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4.3.        Water consumption by agriculture

Agriculture contributes around 2 % of the GVA of the European economy and provides directly 4 % of total employment, without counting indirect jobs created in upstream and downstream activities. EU is the global leader of agri-food exports, which reached 138 billion € in 2018 (EC, 2019a). Imports of agricultural products are also important for the EU.