Olive Tree Farming in Jaen: Situation With the New Cap and Comparison With the Province Income Per Capita.

Although there are clear similarities when we compare data from 1994 and 1999, there
are also significant differences in the behaviour of farms depending on the type of farm and crop
year analysed.

First of all, dry land observations are reduced between a 66 % and 85% in 1994 and
1999, if we consider original data in the sample and four times the income per capita, but in the
case of irrigated land observations are reduced in 61.5% in 1994 and 28% in 1999 (Figure 2 and
3). The 24% and 25% of dry land olive tree farms surveyed did not reach even the per capita
income in 1994 and 1999. These percentages notably increase when we consider the comparison
between sample data and quadrupled average per capita income in Jaén.: 66% reduction in dry
land olive tree farms in 1994 and 85% reduction in 1999.

On the other hand, the average income for a four member family in Andalusia was
28,560 euros in 1994 and for a 3.36 member family it was 39,510 euros in 1999 (both in euros;
reference year 2000=100)⁷. That means that two thirds of dry land olive tree farms cannot reach
the average income for an average family.

Figure 2. Comparison survey cross-section data and farming area with income per capita
in 1994.

■ Survey BOneIncomeZcapita ■ Doubled IncomeZcapita □ TripledIncomeZcapita □ QuadrupoledIncomeZcapita

⁷ Data from Familiar Budgets Survey. National Statistic Institute (INE)

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