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and forage has diminished, whereas the area
FARMS AND UTILISED AGRICULTURAL dedicated to miscellaneous crops (fruit trees,
AREA (UAA) BY PARISH. 2021 Table 9.1 raspberries, beet and aromatic and medicinal

plants) has almost quadrupled.
% total
Farms UAA (m )
2
UAA
Canillo 46 4,150,926 21 Remember that the quality seal for Andorran
Encamp 44 1,929,035 10 wines has existed since 2017, and the
Government offers subsidies to vineyards that
Ordino 38 2,885,997 14
undertake the extra effort to be involved in this
La Massana 54 3,239,174 16
quality control, the first step towards obtaining
Andorra la Vella 38 376,213 2 the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Sant Julià de Lòria 64 6,635,443 33 awarded by the EU. On the other hand, the
Escaldes-Engordany 28 698,045 4 Government is working with producers to
obtain the DO Andorra denomination, to
Total 312 19,914,834 100
guarantee the origin and quality of wines
UAA: Ut lised Agricultural Area. produced in Andorra, which they hope will
Source: Department of Agriculture. become a tourist attraction.

As for the tobacco harvest, this was paid in
Due to the situat on caused by 2021 according to the relevant category, i.e.
COVID-19, the tobacco harvest was not at a single fixed price, as in the previous two
50% smaller in 2021 than in 2019. years, but at a different price according to the
category. For this reason, unlike the harvests
of 2019 and 2020, we again have different
data for before and after payment adjustment. Due to the situation caused by COVID-19, the
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2021 harvest was 50% smaller than in 2019 and only 15% larger than in 2020, also an unusual
year due to the pandemic. Remember that the tobacco harvest in 2019 was almost 245,000 kg,
whereas the figure fell in 2021 to 122,352 kg. However, the 2021 harvest was good and did not
suffer from fungus as it did in 2020. Finally, sales of tobacco to Andorran establishments were
25%-30% lower in 2021 than before the pandemic (2019) due to restricted movement between
Andorra and neighbouring countries.
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AGRICULTURAL AREA BY TYPE OF CROP (in m )
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Table 9.2
% variation % total
2018 2021 2018-2021 2021
Pasture 12,666,389 13,331,537 5.3 63.8
Hay 5,427,116 4,903,361 -9.7 23.5
Tobacco 1,482,169 1,213,053 -18.2 5.8
Fallow 634,822 506,395 -20.2 2.4
Market gardening 163,100 137,903 -15.4 0.7
Potatoes 146,679 128,679 -12.3 0.6
Miscellaneous (1) 26,487 97,369 267.6 0.5
Vines 95,032 85,944 -9.6 0.4
Forage (2) 21,622 16,988 -21.4 0.1
Others 405,300 472,154 16.5 2.3
Total 21,068,717 20,893,382 -0.8 100
Ut lised Agricultural Area (UAA) - in m 2 20,028,595 19,914,834 -0.6 -
(1) Fruit trees, raspberries, beet and aromat c and medicinal plants / (2) Forage for grazing.
UAA: Ut lised Agricultural Area.

Source: Department of Agriculture.