2022/2182(INI) Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future
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CARVALHAIS Isabel ( S&D)
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SANDER Anne ( EPP),
DECERLE Jérémy ( Renew),
ROPĖ Bronis ( Verts/ALE),
DAUCHY Marie ( ID),
RUISSEN Bert-Jan ( ECR),
MACMANUS Chris ( GUE/NGL)
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2023/10/19
EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
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2023/10/19
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2023/10/19
EP - Decision by Parliament
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2023/10/19
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2023/10/03
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the own-initiative report by Isabel CARVALHAIS (S&D, PT) on generational renewal in the EU farms of the future.
In 2020, a majority (57.6 %) of farm managers were at least 55 years old and approximately only 12 % of farm managers were under 40 years old. In many Member States, a relatively high proportion of farmers are 65 or over, with an average of three farm managers over 65 for every farmer under 40. The challenge of generational renewal is particularly acute in those Member States that have both a lower than average share of young farmers and a higher than average share of farmers above retirement age.
Given that farming remains a predominantly family activity, the lack of generational renewal may lead to land abandonment. Therefore, generational renewal requires young people from agricultural backgrounds to remain on this professional path and newcomers to be encouraged to enter the sector.
The report stressed that generational renewal is key for the future social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food security. Young farmers and new entrants are more likely to introduce innovative business ideas, promote shorter food chains, apply new technologies and production methods and implement sustainable farming practices, including agroecological practices and organic farming.
Challenges for generational renewal
Members noted that the price and availability of land, the generally low profitability of agricultural activities, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer. Moreover, the limited availability of and the cost of renting or buying land are major obstacles for young farmers, especially those who do not come from a farming family.
While acknowledging the positive effect of CAP young farmers’ measures on the number of young farmers, in particular those located in more peripheral rural areas, the report stated that the administrative burden is excessive and that the current design of the CAP may have a role in maintaining barriers to young and new farmers’ entry into the sector by contributing to increasing the price and reducing the availability of arable land, as well as in farm concentration.
Promoting generational renewal in farming
Member States are called on to develop coherent and long-term strategies to promote generational change and increase the attractiveness of working in agriculture, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, including installation aid, broader tax breaks and incentives, particularly for land transfer, and adequate pensions and social protection.
Other measures called for include:
- sharing best practices and innovative ideas between Member States regarding the design of measures for young farmers;
- setting up a one-stop-shop system to simplify administrative procedures;
- regulating agricultural land markets and agricultural land use to promote land access for young farmers via purchase, leasing or other forms of access;
- establishing an EU observatory on farmland to monitor and share data on, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, tenancy regimes, land concentration, as well as changes in farmland use and land abandonment.
Young farmers for the future
Members called on the Commission to:
- come forward with a communication on women in farming, analysing and advocating best practices in Member States and identifying gender-specific obstacles to farm renewal;
- identify young farmers’ specific needs and requirements of young farmers and new farmers in a holistic way, particularly the needs of those who do not come from farming families;
- pay more attention to crisis-prone agricultural sectors, as it is the fear of possible frequent crises that deters young people from certain agricultural sectors, such as the dairy sector.
The report insisted that generational renewal must remain a high priority in the future programming period, particularly for the CAP, under which it must receive increased, mandatory support. Furthermore, greater focus should be given to the creation of quality jobs in the agricultural sector, guaranteeing rights and stable and fair wages and working conditions. Member States are called on to promote and improve systems for the replacement of farmers or any farming employees in the event of illness or accident or in order to ensure a better work-life balance for farmers.
Lastly, the Commission is called on to end unfair competition by banning foreign products that do not comply with the environmental standards imposed on European farmers.
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2023/09/19
EP - Vote in committee
2023/05/02
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2023/03/29
EP - Committee draft report
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2022/11/24
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/11/17
EP - CARVALHAIS Isabel (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
Documents
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0376/2023
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0376/2023
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0283/2023
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE746.940
- Committee draft report: PE745.357
- Committee draft report: PE745.357
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE746.940
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0376/2023
Activities
- Isabel CARVALHAIS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Clara AGUILERA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Bronis ROPĖ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Anne SANDER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marc TARABELLA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Rainer WIELAND
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Juozas OLEKAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sandra PEREIRA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Dino GIARRUSSO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Benoît LUTGEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ivan Vilibor SINČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Irène TOLLERET
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jérémy DECERLE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sylvia LIMMER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Daniela RONDINELLI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mazaly AGUILAR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sara SKYTTEDAL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Chris MACMANUS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Colm MARKEY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ladislav ILČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Renouvellement des générations dans les exploitations agricoles de l’UE de l'avenir - Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future - Generationenwechsel in landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben der Zukunft in der EU - A9-0283/2023 - Isabel Carvalhais - Proposition de résolution #
2023/10/19 Outcome: +: 447, -: 14, 0: 7
PPE
The Left
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2022/2182(INI)
2023/05/02
AGRI
351 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) – having regard to the study requested by Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development entitled ‘The Future of the European Farming Model: Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU’, published by the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies in April 2022,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that the limited availability of and the cost of renting or buying land are major obstacles for young farmers, especially those not who do not come from a farming family;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Condemns land-grabs by corporate and muli-national entities in rural areas locking young people out of the agricultural sector and inhibiting generational renewal; Calls for Member States to introduce measures to improve land mobility and access to land for young farmers;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Points out that the Court of Justice of the European Union has been recognising in its rulings the specific nature of agricultural land as well as a set of public interests and objectives that can justify the establishment of land market regulation measures;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that a lack of banking history hinders access to finance for young farmers; calls on the Member States and the banking system to take account of these unique circumstances and provide support for young farmers in establishing a credit history and accessing finance.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that agricultural income remains below the average of the rest of the economy in almost all Member States as agricultural income in the EU equals 47% of the gross wages and salaries in the EU economy; 1a _________________ 1a Commission recommendations to Member States as regards their strategic plan for the CAP of 18 December 2020 (COM/2020/846 final)
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses that Commission and Member States must step up and join efforts to ensure a sustainable livelihood for farmers and young farmers, as it is not acceptable that those who produce our daily meals with diligence and love have to make do with starvation wages themselves;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Points out that retired farmers are not always in favour of transferring their land to the new generation due to low pensions, land rental income and direct payments;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that young farmers are
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that young farmers are two to three times more likely to have their loan applications rejected, namely due to being perceived as a risky investment and because of their lack of assets to put up as collateral, especially for small or family farms;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that young farmers are two to three times more likely to have their loan applications rejected, namely due to being perceived as a risky investment as a result of the main CAP regulation tools being dismantled, and because of their lack of assets to put up as collateral, especially for small farms;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, in 2016, the age structure at European level indicated that, for every farm manager aged up to 40, there were three farm managers aged over 65;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Points out that due to the revision of the Basel III framework it is becoming more challenging to obtain capital from banks to invest in farmland;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines that fears of retirement, primarily due to inadequate safety nets for pensioners, leads older farmers to use direct payments as a form of support in retirement and retain land;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Acknowledges the positive effect of CAP young’s farmers measures on the number of young farmers, in particular those located in more peripheral rural areas 1a; _________________ 1a SWD (2021) 78 final
