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NOV 2017
FOOD FOCUSTHAILAND
SEE THROUGH
MARKET
Food Industry in
Germany
Agriculture, Food-basedEconomyandFood Industry
inGermany
AgricultureandFood-basedEconomy
Germanagriculture, fisheryand forestry ishighlyproductive.Due to
the use of advanced technology, Germany’s agriculture has increased
its productivity by 72 percent between 1995 and 2015. In comparison,
the productivity of the German economy as a whole has risen by 42
percent.
Germany is the thirdbiggestagriculturalproducer in theEuropean
Union after France and Italy and produces 12.5 percent of the
agricultural output of the European Union. Germany is the biggest
milk, pork, rapeseed and potato producer and the second biggest
cereal, sugar beet and beef producer in theEuropeanUnion.
98 percent of the German farms are run by individuals or
partnerships (mostly family run) and 50 percent of their employees
are familymembers.These farmsmanage99percent of agricultural
