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Published 28.11.2014
Agricultural and horticultural labour force 2013
Published 28.11.2014
- Agriculture and horticulture provided employment to approximately 150,000 people in 2013.
- Of this total, nearly 70% was accounted for by farmers and their family members.
- In agriculture and horticulture, around 73,000 person-years were recorded in 2013.
- Approximately 80% of all work in agriculture and horticulture was carried out by farmers and their family members.
- More than 15,000 foreign nationals worked in agriculture and horticulture, performing nearly 5% of the work in this sector.
- Nearly every second person in charge of a farm had an agricultural or horticultural training.
- The share of full-time work performed by farmers varies greatly between production years. Some 45% of grain farmers work full time, whereas 97% of dairy farmers do so.
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