Economy of Lithuania’s Membership in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Economy of Lithuania’s Membership in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Summary/Abstract: There are several features which underline the specifics of Lithuania's agricultural structure as compared to the EU countries: — First, more than 20 percent of Lithuania's working population are employed in the agricultural sector. Abundant activity in agriculture characterises developing countries; the share of labour in the EU agricultural sector at average makes 5,1 percent; — Second, approximately 3/5 of all farms in Lithuania are not bigger than 10 hectare, and one forth of the rest is 10-20 hectare. This data shows that Lithuania's agriculture is dominated by small and medium-size farms, while the EU agricultural sector features medium and big farms (in 1987 three forth of all EU farms were bigger than 20 hectare, and among the three newly accepted countries in 1995, Finland and Sweden traditionally have big farms).

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