CAP4Youth – Animated video

The CAP4Youth project, implemented with the support of the Directorate‑General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission, is producing an animated video to highlight the issue of generational renewal in agriculture.

Year after year, the aging of the agricultural population intensifies.

The agricultural workforce is not being renewed, and this constitutes a serious problem.

More than 9 million farmers in the European Union are over 55 years old, with an average age of 57. Specifically, in rural areas, over a period of just six years, the number of young people aged 15 to 24 has decreased by more than 50%.

Can this situation be changed?

To attract young people to take up farming, the European Commission offers a series of attractive incentives:

• Supports their income for up to 5 years through Pillar 1 of the CAP,
• Provides aid for first installation with an amount of up to €100,000 through Pillar 2 of the CAP, and
• Finances up to €25,000 in the form of a bank loan through the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Fund.

For the programming period 2028–2034, the European Commission has designed an ambitious strategy with new measures to facilitate young people’s access to land, knowledge, and financing.

• The first installation aid will be tripled, reaching up to €300,000.
• The agricultural resources allocated by each Member State to young farmers will double, from 3% to 6%.
• Higher subsidy levels are ensured for new interventions, with a funding rate of up to 85%.

It is therefore estimated that the number of young farmers will double over the next 15 years, reaching 24% by 2040.

Generational renewal is the key to a sustainable future for European agriculture.

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GAIA EPICHEIREIN implements the informational activity in the context of the CAP4Youth “CAP for Young Farmers: Generational Renewal and Sustainable Agriculture in Greece”, with the support of the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission