TALLINN - Though agriculture does not involve very many people in Estonia, giving employment to about 5 percent of the workforce, it is nonetheless an important industry sector, providing resources and inputs to the food processing industry. Estonians themselves tend to prefer food produced by local companies. Joining the EU has had a positive impact on Estonian agriculture, evidenced by the increase in the area of land under cultivation.According to the Minister of Agriculture, Helir-Valdor Seeder, "Exports of Estonian food products to mostly Eastern countries have rapidly increased ov...
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