European Strategy for Generational Renewal in Agriculture | CAP4Youth Information Shot #2

The aging of the rural population is a very important problem for Europe’s primary sector.

• The average age of a farmer in the EU is 57.
• The population of young people aged 15-24 in rural areas fell from 3.6 million in 2013 to 1.9 million in 2019.

The solution comes in the form of the ‘Strategy for Generational Renewal of Farming in Agriculture‘, which aims to double the number of young farmers under 40 from 12% in 2025 to 24% in 2040.

Sources:

• Strategy for Generational Renewal of Farming in Agriculture
• Generational renewal in agriculture
• Key policy objectives of the CAP 2023-27 – Agriculture and rural development

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