The Wine-growing sector
OVERVIEW
Graph 3 - AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2002
In the province of Rimini, vine-growing plays a key role in the primary sector of the provincial economy.
Table B and graph 3 show the importance of this sector comparing its gross marketable production (GMP) with that of other vegetables in the primary sector of the Province.
Table B - 2002 AGRICULTURAL YEAR
| CROP |
GMP – IN MILLIONS OF EUROS |
| cereals |
6.589.750 |
| industrial crops |
3.506.506 |
| vegetables |
21.530.540 |
| forage |
9.022.249 |
| nursery gardening, mushrooms and officinal plants |
9.160.000 |
| wine grapes |
12.470.585 |
| fruit |
7.776.360 |
| olive trees |
1.713.600 |
| total |
71.769.590 |
THE SPREAD OF CULTIVATION
In the Province of Rimini vine is mainly found on the hills and foothill areas and, to a lesser extend, in the plains.
Table C shows the figures from 2000 agricultural census about the number of companies growing vines and the real and average useful agricultural surface (UAS) in the different towns of the province.
There are 4001 vine-growing companies in the administrative district, which equals to 62.54% of the total (6,503); the average UAS cultivated with vines per company is 0.64 ha, the UAS cultivated with vines accounts for 12.4% of the total UAS.
Table C - 2002 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
| Municipality |
vine-growing
companies |
UAS
cultivated with vines (hectares) |
average UAS
cultivated with vines (hectares) |
| Bellaria I.M. |
55 |
10,95 |
0,20 |
| Cattolica |
12 |
2,57 |
0,21 |
| Coriano |
451 |
626,72 |
1,39 |
| Gemmano |
82 |
31,48 |
0,38 |
| Misano A. |
301 |
123,16 |
0,41 |
| Mondaino |
54 |
18,89 |
0,35 |
| Monte Colombo |
145 |
116,14 |
0,80 |
| Montefiore C. |
96 |
34,31 |
0,36 |
| Montegridolfo |
49 |
15,4 |
0,31 |
| Montescudo |
92 |
98,43 |
1,07 |
| Morciano di R. |
51 |
17,32 |
0,34 |
| Poggio Berni |
142 |
83,54 |
0,59 |
| Riccione |
80 |
24,27 |
0,30 |
| Rimini |
1120 |
914,51 |
0,82 |
| Saludecio |
220 |
206,96 |
0,94 |
| San Clemente |
178 |
192,92 |
1,08 |
| San Giovanni M |
226 |
217,91 |
0,96 |
| Santarcangelo |
416 |
223,31 |
0,54 |
| Torriana |
45 |
19,61 |
0,44 |
| Verucchio |
186 |
238,83 |
1,28 |
| total |
4.001 |
3.217,23 |
0,64 |
In order to highlight the peculiarity of vineyarding in the province of Rimini and how much it is widespread, it is interesting to compare these data with those belonging to the whole Region of Emilia Romagna indicated in the 2000 census - Table D.
Table D
| |
average UAS cultivated with vines per company (hectares) |
Vine-growing companies out of total companies - % |
UAS cultivated with vines out of total UAS - % |
Rimini |
0,64 |
62,54% |
11,09 |
| Region |
1,37 |
40,8% |
5,4 |
It should be noted that the percentage of both the vine-growing companies and the UAS cultivated with vines are very high when compared to the total. This clearly shows how vineyarding has spread over the territory.
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