What do we see?
The total land area used for agriculture, at 619,805 hectares, is about the half of Flanders. Of this, 55% is used as pastures and for maize production, both as animal feed. This fraction has remained virtually unchanged since 2010.
What’s the aim?
In Flanders, there is great pressure on space because of high population density, spatial fragmentation and diverse needs from different sectors. Trade-offs on how much land to use for food production are not evident, even from a circular point of view. For optimal use of available space for food production, a circular starting point could be to feed animals as much as possible with surpluses and/or through grazing of less productive grasslands.
What does this indicator measure?
This indicator shows the purposes for which Flemish agricultural land is used. The data come from the Agency for Agriculture and Fisheries and are compiled from Statbel agricultural data.
