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European Commission comes up with plan to get youth into farming

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The European Commission presented a strategy last month to attract a "generational renewal" in the agriculture sector.

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  • Only 12% of EU farmers are under 40, with an average age of 57, raising food security concerns. 43s
  • The European Commission has presented a strategy to support generational renewal in agriculture. 49s
  • The plan proposes a start-up pack of up to 300,000 euros for young farmers in the next Common Agricultural Policy. 1m 0s
  • Additional measures include expanding the Erasmus programme to farmers and creating a European Land Observatory. 1m 10s
  • The objective is to double the proportion of young farmers in the EU by 2040. 1m 20s
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