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Highlights the positive contribution of LEADER projects and initiatives to social inclusion and to challenges faced by young people, notably when prioritising youth in selection criteria and in setting up youth local action groups;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and a strong sense of community belonging, which generates benefits for society as a whole; recognises that this view is not properly acknowledged by society;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and a strong sense of community belonging, which generates benefits for society as a whole that thus far are not sufficiently rewarded/compensated by society;
Amendment 117 #
9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and a strong sense of community belonging, which generates benefits for rural areas and society as a whole;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and a strong sense of
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasizes that more active EU initiatives are necessary to help shape a positive image of agriculture and its individual sectors in the eyes of the public, so that the farming profession regains public respect and becomes an attractive alternative for young people when choosing a future lifestyle
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas in 2016, for every farm manager under 40 in the EU there were three farm managers over 65;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Highlights the fact that agriculture can be an extremely diverse field, with a wide range of career opportunities available to those who are interested in entering this sector; these opportunities can include not only food production, cultivation and livestock rearing but also research into and the development of new agricultural technologies, natural resource management, education and vocational training, and other related activities;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Highlights the need to diversify young farmers’ income by encouraging farm multifunctionality, also through the instrument of direct sales;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Highlights the need to diversify young farmers’ income with the opportunities offered by multifunctionality and direct sales;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the need to promote the farming profession among new generations, particularly in educational establishments;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls for the CAP measures supporting the early retirement of farmers to be reintroduced so that farmers are guaranteed a dignified departure from the sector;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, imposition of quotas on young farmers availing of grant aid support, lack of recognition or engagement by national authorities on farming succession schemes, access to quality jobs, social isolation, lack of public transport, lack of planning for the future of our rural communities informed by rural people, difficulties in accessing affordable housing, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote and less developed rural regions that suffer from regional imbalance;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity,
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote and less developed rural regions, as well as mobbing, harsh criticism and lack of understanding by the non-agricultural society;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that some young people in some rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that young people in rural areas, particularly young women, experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote and less developed rural regions;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges that are absent in urban areas, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote and less developed rural regions;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote, mountainous and less developed rural regions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. notes that the digital skills gap between the rural and urban environments is leading to numerous social disadvantages, regional disparities in terms of living standards, and increased fraud and cybercrime; notes from the Eurostat 2021 statistics that only 20% of the population aged 16-74 living in rural areas have above-basic overall digital skills;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Welcomes the acceleration of digital transformation in the agricultural sector and rural areas; draws attention to the exclusion of small farms and the outermost regions from these developements, and points to the need to take measures to ensure that the digital transformation also benefits all farmers;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Regrets the contribution made by the CAP to farm concentration and intensification to the detriment of in particular young potential farmers, and calls on Member States to fully exhaust the available flexibilities in the context of their national strategic plans to reverse these trends.
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that this situation stems from the concentration of economic activities and populations, which has led to rural desertification and reduced public investment in those geographical areas;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Acknowledges the higher risk of depopulation, farm and land abandonment, soil erosion and biodiversity degradation in mountainous areas and calls for rapid action in generational renewal in this areas;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Regrets that the attractiveness of the agricultural sector is substandard as a result of persistent barriers, a lack of social acceptance and appreciation and insufficient income.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. insists on the need to find a balance between the heritage value and the economic value of the farm;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) Ag. Whereas generational renewal requires maintaining young people from agricultural backgrounds in this professional path but also encouraging newcomers to the sector ;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Underlines that insufficient convergence of external direct payments distorts competitive conditions and contributes to the rapid decline of farms in certain countries. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the Member States receiving the lowest direct payments reach the EU average by 2027
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. recalls that generational renewal cannot be achieved without attracting new people from outside agriculture and that it is therefore necessary to attract them from a very young age and to be able to advise and guide them towards the farming profession ;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Reaffirms the importance of the Union's fruit, vegetable and milk program in schools in order to help children eat healthy and at the same time introduce them to agricultural activities, especially urban children, thereby creating a positive image of agriculture; calls on the Member States to make full use of their allocations for these programs and to prioritize sustainable, local and quality production
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Notes that the low wages which farmers and stock breeders can pay, and which are sometimes below the poverty line, remain the main reason for the younger generation’s lack of interest in those occupations;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls for measures supporting young farmers in the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to be reinforced;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Stresses that those low wages mainly stem from selling agricultural products at prices below the cost of production, which must be tackled to reverse this trend;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. recalls that according to Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which deals with economic, social and territorial cohesion, priority must be given to rural areas; notes, however, that rural areas and their specific needs are not sufficiently valued when allocating Cohesion Fund funds, which significantly contribute to maintaining the vitality of regions; therefore calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of creating a separate fund that would provide exclusive support for projects in rural areas through the Cohesion Fund, with local authorities making the investment decision
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Recognises the complex and multi- layered nature of the generational renewal process, which is influenced by factors related to the private sphere of the farmer, the characteristics of the farm, the policy framework, the economic context and support measures and the wider social context, all of which should be acknowledged when designing policies ; stresses that when a young farmer is adequately supported, both financially and human, for setting up, the retention rate for young farmers is higher ;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Recognises the complex and multi- layered nature of the generational renewal process, which is influenced by factors
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Recognises the complex and multi- layered nature of the generational renewal process, which is influenced by factors related to the private sphere of the farmer, the characteristics of the farm, the policy framework, economic perspective (low profitability, labour market, access to finance) and support measures and the wider social context, all of which should be acknowledged when designing policies;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Recognises the complex and multi- layered nature of the generational renewal process, which is influenced by factors related to the private sphere of the farmer, such as the level of education and digital skills, the characteristics of the farm, the policy
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Recognises the complex and multi- layered nature of the generational renewal process, which is influenced by factors related to the private sphere of the farmer, the characteristics of the farm, the policy framework and support measures and the wider social context, all of which should be acknowledged when designing both EU and member states' policies;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Points out that the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme may facilitate generational renewal in agriculture by triggering the younger generation’s interest in farming and by enabling the acquisition of basic knowledge for agriculture through educational measures; calls on the Commission to emphasize the importance of educational measures in the upcoming Review of the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme; reminds that the scheme requires additional EU funding to increase the number of children involved and expenditures linked to educational activities.
