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The rural economy in Estonia until 2001

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  • Natural conditions for the rural economy

    The Estonian climate is mostly dominated by the close proximity of the Baltic Sea and the intensive cyclonic processes of the Atlantic Ocean. The climate ...
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  • The development of the rural economy

    Like the rest of Estonian history, the history of agriculture here is rich in changes. In the 20th century, Estonian agriculture underwent three land and ...
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  • Crisis in agriculture in the 1990s

    As a result of the markets of the former Soviet Union collapsing, Estonia was left with a large excess supply of agricultural produce. Western markets ...
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  • Agriculture and employment

    According to the assessment of the OECD in 1996, the structure of agriculture in Estonia became superior, with regard to economic criteria, to that in ...
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  • The structure of agriculture

    According to the data collected in an agricultural census, there were 85,300 agricultural holdings and 176,400 family agricultural holdings in Estonia in 2001 ...
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  • Plant production

    In 1999, the growing areas of various crops covered a total of 808,972 ha in Estonia amounting to 17.88% of the total area ...
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  • Livestock farming

    In 2001, there were 260,000 bovine animals, 129,300 cows, 340,100 pigs and about 30,000 sheep and goats in Estonia. The productivity ...
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  • The market for, and trade in, agricultural products

    In recent years, positive changes have taken place in the market for agricultural products as a whole. The relatively rapid increase of producer prices of ...
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