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Amount of agricultural land in Jersey (FOI)

Amount of agricultural land in Jersey (FOI)

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Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 05 April 2024.
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​Request

In the 2018 Statistics 51% of land was registered as Agricultural please could you give me the breakdown for 2023 or at least 2022.

Agricultural land in 2018:

  • agricultural land covered 5,895 hectares (32,748 vergées), which is 51% of the Island’s area (64,612 vergées)
  • agricultural land decreased by 100 hectares (553 vergées) compared with 2017
  • the area of Jersey Royal potatoes decreased by 86 hectares (478 vergées)
  • other potatoes (including autumn earlies and maincrop) decreased by 3 hectares (14 vergées)
  • the total area of outdoor fruit and vegetables saw a 4% decrease, of 114 hectares (633 vergées)
  • area of organic fruit and vegetable production increased by 39% to 52 hectares (289 vergées)

Response

Please see the breakdown of Agricultural Land in 2023 below:

Agricultural land covered 4,561 hectares (25,359 vergées), which is 39% of the Island’s area (64,612 vergées). 

  • 1,472 vergées (264.7 ha) organic land
  • 13,212 vergées (2,376.3 ha) cover crops
  • 580 vergées (104.3 ha) local market crops​
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