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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10135

8 May 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Agriculture sector employment down by 25% between 2000 and 2009 - Farmers' organisations call for measures

Brussels, 07/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - Employment in the agricultural sector in the EU27 decreased by 25%, the equivalent of 3.7 million full-time jobs between 2000 and 2009, according to figures released by Eurostat on Friday 7 May. It fell by 17% in the EU15 and by 31% in the 12 member states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. In 2009, employment in the agricultural sector was equivalent to 11.2 million full-time jobs in the EU27, of which 5.4 million were in the EU15 and 5.8 million in...

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