Utilised agricultural area

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The utilised agricultural area (UAA) is the total area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland, permanent crops and kitchen gardens used by the agricultural holding, regardless of the type of tenure.

EU, 2021b, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2286 of 16 December 2021 on the data to be provided for the reference year 2023 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council on integrated farm statistics as regards the list of variables and their description and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 (Text with EEA relevance) C/2021/9269 OJ L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 284–343

Source category: EU Legislation

Utilised agricultural area, abbreviated as UAA, is the total area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland, permanent crops and kitchen gardens used by the holding, regardless of the type of tenure or of whether it is used as a part of common land.

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 11 July 2024

Source category: EC Technical Documents

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Abbreviation	UAA
Originally Published \| Last Updated	03 Jul 2018 \| 11 Jul 2024
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Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)	Agricultural land

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