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the need to promote a positive image of agriculture, highlight the wide variety of agricultural occupations, and point out that being a farmer today requires a range of skills not only in agronomy and the environment, but also in business, economics and management, among other business management skills;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the importance of encouraging young farmers to join associations such as agri-food cooperatives in order to enhance the economic, social and environmental sustainability of their farms through joint marketing, reduced production costs and measures to improve the value of their products, and emphasises that such associations also form a key way of involving women in agricultural activity;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to develop and implement measures to combat gender inequality; points out the importance of creating an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs in rural areas, including legal and policy aspects, to ensure better access to information, knowledge and skills, as well as to facilitate access to financial resources and thereby create more jobs in rural areas and contributes to generation renewal
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with their regions, where applicable, to develop coherent strategies to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent strategies to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies; calls on the Commission to promote the sharing of best practices between Member States in this regard, with a focus on increasing efficiency, simplification and accessibility when designing measures for young farmers;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent strategies adapted to the real needs of the agricultural sector to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies; calls on the Member States to consider giving incentives to people who transfer land that is taken over by young farmers;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to develop coherent and long-term strategies to promote generational change and to increase the attractiveness of the agricultural sector for young people, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as installation aid, financial support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, according to the study ‘The Future of the European Farming Model: Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU’, the total number of farms in the EU has fallen in recent years from about 15 million to 10 million, the level of the decrease being approximately 32%, with the decline in the total number of farms continuing, especially in relation to small farms;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent and long-term strategies to promote generational change and the attractiveness of the agricultural sector, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, such as installation aid, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop long term and coherent strategies to promote generational change and attractivity of agricultural sector, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, setting up support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent strategies to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as their national strategic plans, other financial support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States, when developing strategies to promote generational renewal, to take account of the specific needs and requirements of young farmers and new farmers, especially those who do not come from farming families, so as to encourage their active involvement and enable the development of sustainable and innovative agriculture;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses that long-term certainty, at least for the duration of an investment payback period, should be ensured throughout policies and the regulatory framework, to bring back trust and increase the attractiveness of the sector;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Highlights the opportunities brought by the new EU Talent Booster Mechanism, to support regions and their rural areas affected by the accelerated decline of their working age population to train, retain and attract the people, the skills and the competences needed to address the impact of the demographic change and boost their resilience and competitiveness
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to actively support farm overtakes by creating subsidy schemes and flexible legal interpretations for innovative ideas and concepts and creating broader tax exemptions for young farmers;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assess facilitating collaborative farming arrangements such as long leases, share farming, and partnerships to provide opportunities for young farmers;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States and Regions to make their generational renewal policy a lever of their national or regional agricultural projects;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the downward trend in the total number of farms, which may lead by 2040 to the loss of another 6.4 million farms, representing a 62% decrease on the numbers in 2016, is worrying;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for the CAP to allow Member States to intervene in various ways in the supply chain, such as by setting maximum intermediation margins for each actor in the supply chain, in order to promote the fair and appropriate distribution of added value across the food supply chain whenever a serious imbalance is found, and with a view to improving prices for producers;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on Member States to make full use of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability pursuant to article 16 REGULATION (EU) 2021/2115 with view to supporting young farmers in particular
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the European Commission to find funds outside the common agricultural policy to promote generational renewal in agriculture;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Stresses the need for Member States to be able to adopt the principle of national preference, by establishing and using a system of compulsory quotas for marketing national production, with imports supplementing national production, in those cases where a Member State is faced with a persistently high deficit in the agri-food balance;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Highlights that the development of short supply chains and regional food markets could play a central role in providing economic opportunities for rural population in agricultural production, agro-processing and retailing, which should become an investment priority for the current CAP period.
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Highlights the central role played by Community Led Local Development initiatives in keeping and restoring living and thriving local rural economies, and the need to keep a sufficient level of funding for LEADER; Calls on the Member states to make full use of LEADER's capacities;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Calls Member States to involve local residents and their communities more in developing solutions that promote generational renewal. Calls on the Commission, when preparing the new programming period, to consider the possibility of providing financing measures in the LEADER program that would encourage the renewal of generations on farms
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Calls on Member States to pay particular attention to the needs, challenges and potential of female farmers. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a communication on women in farming, analysing and advocating best practice in Member States and identifying gender specific obstacles to farm renewal.
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to provide
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to provide access, in their advisory services, to a farm succession facilitator that can provide guidance during farm transfers, namely on intergenerational dialogue, legal and taxation frameworks and financial support possibilities; Notes that this is crucial towards the transfer of knowledge, skills, labour, management, control and ownership of the farm business between one generation and the next or successor generation;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas almost all EU regions are experiencing a steady increase in average farm sizes and a concentration of production on fewer and larger farms; whereas the number of farms in EU-27 declined between 2013 and 2016 from about 15 to 10 million (-32%) with the strongest decline being among small farms 1a; _________________ 1a The Future of the European Farming Model: Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU, 2022
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to provide access, in their advisory services, to a farm succession facilitator that can provide guidance during farm transfers, namely on intergenerational dialogue, legal and taxation frameworks and financial support possibilities; in addition, calls on the Member States to ensure support for free or affordable cadastral services;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to provide access, in their advisory services, to a farm succession facilitator that can provide guidance during farm transfers, namely on intergenerational dialogue, legal and taxation frameworks
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that many young farmers face great difficulties accessing land, while some elderly farmers wish to retire but have no successor; a land mobility scheme, similar to those that are already successfully operated in some Member States and that enables the transfer of land from elderly farmers to a new generation of farmers through a confidential process, should be supported across all Member States.
