Brussels, 19/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - EU27 real agricultural income per worker has decreased by 4.3% in 2008, after increasing by 12.2% in 2007, according to first estimates issued by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. This decline results from a reduction in real agricultural income (6.3%), together with a fall in agricultural labour input (2.1%).
The decrease in EU27 real agricultural income in 2008 is itself the result of: - an increase in output of...