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Farm Structure Survey / Agricultural Census 2010 - Other entrepreneurship

Published 29.6.2011
  • A third of Finland’s 64,000 farms and horticultural enterprises also engage in other gainful activities besides agriculture.
  • On close to 90 per cent of farms, the other gainful activities involve the farm.
  • Diversified farms are most commonly found in cities, areas close to cities and sparsely populated areas.
  • Almost two in five farms in Lapland and Uusimaa are diversified.
  • More crop farms are diversified than livestock farms.
  • 22,600 members of farmer families work in other gainful activities related to the farm.
  • 9,100 hired workers are employed in other gainful activities.
  • On about 40 per cent of diversified farms, other gainful activities generate less than EUR 10,000 in net sales per year.
  • Most diversified farms are engaged in the provision of services in fields such as contracting or tourism.

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