Detailed history of areas, flocks and number of operators per municipality

Source: Agency BIO / Certifying Bodies These data on the number of operators, areas and herds come from the annual checks that the approved certifying bodies carry out on farms and processing companies engaged in organic distribution. **Geographical accuracy** The data are aggregated at municipal level: Insee code of the municipality of the site of activity or in the absence of the place of business. **Operator data** Number of operators per municipality, or failing that by postal code. All operators are located by their postal code, almost all by the municipality of their head office ActivityBio: _P_: producers (including producers with another activity: processing on the farm, farm shop...) _T_: processors or restaurants (including processors with another activity: transformers-distributors or transformers-importers) _D_: distributors (including distributors with an import activity: distributor-importers...) _I_: importers **Surface data** Areas certified organic or in conversion at the end of the year : Number of farms engaged (with or without areas engaged (including beekeepers, etc.) : Areas under organic farming at the end of their conversion period : Areas in the first year of conversion : Areas in second year of conversion : Surface area in third year of conversion : Total area in conversion : Total area committed to organic (AB and in conversion) Crop groups: _AU_: Other of which (fallow, green manure, flowers, mushrooms, etc.)* _SF_: Fodder crops (including permanent and temporary grassland, but other fodder crops, rangeland, etc.) _EN_: Fruit (arboriculture of which nuts, fresh fruit and processing fruit) _GCU_: Field crops (including pulses) _LE_: Fresh vegetables (greenhouse or field-painted vegetables (including potatoes) _PP_: PPAM _VI_: Viticulture (of which 4% table grapes at national level) _HSAU_: Excluding utilised agricultural area: surfaces of collective estives, wild picking, wood, marshes... are not taken into account **Data of flocks and hives** Number of animals (or hives) engaged at the end of the year (excluding aquaculture) _nb_exp_: Number of farms engaged (with or without areas engaged (including beekeepers, etc.) _CheptelAB_: heads or hives having reached the end of their conversion _CheptelConversion_*: head or hives in conversion (simultaneous or not) Group of animal species _VA_: Lactating cows _VL_: Dairy cows _PO_: Laying hens _PC_: Broiler chickens _AUVOL_: Other broiler poultry _BL_: Milk ewes _BV_: Meat ewes _CH_: Goats _TR_: Breeding sows _LAR_: Rabbits _LA_: Rabbits _AUPA_: Other animal production (cervids, snails...) _API_: Beekeeping: number of hives