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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8176

21 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Proportion of young people in agriculture remains stable

Brussels, 20/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - Although the number of people working in agriculture is steadily declining, the proportion of young people (under-35s) remained around 20% between 1980 and 1997, according to a survey by Eurostat showing that the proportion of young people in agriculture is lowest in the southern Member States. Young people were outnumbered threefold by their seniors as holders of farms. Eurostat also reports that in 1997 young people accounted for 21% of the total...

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