期刊名称：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Bulletin : Economic Sciences Series
印刷版ISSN：2284-8576
电子版ISSN：2247-8582
出版年度：2006
期号：1
页码：1-14
出版社：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
摘要：The agricultural sector, which covers around 5% of the EU workforce (and a considerably higher proportion in the new Member States and candidate countries), is currently going through major structural changes, also because of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and the Union's recent eastward extension. This comparative study examines the main characteristics of the agricultural sector (defined as NACE sector 01) in 23 European Union (EU) Member States (Luxembourg and Portugal being the exceptions), alongside with two candidate countries (Bulgaria and Romania) and Norway. The article is part of a comparative study on Industrial Relations in Agriculture, coordinated by the Romanian National Centre under the aegis of the European Industrial Relations Observatory. The original version of the study is available on the EIRO website (www. eiro.eurofound.eu.int). The study looks into: basic employment and economic data on agriculture; the amount of land farmed; the main types of crops and livestock; the number, structure and average size of farms; mechanization, chemical fertilizers/pesticides and IT systems use.
关键词：agriculture sector; European Union; employment; productivity
