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FOCUS: Proportion of island workforce in farming and fishing drops 40% in a decade

Statistics Jersey’s Labour Market figures released last month show that 1.70% of islanders were working as farmers or fishers in June 2024, compared to 2.82% in June 2014. Economic Development Minister Kirsten Morel is seeking to tackle the trend which would see the historically-dominant sector facing oblivion within another decade. At last Thursday’s Jersey Farming […]

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