Hungary
Közép-Magyarország or Central Hungary is one of seven regions in Hungary. It includes Budapest (the capital of the region) and Pest County. The sub-region contains a population of 1,712,210.
The study area is located in the Pannonian biographical region. The physical properties of the soil are: loam (34%) sandy (33%), sandy clay (16%) and clay loam (9%). The total size of the study area is 691,546 ha of which 397,700 is utilised agricultural area.
Key agricultural facts
Zealand Denmark | Eastern Scotland | Mazovia Poland | Közép Mag. Hungary | Toscany Italy | Jaén Spain | |
| Total number of farm holdings | 7.850 | 6.610 | 302.290 | 62.080 | 78.900 | 254.293 |
| Average farm size [ha] | 61 | 196 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| Farm holdings < 5 ha [%] | 4 | 15 | 55 | 94 | 62 | 60 |
| Farm holdings > 50 ha[%] | 32 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Owner occupied[%] | 72 | 65 | 89 | 36 | 75 | 79 |
Source: Eurostat data, 2010
The average farm size in Central Hungary is 5 ha, which is smaller than the European Union average of 15 ha. The majority of the holdings are less than 5 ha (94%) with only 1% of holdings over 50 ha. 77% of the agricultural area is arable land and the dominant farming systems are cereals with small to large dairy and small mixed farming (dairy, poultry and pigs.). Around 36% of the farmed land is owner occupied compared to an EU average of about 70%.