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that generational renewal needs both younger and older generations and therefore intergenerational cooperation and dialogue must be fostered;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. invites the Member States to set up an installation pathway with advisers or support structures ;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that payments under the CAP are only received by farmers that are truly active;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services; considers that these innovative models of intergenerational collaboration can help to facilitate the transition to the next generation of farmers and improve access for young farmers to land and resources; by sharing land, equipment and knowledge, older farmers can continue to contribute to agricultural production and make use of their investments, while young farmers can learn and develop new skills and knowledge;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services; recalls the potential of the cooperation measures under the CAP Strategic Plans in this regard and regrets that only 5 Member States have made use of this possibility; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure an enabling administrative framework that facilitates the adoption of these innovative approaches;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share and tenant farming or land-
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas generational renewal is related to land abandonment and would require a joint strategic approach;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services, also with a view to encouraging the establishment of new farmers;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services, as well as transmission or pre-retirement schemes and trial periods;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming, including non-family generational renewal projects, or land-
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, non-family generational renewal projects, share farming or land- matching services;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Encourages the Member States to develop legal forms of share farming so that female farmers can enjoy real social status on a par with their husbands, and therefore decent prospects from their agricultural activities;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. stresses the positive role of a gradual installation and calls for the removal of existing legal obstacles in this respect ;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Encourages the Member States to develop collaboration between farms via cooperatives for the sharing of production and/or processing equipment in order to lessen the financial resources needed by young farmers;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and energy, on the quantity and quality of farmland available, on drivers of farmland abandonment and on prices and land concentration, differentiating land grabbing from assembling agricultural plots to form viable farm units, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas in this regard;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 b (new) – having regard to the Commission staff working document of 8 April 2021 entitled ‘Evaluation of the impact of the CAP on generational renewal, local development and jobs in rural areas’,
Amendment 20 #
Aa. A. whereas according to REGULATION (EU) 2021/2115 Member States should reserve at least an amount corresponding to 3 % of their annual direct payments envelope before any transfer for interventions targeting generational renewal.
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and energy, on the quantity and quality of farmland available, on the certainty of long-term usage, and on prices and land concentration, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas in this regard;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable, regional food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and energy, on the quantity and quality of farmland available and on prices and land concentration, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas, including the CAP, in this regard;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote a model based on the bioeconomy as a virtuous system that can contribute to farmers’ incomes; calls also for encouraging the eco-system services role of livestock farming, which can contribute to a virtuous carbon cycle;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Stresses that taking land out of sustainable agricultural production may significantly worsen an already highly inflated land market which will have major consequences for land mobility and access to land for young farmers;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Stresses that legislation on low- carbon agriculture can provide a positive incentive to ensure better remuneration for farmers, especially the youngest, through measures to sequestration and reduce emissions on farms;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 208 #
16. Calls on the
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibilit
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. Whereas the renewal of generations on farms is also a cornerstone of European strategic autonomy and food security;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, to
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, to improve the functioning of farmland markets and to eliminate the disparities in direct payments that contribute to the distortions of the EU single market;;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, in conjunction with the Member States and their regions, including through legislative instruments, to improve the functioning of farmland markets;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, to improve the functioning of farmland markets, to improve young farmers’ access to agricultural land;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, sharing of good practices, to improve the functioning of farmland markets;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to assess the regulation of land markets in the Member States and to assess their impact on the farms competitiveness ;
Amendment 218 #
17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate the sale, use and lease of agricultural land
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as pre-emptive rights in favour of young farmers
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as pre-emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity involving production of food, no net farmland loss, using tax breaks and long-term usage guarantee;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as pre-emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity; calls, furthermore, for the establishment of national plans aimed at facilitating land mobility;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as limiting the loss of farmlands, tax incentives, pre- emptive rights in favour of young farmers, long-term usage guarantees, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate markets in publicly owned agricultural land
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the European Commission to identify, together with the Member States, an opportunity to create financial advantages and facilitate the purchase of land for young people who commit themselves to investing and working in agriculture on a long-term basis, so that the sustainability of European support and the economic viability of young farmers’ farms can be ensured;
Amendment 229 #
17a. Welcomes that the Commission has acknowledged the need to regulate agricultural land markets. 3xCalls upon the Commission to examine the potential for a Directive on Access to Agricultural Land, setting out minimum standard to combat land concentration and land grabbing. _________________ 3x https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5201 7XC1018(01)&from=E
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. Whereas an increasing regulatory burden also impacts on farmers' predictability and willingness to commit to a farm;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Member States to recognise the importance of young farmers in rural development actions within the national strategic plans;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Member States to launch a survey of public land suitable for cultivation, with allocation priority given to young farmers;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls on the Commission to identify funds for the establishment of a network of economic, legal and financial advice provided free to young farmers, for the development and implementation of viable and competitive projects, in view of the lack of experience of young farmers and the need for guidance to avert any risk of withdrawal from agriculture due to failure to access the market;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17c. Calls on the Member States to identify financial and technical support for young farmers, with facilitation of access to loans or the provision of a form of social protection during the transition to financial independence; calls on the Member States to adopt a holistic approach and promote intergenerational exchange in a consistent and coordinated manner, so that young farmers have the opportunity to play their important role in ensuring food security and contributing to the sustainable development of rural communities;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining, and reporting to the Commission, up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, communicating about land sales and monitoring land concentration
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, communicating about land sales and rental prices and monitoring land concentration;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, communicating about land sales and monitoring land transmission and land concentration;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, communicating about land sales and
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Member States to design attractive long-term lease construction possibilities to increase the long-term availability of farmland for young farmers, as this also has the potential to improve soil health conditions due to the increased feeling of ownership of the farmer;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas farms run by managers of 40 years old or younger have the lowest income on average at EU level and that farms run by women have lower incomes in comparison with men 1a; _________________ 1a EU Farm economics overview, 2021
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as changes in farmland use, and to ensure greater transparency of agricultural land transactions in the EU;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, making the best use of all existing data collection tools, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as changes in farmland use;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor and share, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as market regulation measures and changes in farmland use;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, concentration as well as changes in farmland use;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes; to this end, calls on the Member States to use financial mobility programmes to facilitate the intergenerational transfer of land and stimulate the availability of agricultural land for young farmers;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes, and to promote, through tax measures, the funding of associations which purchase land and rent it to farmers;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes during transition periods to ensure access to farmland for active farmers;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas in 2020 slightly more than two thirds (68.4%) of farm managers in the EU’s 9.1 million holdings were male;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes; and for the EU to enhance support to young farmers;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes if needed by young farmers;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Encourages the Member States and the European Union to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Underlines that the valorisation of farmers within the agri-food value chain is a sine qua non condition for the creation of sufficient income for the agricultural world ; calls on the Commission for further analysis of Member States’ implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair commercial practices in business-to- business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain ; encourages Member States to ensure greater protection of farmers by ensuring effective and dissuasive sanctions against unfair practices within the agri-food value chain ;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Emphasizes that purchase of farms is often an unbearable burden for young farmers. Invites the Commission and the Member States to create a support system in such cases, which would include support for the first loan instalment and lower interest rates for loans guaranteed by the state
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Highlights that land lease is a viable alternative to gain access to land, locking fewer resources; calls on Member states to adopt policies to promote long- term land leasing, such as tax exemptions, providing security of tenure and time to invest
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses the many challenges faced by women in agriculture and the need for support structures to prioritise women in agriculture such as financial aid and discussion groups.
