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The selected target crops for Slovenia are:
- soft wheat
- spring barley
- grain maize
- potato
- sugar beet
LOCAL EXPERTS
Matej Knapic - Institute of Hop Research and Brewing, Žalec
Marko Zmrzlak, univ.dipl.inž.agr. - Institute of Hop Research and Brewing, Žalec
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COUNTRY PROFILE
Slovenia represents the country with the least agricultural area among candidate countries.
Table SI01 - Main characteristics of Slovenian agricultural sector
| Area and population [1] |
| Total area |
Total population |
Population density |
Utilized agricultural area |
| [km2] |
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[inhabitants/km2] |
[ha] |
[% of total area] |
| 20 270 |
1 990 000 |
98.2 |
491 000 |
24.2 |
| The role of agriculture [1] |
| Gross value added of agriculture |
Employment in agriculture |
Trade of agricultural product [2] |
| [million EUR] |
[% of national GDP] |
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[% of total employment] |
[% of total exports] |
[% of total imports] |
| 847 |
2.9 |
81 000 |
9.9 |
4.3 |
7.0 |
[1] Data from 2000 [2] Data from 1999
Of Slovenia's total 2.0 million hectares, more than half is covered by forests and nearly 40 % used for agriculture. Of the agricultural area, more than 60 % is permanent pasture and some 30 % is arable, half of which is planted with cereals, mainly maize and wheat. Vineyard renewal has not led to any increase in the permanent crop area (7 % of UAA).
The self-sufficiency for most crop commodities in Slovenia is far below 100%.
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