Sustainability in the Industry

Agriculture and Fishery

Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

Sustainability in Agriculture and Fishery

Around half of Germany’s area is used for agriculture. It is used for food and plant raw material cultivation. The way farmers manage natural resources, protect soil, water and biodiversity when growing crops and raising animals has an enormous impact on our nature and environment.

Conventional or (bio)ecological farms use their sustainability performance to contribute to the preservation of healthy soils, ecosystems and biodiversity in different ways: for example, through the use of sustainable cultivation methods from permaculture to precision farming, the sustainable use of fertilizers and pesticides, the avoidance of monocultures, the regeneration of soils and the protection of animal welfare.
Sustainable farms improve their processing, marketing and transport routes for the products they produce and take climate adaptation measures through efficient irrigation methods and climate-resilient varieties. Fisheries in seas, lakes and rivers have a particular responsibility for protecting species and ecosystems. Sustainable fisheries do not use overfished stocks, take catch quotas into account and avoid bycatch. They promote transformation through environmentally and resource-friendly fishing methods, the environmentally friendly management of aquaculture, the clever coupling of aquaculture and vegetable cultivation, and the support of small fishing communities.

The industry includes crop cultivation, arable farming, animal husbandry and mixed farming, as well as fishing.

Industry Materiality

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EU NACE Classification 

Industry NACE Classes

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Included NACE classes in the industry

A 01.1 Growing of non-perennial crops
A 01.11 Growing of cereals, other than rice, leguminous crops and oil seeds
A 01.12 Growing of rice
A 01.13 Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers
A 01.14 Growing of sugar cane
A 01.15 Growing of tobacco
A 01.16 Growing of fibre crops
A 01.19 Growing of other non-perennial crops
A 01.2 Growing of perennial crops
A 01.21 Growing of grapes
A 01.22 Growing of tropical and subtropical fruits
A 01.23 Growing of citrus fruits
A 01.24 Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits
A 01.25 Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts
A 01.26 Growing of oleaginous fruits
A 01.27 Growing of beverage crops
A 01.28 Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops
A 01.29 Growing of other perennial crops
A 01.4 Animal production
A 01.41 Raising of dairy cattle
A 01.42 Raising of other cattle and buffaloes
A 01.43 Raising of horses and other equines
A 01.44 Raising of camels and camelids
A 01.45 Raising of sheep and goats
A 01.46 Raising of swine and pigs
A 01.47 Raising of poultry
A 01.48 Raising of other animals
A 01.5 Mixed farming
A 01.50 Mixed farming
A 01.6 Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities
A 01.61 Support activities for crop production
A 01.62 Support activities for animal production
A 01.63 Post-harvest crop activities and seed processing for propagation
A 01.7 Hunting, trapping and related service activities
A 01.70 Hunting, trapping and related service activities
A 02.3 Gathering of wild growing non-wood products
A 02.30 Gathering of wild growing non-wood products
A 03.1 Fishing
A 03.11 Marine fishing
A 03.12 Freshwater fishing
A 03.2 Aquaculture
A 03.21 Marine aquaculture
A 03.22 Freshwater aquaculture
A 03.3 Support activities for fishing and aquaculture
A 03.30 Support activities for fishing and aquaculture
B 08.92 Extraction of peat

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