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Figure 3-5. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita ($) and agricultural GDP per economically active person in agriculture (2005). Source: European Commission, 2006b.
3.2.3 Impacts of advances in AKST on the growth of output and on farm businesses |
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2005). A growing number of farmers will have to get second jobs when subsidies from the CAP are slashed in 2013 (Barthelemy, 2007; Fischer-Boel, 2007). Farmers have also sought to secure their position by diversifying their businesses to include activities that are not limited to agricultural production: these include direct selling (e.g., farmers' markets), agritourism or outdoor leisure activities. For many of these pluriactive farms, a minority of income now comes from farming. For instance, UK data shows that more than 50% of farms have income from di-
Source: FAO, 2008c. |
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