Cauliflower5 2761 6008 441
Early cabbage6992 5251 765
Winter cabbage3 5134 32615 197
Brussels sprouts1 3637841 068
Chinese cabbage1 0672 3052 459
Broccoli4 8707403 604
Table swedes5 3552 33112 483
Carrot16 0383 30653 017
Leek1 3272 0882 771
Beetroots1 6562 4884 120
Onion7 6422 86021 853
Root celery1 7282 4734 273
Ridge cucumber6462 4581 588
Iceberg lettuce4 9121 9559 605
Other lettuces field-grown4 7262 69812 752
Vegetables under glass/plasticsYield in kg per m2
Cucumber in greenhouse2607519 600
Tomato in greenhouse3903614 239
Head/root lettuce in greenhouse88262 287

About the statistics

The statistics present annual statistics covering total area, production yields per area unit and total production for important horticultural crops.

Definitions

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

Agricultural holding: A single unit, both technically and economically, which has single management and which produces agricultural products.

Area of vegetables: If a specific crop is harvested more than once on the same area during the same growth season, the area is counted only once. If the same area is used for various succeeding crops, the area will be counted for each crop. Consequently, the total area will be greater than the basic area used for production of vegetables, e.g. the area recorded in Applications for Agricultural Production Subsidies.

Production: Defined as production that can be utilized for sale and home consumption.

Standard classifications

Not relevant

Administrative information

Name and topic

Name: Horticultural production
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing

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Responsible division

Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics

Regional level

County.

Frequency and timeliness

Annual.

International reporting

Not relevant

Microdata

A data file with anonymous individual data is stored at Statistics Norway.

Background

Background and purpose

The purpose of the statistics is to present annual statistics covering total area, production yields per area unit and total production for important horticultural crops.

Up to 2005 Statistics Norway worked out area and production statistics for horticultural crops. From 1996 to 2004 the Norwegian Agricultural Authority had the responsibility. From 2005 the statistics are again being worked out by Statistics Norway. Methods and procedures were changed when the Norwegian Agricultural Authority was in charge of the statistics. For 2005 Statistics Norway has kept the same methodology as developed and used by the Norwegian Agricultural Authority.

Users and applications

The statistics are used by professional organizations, the Budget Committee for Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and various research institutions such as the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute.

Equal treatment of users

Not relevant

Coherence with other statistics

Not relevant

Legal authority

Statistics Act §§2-1, 2-2, 2-3.

EEA reference

Not relevant

Production

Population

Horticultural production comprises statistics on garden berries, fruits, field grown vegetables and vegetables grown in greenhouses. The statistics are based on information about area and production collected by questionnaire in a sample survey. Active agricultural holdings meeting minimum one of the following requirements are included in the statistics:

Cultivating minimum 300 m2 of vegetables grown in greenhouses, including herbs

Cultivating minimum 1,0 decare of field-grown vegetables, including herbs

Cultivating minimum 1,0 decare of fruit

Cultivating minimum 1,0 decare of garden berries

Data sources and sampling

The Register of Applications for Agricultural Production Subsidies provides information about the holding, such as name and address of the holder and size of area of the various crop categories.

Detailed information about cultivated area and production of garden berries, fruits, field-grown vegetables and vegetables in greenhouses are compiled from the questionnaire.

Data on area and production of processing peas and beans are collected from the processing industry.

The sample is based on the list of agricultural holdings used by the Norwegian Agricultural Authority when working out the statistics in the period 1996-2004. As a compensation for agricultural holdings terminating horticultural production, new holdings to the sample are being added. These new holdings are mainly drawn from Applications for Agricultural Production Subsidies.

The sample comprises approximately 3 200 agricultural holdings cultivating at least one of the crop categories.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

In November questionnaires are sent to the agricultural holdings in the survey. The respondents may also answer the questionnaire via Internet.

A number of controls and corrections are done to ensure consistency both on a single questionnaire and between questionnaires and available register information. If necessary, holdings are contacted for to clear up misconceptions in the questionnaire.

Production reported in other measuring units than specified on the questionnaire, are recalculated by using predetermined factors.

The data compiled are used to calculate total area, yield per unit of area and total production per crop and county for year of survey.

1. Area: A factor is calculated by dividing area of year of survey by area of the preceding year. The area for both years is reported in the questionnaire. The total area in year of survey is then calculated by multiplying the factor with the total area from the preceding year.

2. Production per area unit: Production per area unit is calculated by dividing total production with cultivated area for holdings where both area and production information is reported on the questionnaire.

3. Total production: Calculated total area (article 1) is multiplied by calculated production per area unit (article 2).

Country figures of area and production of each crop is calculated by adding county figures. For counties where area is given for a crop, but where information about production is lacking, a preliminary figure for production per area unit at country level is used for calculating total production. For the three northernmost counties and in some other particular cases the mean for an adjacent county is used.

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any unit.

Comparability over time and space

The statistics are basically comparable back to 1996.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

Primary data obtained from questionnaires may contain errors. For instance it can be difficult for the holder to give precise figures for crops that can be sold in bunch or pieces, like radishes. A number of errors are discovered and corrected during the data revision at Statistics Norway. However some measurements and processing errors are unavoidable. Extensive work has been carried out to reduce these errors as much as possible.

Some of the crops are produced by a limited number of holdings. Non-response of holdings with great area will have significant impact on the estimated figures. Regular response-rate for preliminary figures is about 75 percent.

All sample surveys will be encumbered by uncertainty. Generally, the fewer the observations are, the more uncertain the results. Crops based on few observations will be particularly sensitive to extreme values, i.e. values that deviate considerably from the average.

The quality of the register basis from which the sample is selected also has an impact on the quality of the final result.

The survey model is based on yearly successive computations. Preceding years estimated areas for the various crops are multiplied by a factor (see article 9.3.6). The basis area of the various crops is cultivated area registered in the Census of Agriculture 1999. Because of yearly successive calculations (on cultivated area), possible errors can be magnified. Errors in the area calculations will also have impact on the calculations of production. The errors are however, considered not to have too great impact and the model is considered to still obtain reliable estimates for both areas and production.

Revision

Not relevant