SAU (superficie agricola utilizzata) SAU (superficie agricola utilizzata)
Percentage of soil consumption
The term SAU represents the utilized agricultural area. It considers two main categories:
50 25-50 10-25 10
sowable lands (cereals, legumes, industrial plants, vegetable, ornamental plants, fallow land)
woody crops (olives, citruses, fructiferous, farm, vegetable garden, meadow, grazing)
During the general census in 2000 the utilized agricultural area was 5,8% lower than 1990. Today, according to the last agricultural census, almost the same quantity of fertile land has been lost. Now in Lombardy there are 981.240,13 ha utilized in agriculture. SAU in Lombardy [m2] 1.800.000 1.600.000 1.400.000 1.200.000 1.000.000 ha 800.000 600.000 400.000 200.000 1950
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Source: ARPA Lombardia
Source: ISTAT, ARPA Lombardia
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