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Table 18.1: Other gainful activities on family farms in Slovenia

Number of holdings

2000 2003 2005 2007 2010 2013
3.987 2,867 12.517 11,676
Total 221 101 3.146 3.116
Meat processing 247 115 155 337
Milk processing 394 354 189 68 242 241
Fruit and vegetable 342
processing 172 104 185 129 502
Other activities 1,135
connected with food 699 508 390 525
processing 750 905 520
Wood processing 692 675 200 219 1,637 262
Agricultural 268 130 726
services (for others) 75 13 449 398 513 181
Farm tourism 200 98 796 689 310 61
Handicraft 104 26 628 655 642 239
Aquaculture 171 165 167 8,705
Forestry services 330 149 13 z 28
Sale of wood 300 360 173 391
products - 38 80 28 9,078
Public utility ... 17 96
services 297 491 328 81
Renewable energy
production 79 58 78
Other 16 174 407

Source: AIS/MAFF (2015, 162).
In 2013, Slovenia had 11,676 family farms with OGAs (Table 18.1). This

means 16% of farms in comparison to less than 5% in 2000. The majority
of family farms with OGAs were engaged in the sale of wood products. On
Slovenian family farms, important OGAs were connected with food pro-
cessing, farm tourism, wood processing, public utility services, fruit and
vegetable processing, meat processing, milk processing, agricultural and
forestry services for others, handicraft, renewable energy production, aq-
uaculture, and other activities on family farms. Reforms of CAP by the EU
have changed farm subsidies, as the majority of DPs have been decoupled.
Government subsidies have become an important element of farm and ag-
ricultural holding incomes in the EU member states (European Commis-

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