(^144) Agriculture Human Development Report - Croatia 2008
Crop Area (hectares)
Crops with GM > 779 EUR per hectare * 86,936
Present area under irrigation 9,265
Area requiring irrigation 77,671
Planned by the project 65,000
Difference (required - planned) 12,671
Table 8-15: Area with GM higher than the annualised capital cost for the irrigation project
- without olives
Source: Znaor 2008.
Crop Area (hectares) EUR per hectare
Permanent grassland 265,000 44
Cereals 542,883 167
Oil crops 119,661 196
Arable forage crops 89,358 103
Potatoes 18,903 389
Sugar beet 29,370 725
Vegetables 21,161 2.079
Raw tobacco 5,131 3.021
Fresh fruits 30,644 3.441
Olives 12,357 4.575
Grapes 30,000 5.819
Total 1,164,467 478
Table 8-14: Gross margin (GM) of croatian crop production, annual average for the period 2001-2005 (Znaor 2008)
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000
EUR ha-1 yr-1
Permanent grassland
Arable forage crops
Cereals
Oil crops
Potatoes
Sugar beet
Cost of irrigation project
Vegetables
Raw tobacco
Fresh fruits
Olives
Grapes
Figure 8-9: Cost of irrigation project investments and GM in crop production.