Brussels, 18/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - EU27 real agricultural income per worker has decreased by 12.2% in 2009, following a decrease by 2.5% in 2008, according to first estimates issued by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. This decline results from a reduction in real agricultural income (-14.2%), together with a fall in agricultural labour input (-2.2%).
Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel expressed concern at these figures, saying: “Clearly, the...