Jorge Buxadé Villalba· PfE

Nuanced

Agricultural and livestock farms and the fishing fleet have been reduced by half since 1990

Omissions

• The claim combines agricultural/livestock farms with the fishing fleet, but data for the fishing fleet reduction since 1990 was not found.
• The 48.15% reduction figure refers to the period 1999-2020, not 1990-2020, though the overall reduction from 1989/1990 appears to be approximately 50%.
• Source from Caixabank Research is secondary (analysis based on official census data), not primary.
• No data found on Spanish fishing fleet size in 1990 vs. current numbers to verify that component of the claim.

Sources

• AcademicUniversity of Cantabria - Reconversion of Agri-Food Production SystemsComparing the data of the Agricultural Censuses of 1999 and 2020, it is verified that the number of farms has decreased in Spain by 48.15%
• SecondaryCaixabank Research - What does the latest agricultural census tell us about Spanish farms?From nearly 1.6 million farms in 1989, the number of farms in Spain has declined substantially over the last three decades