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. notes that an effective sustainable public transport system is one of the necessary conditions for regional economic development, territorial cohesion and the development of regional potential. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the necessary funding for the development and maintenance of transport links, as this could encourage the older generation to stay longer in agriculture and attract young people from regional centres to work in rural areas
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Invites Member States to build effective insurance systems adapted to the specificities of the agricultural sector in order to support farmers in the face of natural disasters ; believes that such mechanisms will provide greater financial and legal certainty for farmers, facilitating the setting up of young farmers ;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that public support is fundamental in addressing the financing problems affecting young farmers, in particular for
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. A. Whereas the farming profession is dominated by men, and holdings are mostly managed by men (72%). Countries with the highest share of women as farm managers are Latvia and Lithuania 1a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2019/608868/IPOL_STU(20 19)608868_EN.pdf
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that public support is fundamental in addressing the financing problems affecting young farmers, in particular for women and small farms; underlines the need to support young farmers in accessing
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that public support is fundamental in addressing the financing problems affecting young farmers, in particular for women and small farms; considers that accessing land through tenancy agreements is also a way of ensuring that young farmers enjoy long- term security; underlines the need to support young farmers in accessing information on financing opportunities and the development of business plans;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that public support is fundamental in addressing the financing problems affecting young farmers, in particular for women and small farms; underlines the need to support young farmers in accessing information on financing opportunities and the development of business plans, and to offer them free specialist advice to this end;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that public support is fundamental in addressing the financing problems affecting young farmers, in particular for women and small farms; underlines the need to support young farmers in accessing information on financing opportunities and the development of business plans as well as getting access to guarantees and risk sharing loans;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Stresses that the limited ability of banks to offer long-term mortgage loans is a factor that severely penalises young farms, and therefore calls for public support in the form of bank guarantees and measures to encourage credit lines;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills and digital and sustainable farming methods
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills and digital and sustainable farming methods, in particular for new entrants; and to make full use of the options provided under the CAP to provide additional support to young farmers;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills, diversification possibilities and digital and sustainable farming methods, in particular for new entrants;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas young farmers had higher levels of educational attainment in terms of full agricultural training (21.4 % vs 3.6 % for over 65 year olds) and had followed up-to-date professional training courses including those on new and innovative farming practices1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Farmers_and_t he_agricultural_labour_force_- _statistics#Young_farmers_remain_scarc e:_female_farmers_a_continuing_minorit y_but_share_increasing
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Recognises that many farms are in need of modernisation and investment in technology to reduce manual work, improve quality of life for farmers and address environmental challenges; investment in this regard should be supported to make a career in agriculture more appealing to young people.
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that the generational renewal in agriculture is a demographic challenge that also relies on the ability of the CAP to define and promote active farmers, to target several supports towards them and to control the expansion of farms.
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls also on the Member States to consider preferential tax treatment for new farms resulting from generational renewal, which will help to ensure the economic profitability vital for their survival;
Amendment 273 #
22a. Calls on the European Commission to launch a European-wide information campaign aimed at improving the image of farmers and the agricultural sector, particularly targeted at younger generations;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the Commission to promote the image of the sector by carrying out communication campaigns to encourage young people to turn to the agricultural professions ;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that without ensuring farm succession many regions of the EU will lose one of their main assets, a cultivated small-structured cultural landscape;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Encourages the Member States to design mechanisms to facilitate the transition to retirement in order to transfer farms in good conditions ;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on Member States to simplify and cut red tape in the rules for setting up new farms;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Invites all stakeholders from the value chains to make generational renewal in agriculture a strategic priority by offering adequate incentives, complementary to public supports
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Insists on initial and continuing lifelong learning and supports that Member States put in place systems of support for setting up, subject to a minimum level of diploma training with a view to improving skills and qualifications in order to exploit, inter alia, the opportunities offered by new technologies, new genomic editing techniques and precision agriculture; calls on the Member States, in particular in the context of school programs, to transmit a greater knowledge of agricultural-related occupations and, more generally, to ensure a better understanding of the reality of the agricultural world ;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas 72.3% of farm managers in the EU in 2020 had only practical experience, while barely 10.2% had full agricultural training and the remaining 17.5% only basic agricultural training;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Stresses that decent and attractive income and living conditions for young farmers depend, inter alia, on a better share of value within agri-food chains, ethical marketing prices and long-term contracts
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Encourages young farmers to make the most of the opportunities offered by the available networking initiatives; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure inclusive access and participation in rural areas, especially by financing and promoting network creation initiatives;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Encourages young farmers to make the most of the opportunities offered by the available networking initiatives; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with the involvement of regional and local authorities, to ensure inclusive access and participation in rural areas;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Encourages young farmers to make the most of the opportunities offered by the available networking initiatives; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Underlines the importance of specialised advisory services for young farmers providing advice and guidance tailored to their needs, opportunities and potential.
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Insists that young
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Insists that young people must be involved and given the ability to participate in political life and decision-making processes, including by supporting and promoting young farmers organisations at local, regional, national and EU level, to ensure that their specific needs are accounted for and that policies provide effective support for their development;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Insists that young people must be involved and given the ability to participate actively in political life and decision- making processes to ensure that their specific needs are accounted for and that policies provide effective support for their development and hence the development and modernisation of the entire agricultural sector;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to provide sufficient resources and guidance to encourage education at primary school on agricultural topics and to incentivise primary and secondary schools to go on farm visits, as it brings children and young people into contact with the agricultural sector in the region from an early age and further reduces the gap between citizen and farmer; Emphasizes that it is important that farmers receive a fair share of these resources for organising these visits and thus taking up a societal function; Firmly believes that this will bring young people more in touch with the sector and, in the long term, can contribute to greater interest among young people for the agricultural sector;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas agricultural land has some unique characteristics: its area and location are fixed, but its fertility can be improved or reduced by the practices of farmers, and it underpins various sets of rights held by a range of individual or public beneficiaries;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Stresses that peer learning through discussion groups play an important part in knowledge transfer, particularly with regard to young farmers, and should be funded accordingly.
