Luxembourg, 23/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - There were almost 75 million hectares of arable land in the EU15 in 1997, that is 57% of the utilised agricultural area (UAA). While the area under arable crops has remained broadly stable over the last twenty years, its distribution has undergone marked changes. Thus, the development of industrial crops (oleaginous crops except olives, tobacco, hops, fibre crops …), the decline of surface areas used for traditional crops and above all of cereal...