translate English to French: As farming methods were modernised and agriculture in Europe became increasingly competitive, more and more people left the countryside and the farming community as a proportion of the EU workforce shrank from 20% to less than 5%.
L'exode rural et la modernisation de la profession agricole ont permis de faire passer de 20 à moins de 5 % le taux de la population agricole dans la population active de l'Union et de créer un secteur de production compétitif.