Agricultural Land in France
Essay by hollywd40 • November 24, 2012 • Case Study • 672 Words (3 Pages) • 1,612 Views
Country Research Part 3
The current or past news events related to employment in the country of France has been one of the most dominant agricultural places of Europe within centuries. The agricultural land gave France an important role in European. It is known that currently, France still leads in agriculture in the country of Europe, and the Russian Federation are excluded. France ranks second in milk production in the EU, having the total of 23.3 million tons in a metric factor. A research in about 730,000 farms, about 7 % of the workforce is employed in agriculture or similar sections for example: fishing or forestry. When all individuals engaged in agriculture related activities including the process of agricultural goods are considered, the percentage of the population engaged in agricultural production is larger. I have researched that as of 2001, many younger individuals appear to look for employment outside of family farms and they help out as part timers only. "Evidence is provided of wage stagnation in the U.S. since 1973, noting that wage inequality has been especially bad since 1980. The author also compares U.S. wage trends to those in Great Britain, Japan, and France, noting that wage inequality is a global problem, and not just specific to the United States."(Perkins A,(1993). This event generated as an opportunity for other individuals to look for jobs in agriculture. In the research to the French Ministry of Agriculture, the population share actively involved in farming is decreasing. This is a new creative method of marketing and agriculture had attracted some young talent to the section. France has a major agricultural products that among the top producers in the world market are beets, sugar beets, milk, wine, beef and veal, oilseeds and cereals.
It is known that the biggest export items within the agricultural products in the country France, this is the different types of beverages and alcoholic drinks. In 1999, according to the Ministry's numbers, the value of exports in alcoholic reached the limit of 56.6 billion. The amount was registered as a 6 percent increase over the period of the previous year. The flour and cereals and exports, it was increased to 12 percent, total was about 36 billion in the country of France. A shrinkage was experienced in the meat and other animal products of 7 percent but it still valued at 28 billion in the country of France.
In the research wage inequality of a problem in France, I have researched that in 2012, the unemployment rate in France was reported at 10.2 percent, it was the last known quote in the second quarter. From 1996, historically until 2012, France Unemployment Rate was known to be the averaged 9.43 Percent reaching its time high of 11.20 Percent in the month March in 1997 and a record low of 7.50 Percent in the month of March in 2008. The unemployment rate can be termed as the
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