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop training schools on accountability and public engagement, based on the example of management schools ;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. insist on the necessity to ensure the representativeness of young farmers through trade unions and organisations ;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Highlights that the young farmers of today and tomorrow will be the most affected by the impacts of climate change and by the loss of biodiversity, but that they a
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Highlights that the young farmers of today and tomorrow will be the most affected by the impacts of climate change and by the loss of biodiversity, but that they are also better equipped to seize the opportunities presented by the green and digital transitions; reiterates the importance of adapting agricultural policies to support young farmers in becoming key actors in combatting climate change over time and in promoting agricultural practices; to this end, calls on the European Commission to identify ways of encouraging young people to use alternative agricultural methods and participate in training, research and innovation programmes, in order to improve knowledge and skills in the field of sustainable agriculture;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Highlights that the young farmers of today and tomorrow will be the most affected by the impacts of climate change and by the loss of biodiversity, but that they are also better equipped to seize the opportunities presented by the green and digital transitions and to become key players in those transitions;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Highlights that the young farmers of today and tomorrow will be the most affected by the impacts of climate change and by the loss of biodiversity, but that they are also better equipped to seize the opportunities presented by and contribute to the green and
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Stresses the many challenges that young farmers face in the transition to a more sustainable agricultural model and the need for continuous investment and education to support young farmers in meeting these sustainable targets.
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing policies and funding instruments
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 a (new) – having regard to "The challenge of land abandonment after 2020 and options for mitigating measures" report, published by the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies, 2020;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the common agricultural policy has an impact on the phenomenon of land concentration, given that the lack of a mandatory cap means that aid paid in proportion to the number of hectares encourages the expansion of farms;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing policies and funding instruments; calls on the Commission to set up a “young farmers” test in all new policies and in particular in the context of impact assessments to analyse and predict the consequences of these policies on the dynamics of setting up on the basis of the model of the SMEs test or the Rural proofing test, this test could include criteria like by example : - the average income of young farmers; - an index relating to the entrepreneurial confidence of young farmers; - young farmer's access to agricultural land; - the mental well-being of young farmers; - the debt ratio of young farmers;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing policies and funding instruments, particularly by incorporating the young farmers dimension into all stages of the policy development process, from identifying their specific needs to assessing the impact of policies and monitoring their implementation;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing policies and funding instruments, other than the CAP;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that corporate entities such as investment funds do not compete with young farmers for land, as such unfair competition and trading practices has a major impact on the viability of young and new entrant farmers; calls therefore on Member States with a poor track record in this regard to commit to achieving meaningful generational renewal and supporting young farmers to access land;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Welcomes the importance Member States attached to the challenge of promoting generational renewal in farming in the process of drafting the national strategic plans, demonstrated by the vast majority of MS allocating more than the minimum required amount to support for young farmers2a; _________________ 2a "Approved 28 CAP Strategic Plans (2023-2027). SUmmary overview for 27 Member States. Facts and figures", published by the European Commission, April, 2023
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission to include in reporting to the Council and the Parliament the young farmer check and its result for each relevant policy or legislative instrument; calls on the Commission to evaluate existing policies in light of the young farmer check where relevant;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls, in particular, for support for young farmers’ innovative business ideas stemming not only from traditional primary production itself but also from processing and marketing activities and the upstream and downstream operations of primary production;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Recommends for Member States to encourage the procurement of agri-food goods from local young farmers, promoting the inclusion of young farmers in the development of short supply chains.
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on Member States to set up a one-stop shop system to facilitate administrative procedures in the most appropriate territorial area ;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Insists that generational renewal remain a high priority in the future programming period
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Insists that generational renewal remain a high priority in the future programming period in order to receive increased support; highlights the need for a holistic approach covering challenges in relation to the provision of financing, the improvement of market access, the development of skills and innovation in agriculture;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Insists that generational renewal must remain a high priority in the future programming period
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Encourages politicians, schools, media, farmers, local associations, to work together in promoting a positive image of farming and rural areas and to communicate on the farmer’s role in food production and environmental services;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Stresses the importance of providing tailored advisory services, in particular to support young farmers and new entrants, prior to their installation and in the following years; highlights the potential of diversifying the models of advice to better address farmers diversity (e.g. peer-to-peer learning, mentoring schemes);
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27d. Highlights the importance of integrating in the training schemes for new entrants and young farmers, in addition to the technical, business and digital contents, also contents on soft skills, communication, leadership, mental health and well-being, among others;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 e (new) 27e. Considers that diverse options of facilitating the farm transmission process should be fostered in public policies at European and national level, such as existing farms acting as incubators for start-up businesses or new models of business allowing progressive transfer of land and assets between a farmer and his/her successors
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Considers that young farmers
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Considers that young farmers and new entrants should be able to develop their businesses progressively and therefore recommends that the current time limit placed on access support in the common agricultural policy be reviewed in order to ensure continuity;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas farming remains a predominantly family activity as in 2020 almost nine in ten (86.1%) people who worked regularly in agriculture in the EU were the sole holder (farmer) or members of his/her family;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Stresses the need to ensure a minimum income for farmers affected by extreme weather events, other natural or man-made disasters, including forest fires, diseases and pests, and calls for the introduction of a public form of agricultural insurance, funded from the EU budget, which provides a minimum level of protection for all farmers in all Member States, as a key way of attracting young farmers;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines the role of cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines the role of young farmer’s organisations, cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers to installation, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue; calls for the gender-balanced representation of young farmers’ in their governance bodies to be ensured;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Underlines the role of cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue; calls for the gender-balanced representation of young farmers’ in their governance bodies to be ensured; calls for particular attention to be paid to the role of women in the development of agriculture;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. draws attention to the fact that there is an increasing need for highly qualified young professionals in the regions and that it is important to take all necessary measures to encourage young people to study agricultural professions, as well as to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from older people to the younger generation;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Urges member states to initiate and implement programs that will help attract students to agricultural specialties in higher, advanced and other educational institutions, in order to increase the number of students choosing agricultural specialties;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Underlines the impact of digital technologies on young farmers' activities, and that a strong political commitment is required at all levels of policy implementation to ensure connectivity and digital inclusion; highlights the need to support young farmers in adapting to digital technologies in the agricultural sector, precision agriculture, data collection and analysis systems, smart irrigation systems and crop monitoring mechanisms;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Underlines the impact of digital technologies on young farmers' activities, and that a strong political commitment is required at all levels of policy implementation to ensure connectivity and digital inclusion; points out, in this respect, that many remote rural regions still have no access to high-speed broadband, which is preventing the use of advanced digital technologies;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Underlines the impact and potential of digital technologies
