Other entrepreneurship in agriculture and horticulture, 2013

About 30 per cent of farms engage in other gainful activities besides agriculture and horticulture.
The number of farms engaging in other gainful activities is on the decline, even though their relative share has remained unchanged.
Close to 30,000 people work in other gainful activities.
Work on other gainful activities on farms amounts to about 11,000 person-years.
Almost 40 per cent of farms engaging in other gainful activities generate less than EUR 10,000 in net sales from such activities.
About 600 farms sell their own products directly to consumers.
At about 20 per cent of these farms, direct sales account for more than half of total sales.