Almost 3.4 million hectares in the EU dedicated to growing fruit
Almost 3.4 million hectares of land were planted to fruit in the EU in 2017, representing 1.9 % of all utilised agricultural land. Nut orchards accounted for one third (33.8 %) of the total area of fruit, pome fruit orchards (apples and pears) a further one fifth (19.2 %) of the total, stone fruit orchards another one fifth (18.6 %), and citrus fruit orchards about one seventh (14.9 %) of
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