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Points out that advisory service as well as training and education are important prerequisites and accompanying measures necessary to prepare and support young farmers in successfully managing their holdings by being able to respond optimally to present and future challenges and opportunities;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas land concentration and fewer farms lead to a loss of biodiversity due to the simplification of crop rotations, enlargement of fields, less emphasis on product quality and increased use of pesticides;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Stresses the need to ensure the development of skills in agricultural jobs, which will enable farmers to better understand their installation project, to anticipate future production conditions and expectations of consumers and customers through the search for environmental and economic performance;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Highlights the importance of reliable internet access for young farmers quality of life in rural areas, namely to overcome social isolation, access education and training opportunities, as well as for service provision;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Insists on the need to ensure adequate working and living conditions and social protection for young farm
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Insists on the need to ensure adequate working and living conditions and social protection for
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Insists on the need to ensure adequate working and living conditions and social protection for young farm
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Insists on the need to ensure
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Stresses that small and medium- sized farms and family-based agriculture are the only way of achieving a sustainable and high-quality production model capable of ensuring social and territorial cohesion, and that the Member States should establish non- discriminatory criteria for the distribution of redistributive support and should set a cap on economic size above which farms will not be entitled to redistributive payments;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. calls for EU programs to focus on projects that promote and strengthen the preservation of existing jobs in the agricultural sector and the creation of quality jobs that guarantee rights and stable and regulated wages and working conditions, as well as effectively and intensively combating poverty and social exclusion in rural areas
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Calls on the Member States to encourage jointly run farms which offer more flexibility in the organisation between private and professional life, and in particular for livestock farming ;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 b (new) 31b. Calls on the Member States to develop systems for the replacement of farmers or any farming employees, in the event of illness, accident or, in order to ensure a better balance between working and private life for farmers;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. Whereas access to land, financing for setting up and farm income are major challenges for attracting young farmers in all Member States ; considering farm income remains below the average for other professions in almost all EU Member States ;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely better mobility, access to better education, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity; welcomes the increasing number of agricultural students participating to the Erasmus+ programme and calls on the Member States to further encourage exchanges between European agricultural schools to promote the mobility of future farmers within the EU;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely sustainable livelihood through adequate income, better mobility, access to better education, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate and flexible living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely better mobility, access to better education, career opportunities, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Highlights that in agriculture, continuous professional development needs to be implemented and a qualification status equivalent to other professions needs to be recognised to give young farmers a professional status equal to their peers in other industries.
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to regulate the setting of prices for the purchase of farmers’ and stock breeders’ production, which should no longer be based on the profit that processors and distributors want to make at the expense of producers, but rather on the production costs to ensure a fair income for producers;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Insists that the standing of agriculture and the important role it plays in food security, environmental sustainability and the rural economy as a whole needs to be fully appreciated and promoted in order to attract new people to the industry.
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 c (new) 32c. Points out that the products of European farmers are competing against products from foreign countries, which do not comply with the Europeans standards imposed on European producers, particularly those adopted to protect the environment and consumer health; stresses that a standard imposed exclusively on European producers gives an advantage to those producers who do not have to comply with that standard;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 d (new) 32d. Calls on the Commission to end this unfair competition by banning foreign products that do not comply with the environmental standards imposed on European farmers;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 e (new) 32e. Points out that increasing the consumption of local products would benefit not only European farmers and stock breeders, but also the environment, due to the carbon footprint being lower than that of imported foreign products;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. Whereas the import of agricultural products of a lower standard than those produced in Europe is also an obstacle to the ability to obtain fair prices and returns on the market ; whereas this could constitutes a brake on setting up ;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 f (new) 32f. Calls on the Commission to encourage, within those Member States willing to adopt this approach, consumption of local agricultural and stock breeding products in the context of public procurement;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 g (new) 32g. Points out that insufficient compensation for the damage caused by attacks by large carnivores on herds is also a barrier to the emergence of a new generation of farmers; calls for this compensation to be increased, particularly by taking into account the stress caused to other cattle by such attacks, which can have a negative impact on their well- being;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas remoteness is an important element of difficulty in rural areas, involving relevant aspects of life, therefore mountainous areas are in dire need for a coherent process of generational renewal in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas on average, organic farms are run by younger farmers, and in most countries, farms fully converted to organic farming or under conversion attract younger farm managers compared to conventional farms 2a _________________ 2a https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/system/fil es/2023-04/agri-market-brief-20-organic- farming-eu_en.pdf
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. Whereas some sectors are more concerned than others about generational renewal, particularly livestock ;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that generational renewal in agriculture is key for the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) – having regard to the Commission's recommendations to Member States as regards their strategic plan for the CAP of 18 December 2020 (COM/2020/846 final)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that generational renewal is key for the future social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that generational renewal is key for the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural and sparsely populated areas, and for EU food autonomy,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that generational renewal and intergenerational continuity is key for the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy, as well as for the future of agriculture and the traditional family farming model;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that generational renewal is key for the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) Notes that there were approximately 9.1 million farms in the EU in 2020, 5.3 million fewer farms than in 2005, equating to a decline of approximately 37%; notes that, by comparison with 2005, the decreases in the number of some types of farms have been much more pronounced than those in others, such that, within the stated interval, the number of mixed farms has decreased by approximately 2.6 million, the number of farms specialising in livestock farming has reduced by approximately 1.6 million, and the number of farms specialising in crops by about 0.9 million;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the structural importance of European, national and regional incentives to bring young people into agriculture, together with fair and decent compensation for farmers retiring from the profession;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the presence of young and new farmers ensures the preservation of rural areas and biodiversity;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, while part of a larger trend of demographic decline, is a general EU concern for the sector; recent studies of the subject indicate that farm households’ decisions are no longer exclusively shaped by, or focused on, agricultural and other land management activities, but are placed within a multitude of socio-economic, environmental and political factors; in this connection, the main drivers of the demographic decline in agriculture identified include: the socio-economic context (urbanisation, crises, conflicts, climate change), new agricultural practices (usually generated by technological progress, frequent changes in demand and supply, market and production risks) and the difficulty of the process of accessing European resources made available through the CAP or other EU policies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, while part of a larger trend of demographic decline, is a general EU concern for the sector and should be tackled with financial tools from outside the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) – having regard to the Commission communication of 13 January 2023 entitled ‘Harnessing Talent in Europe's Regions’ (COM(2023)0032),
