Financial support for young farmers (generational shift)

THE CONTEXT
Young people are usually moving to cities and this is bad for the demographic overview – rural regions are without young workforce, only old people are staying in rural areas. In consequence there are problems with abandoned farms and unworked lands.
Owners don’t have successors for the farms. Another problem is the poor education regarding the management of the farms.
With this support they are improving the age and educational structure of farm holders, accelerate structural and organisational changes of farms and ensure better social position of older farm holders.
OBJECTIVES:
- Increasing the number of young farmers who start an agricultural activity for the first time as heads/managers of farms, being encouraged to become competitive, to associate, to participate in integrated food chains;
- Improving management, increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector and supporting the process of modernization through the generational shift;
- Creating the possibility for young resident farmers, with a minimum of basic knowledge, to be installed as heads/managers of the agricultural holding;
- Encouraging young people and families in rural areas to settle in rural areas.
BENEFICIARIES:
- Young farmers installed as the sole head of the agricultural holding;
- Legal entities which is set up with other young farmers and which exercises effective long-term control over decisions on management, benefits and financial risks on that holding.