fruits and revenues

income beneficiary

estate income

Low income

Economic Overview of Farm Incomes - Fruit and Vegetable Farms - 1996

fruiterers shop manager | fruiterers store manager | fruit and vegetables shop manager | vegetable shop manager

customer income profile

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The EU actively supports the fruit and vegetable sector though its market-management scheme (part of the "common organisation of agricultural markets"), which has four broad goals: a more competitive and market-oriented sector; fewer crisis-related fluctuations in producers' income; greater consumption of fruit and vegetables in the EU; increased use of eco-friendly cultivation and production techniques.

Recognises that UTPs result primarily from income and power imbalances in the food supply chain, and stresses that these must urgently be addressed in order to ameliorate the situation for farmers in the food sector; notes that selling below the cost of production, and the serious misuse of basic agricultural foods such as dairy, fruit and vegetables as ‘loss leaders’ by large-scale retailers, threaten the long-term sustainability of EU production of such items; welcomes efforts, such as the Tierwohl Initiative in Germany, aimed at helping farmers to compete on the basis of their products’ merits.

5. Calls on the Commission to intensify efforts to tackle unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain which negatively impact producer returns, depress incomes and threaten the viability and sustainability of the sector; considers that unfair trading practices and the pressure exerted on producers, whether or not they are associated, by the large retail chains, are the main obstacle to F&V farmers earning a decent income; points out that the weakness of their position is compounded by the fact that their products are perishable; considers that the problems cited, such as the abandonment of land or the ageing of the population of active farmers, will only disappear when the profits ...[+++] from production are sufficient to guarantee the future of the profession and attract young labour;

whereas EU trade agreements with third countries must safeguard EU sectors that are experiencing difficulties – in particular the fruit and vegetables, livestock and cereals sectors, in which incomes have fallen substantially – and, at the same time, offer them genuine export opportunities,