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011100 Growing of cereals, other than rice, leguminous crops and oil seeds


This type includes all forms of growing of cereals, leguminous crops and oil seeds. Further included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production. The growing of these crops is often combined within agricultural units.

This type includes:

  • growing of cereals, e.g.:
  • wheat
  • grain maize
  • sorghum
  • barley
  • rye
  • oats
  • millet
  • pseudocereals, in other words fruits or seeds used as cereals, e.g.:
  • quinoa
  • amaranth
  • chia
  • growing of leguminous crops, e.g.:
  • beans
  • broad beans
  • chickpeas
  • cowpeas
  • lentils
  • lupines
  • peas
  • pigeon peas
  • growing of oil seeds, e.g.:
  • soya beans
  • groundnuts
  • castor beans
  • linseed
  • mustard seed
  • niger seed
  • rapeseed
  • safflower seed
  • sesame seed
  • sunflower seed

This type excludes:

  • growing of rice, see 011200
  • growing of sweetcorn, see 011300
  • growing of maize, lupines, or kale for fodder, see 011900
  • growing of oleaginous fruits, see 012600