Energy use in agriculture, forestry and food industry

This indicator measures the direct use of energy in agriculture, forestry and food processing

This indicator is based on Eurostat data from the joint IEA/OECD-Eurostat-UNECE questionnaires. There are some limitations of data and sources:

Although energy statistics are of high quality in general, the data on energy consumption by agriculture are of lower quality due to errors and incomplete data.
The indicator only refers to direct use of energy by agriculture. Indirect energy used in agriculture for fertilisers, pesticides, animal feed and agricultural machinery, which are produced using large amounts of energy, is not included.
Data on energy consumption by agriculture from the questionnaires include the use of energy by forestry. Though data on energy consumption by fisheries should be reported separately since 2004, many data on agriculture/forestry, even after 2004, include (part of) energy consumption by fisheries. Energy consumption by agriculture may therefore be overestimated in countries with significant forestry or fisheries sectors.
Data on food processing are taken from the category "Food, beverages and tobacco" and therefore include the NACE category "Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products". Data on food processing are thus overestimated.

Type of indicator	Environment
Indicator C44	Energy use in agriculture, forestry and food industry
Definition	This indicator measures the direct use of energy in agriculture, forestry and food processing It consist of 3 sub-indicators: direct use of energy in agriculture and forestry in kilotons direct use of energy in agriculture and forestry in kg of oil equivalent per ha direct use of energy in food processing This indicator is based on Eurostat data from the joint IEA/OECD-Eurostat-UNECE questionnaires. There are some limitations of data and sources: Although energy statistics are of high quality in general, the data on energy consumption by agriculture are of lower quality due to errors and incomplete data. The indicator only refers to direct use of energy by agriculture. Indirect energy used in agriculture for fertilisers, pesticides, animal feed and agricultural machinery, which are produced using large amounts of energy, is not included. Data on energy consumption by agriculture from the questionnaires include the use of energy by forestry. Though data on energy consumption by fisheries should be reported separately since 2004, many data on agriculture/forestry, even after 2004, include (part of) energy consumption by fisheries. Energy consumption by agriculture may therefore be overestimated in countries with significant forestry or fisheries sectors. Data on food processing are taken from the category "Food, beverages and tobacco" and therefore include the NACE category "Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products". Data on food processing are thus overestimated.
Unit of measurement	1: agriculture and forestry - energy use, total in kilotons (1000 tonnes), ktoe 2: agriculture and forestry - energy use in kg of oil equivalent, UAA+forest area in ha 3: food, beverages and tobacco - energy use, - total in kilotons (1000 tonnes), ktoe
Data source	Eurostat - Energy statistics Eurostat – Crop statistics
References/location of the data	1-3: Eurostat – Simplified energy balances [nrg_bal_s] 2: Eurostat – Crop production in EU standard humidity [apro_cpsh1] Area of wooded land (source: FAO - FE) [for_area]
Data collection level	National (NUTS 0).
Frequency	Every year for energy statistics. Every 5 years for forest area (e.g. 2010, 2015). Every year for UAA crop statistics.
Delay	2 years
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