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, while part of a larger trend of demographic decline, is a general EU concern for the sector, affecting particularly remote rural areas; ;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, while part of a larger trend of demographic decline, is a general EU concern for the sector
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, whi
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that young farmers play a vital role in the sustainable development of agriculture; expresses concern over the fact that food security cannot be fully ensured without ensuring generational change; supports the need for young people to be co-interested in activities in rural areas and stimulated to become involved in agricultural activities;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Draws attention to the fact that the decrease in the number of young people who choose to become involved in agriculture may lead to a loss of knowledge and experience, a decrease in the level of research and innovation in agriculture and a reduction in investment in technological progress, which could have an adverse impact on the development of the agricultural sector, with direct effects on the decline of this sector;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses not only the extent and importance of agriculture in the socio- economic development of the outermost regions, but also the constraints that the sector faces in those regions, due to their particular geographical, climate and soil conditions; notes, as a result, that those permanent difficulties reduce the attractiveness of the sector to new generations in those regions;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that the “generational renewal challenge” is particularly acute in those Member States that combine a lower than average share of young farmers with a higher than average share of farmers above retirement age, notably Ireland, Sweden, many countries in Southern Europe, and some in Eastern Europe;1a _________________ 1a European Commission, 'Commission Staff Working Document: Drivers of food security', 2023
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are more likely to introduce innovative, successful business ideas and more flexibility, and implement sustainable farming practices; considers that young people can make a strong contribution to the development of innovative agricultural models and the creation of shorter food chains by marketing local products and promoting organic farming and traditional products;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are more likely to i
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) – having regard to the UN Youth Declaration , adopted by the UN DPI/NGO Conference on 22 - 23 August 2018,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are more likely to introduce innovative business ideas and implement
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are more likely to introduce innovative business ideas and implement sustainable farming practices such as agro- ecology and organic farming;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are more likely to introduce innovative business ideas and implement more modern and highly sustainable farming practices;
Amendment 63 #
3. Highlights that young farmers
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that supporting generational renewal in agriculture is an objective of the 2023-2027 common agricultural policy, underlining that the supports have been upgraded compared to the previous CAP;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that supporting generational renewal in agriculture is
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that supporting generational renewal in agriculture is an objective of the 2023-2027 common agricultural policy, although this is not enough;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that supporting generational renewal in agriculture is an objective of the 2023-2027 common agricultural policy, but that aid per hectare remains the most common type of subsidy, which leads to public support being capitalised in the price of land or farms;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector; points out that the Farm to Fork Strategy stresses that farmers – and thus also young farmers - still lag behind in terms of income and therefore ensuring a sustainable livelihood for them is essential for the success of the strategy’s implementation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in 2020, a majority (57.6 %) of farm managers (all genders) were at least 55 years of age and approximately only 10 % of farm managers were under 40 years old of which nearly half are between 35 and 39 years old meaning that these farmers are concentrated in the last age group to be considered as a young farmer;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income, a full process of flattening the value of CAP entitlements across the EU and quality of life for farmers and their families
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families, including consistent and equally distributed EU direct support, is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families, together with a good image of farmers among society, is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families, with access to infrastructure and the necessary resources, is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a sufficiently stable, fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector, and that deregulation of the CAP since the early 1990s has increased the volatility of prices paid to farmers and therefore the risks associated with their activities;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. 6. Recalls that although the number of new entrants from outside the agricultural sector is growing, intra- family succession is still the dominant form of entry into farming;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. draws attention to the lack of successors to many farms, underlining the fact that farm demographics can heighten the risks of concentration in land use;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasizes that due to the generally formed negative image of agriculture as a possible speciality and way of life, young people avoid connecting their future with this sector
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in 2020, a majority (57.6 %) of farm managers (all genders) were at least 55 years of age and approximately only 10 % of farm managers were under 40 years old;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that this is resulting in the young people of Europe showing less interest in occupations associated with agriculture and stock breeding;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that young farmers are better prepared for new technologies, in particular digitisation, precision farming and new genomic techniques;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that this financial insecurity is in addition to the administrative insecurity caused by the constant adoption of new regulations, which keep changing how European farmers and stock breeders can organise their activities;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Stresses the need for predictability and continuity in public policies and CAP support;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Stresses that excessive bureaucracy and delays in approving applications for European funding for agricultural projects are not contributing to the sector’s attractiveness;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Highlights that an excessive tax burden reduces the sector’s attractiveness and that, in many Member States, social security payments which have to be made by young farmers have caused additional difficulties, which new entrants struggle to overcome;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Considers the reduction of production costs as an incentive for young people to enter the agricultural sector, particularly in island and remote regions; calls for constant investment in infrastructure supporting the sector, such as the infrastructure needed to quickly supply water, in agricultural roads to ensure accessibility, and in the electrification of farms, the modernisation of the public slaughter network, a policy ensuring regular and accessible air and maritime transport, and access to high- speed broadband;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; in addition to the aforementioned barriers, it is also important to underline that access to resources such as water, energy, seeds and agricultural inputs, as well as agricultural infrastructure and support services, can be other major obstacles for young farmers and new farmers; it is therefore essential to take these barriers into consideration and develop solutions and policies to encourage the involvement of young people and new farmers in the agricultural sector, and to ensure an environment favourable to its sustainable development; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; notes that this circumstance, coupled with increasing and at the same time rivalling social demands and the sad fact that farmers hardly get recognition, often even rejection, for their work, means that many young people doubt whether they want or can take over their family's farm; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in 2020, a majority (57.6 %) of farm managers (all genders) were at least 55 years of age and approximately only 10 % of farm managers were under 40 years old; whereas a relatively high proportion of farmers have 65 years of age or more in many Member States;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability of agricultural activity in general, administrative requirements and the public image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability, lack of own capital and access to credit, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability, climate change, overtransposition, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that access to credit and the lack of capital, seasonal labour and technical support are regarded as obstacles, in some Member States, to the participation of young people in agriculture;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasizes that the attractiveness of the agricultural sector is strongly insufficient as a result of high entry thresholds, a lack of societal appreciation and insufficient income;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Emphasizes that identified thresholds should be eliminated and that the policy framework should provide long- term certainty to young farmers, in relation to the long-term investments made, to increase the attractiveness of the agricultural sector;
Amendment 98 #
6b. Notes that, when young farmers are starting out, excessive bureaucracy in obtaining public aid is identified as a major obstacle;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the inconsistency that often exists between the takeover value of a farm and the actual profitability of the farm being sold.
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