1. Seminar CEJA – 20 th September 2010 Michael Gregory EN RD Contact Point State of play of CAP measure “Setting up of Young Farmers” in the European Union

2. Measure 112 - Setting up of young farmers Measure 112 rationale: Against the context of an ageing agricultural labour force, the future of the farmers’ profession must be ensured. Young farmers can bring new skills and energy, and a more professional management to the farming sector. Consequently, a high level of young farmers will lead to increased adaptability in the face of new challenges, higher labour productivity and thus to enhanced competitiveness.

3. Measure 112 - Setting up of young farmers Young farmers under 40 years of age setting up for the first time on an agricultural holding as head of the holding Target group: The content to the setting of young farmers includes support to: 1.facilitate their initial establishment 2.the structural adjustment of their holding afterwards

4. Programmed Total Public expenditure for CAP “Pillar 2” for the period 2007-13 (EU 27) and break down per Axis and per Measure 112 Source: European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development

5.  For the period 2007-2013 €5 billion total public expenditure has been programmed for Measure 112, out of which €2.89 billion is the EAFRD contribution and €2.11 billion the National/Regional contribution.  Measure 112 has been included in the RDPs of 24 Member States (not selected by Malta, Netherlands and Slovakia).  The highest total public expenditure programmed for measure 112 by a Member state is €1.6 billion for France, while the lowest total public expenditure programmed is €4.8 million for Germany. Overview of Measure:

6. Source: European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development Annual cumulative realised Total Public expenditure (%) on Axis 1 & Measure 112 in 2007,2008 and 2009 (EU 27)

7. Annual realized Total Public Expenditure per Member State on Measure 112 in 2007, 2008 and 2009 Source: European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development

8. Classification of MS according to level of expenditure on Measure 112 (Total Public expenditure realised 2007-2009 as proportion of total programmed)

9. Member States by highest and lowest Total Public expenditure realized for Measure 112 until 2009 Member States, with more than 70% of their programmed budget utilised by 2009:  Denmark (92%)  Hungary (81%)  Lithuania (71%)  Ireland (71%) Member States, with less than 10% of their programmed budget utilised by 2009:  Italy (8%)  Finland (7%)  Portugal (2%)  Romania (2%)  Cyprus (0%)  Greece (0%)  United Kingdom (0%)

10. Total public expenditure on Measure 112 realized in the regional RDPs of Italy and Spain (2009) In Italy, 8.1% of the programmed total Public expenditure for the Measure 112 had been realised by 2009  Highest implementation rate was in Bolzano (64.5%)  8 regional RDPs had implementation rates varying between 10% to 50%  12 regional RDPs had realized less than 10% or had not yet started implementing the measure  Highest implementation rate was in Navarra (72.4%)  10 regional RDPs had implementation rates varying between 10% and 40%  6 regional RDPs had realised less than 10% of the programmed expenditure or had not yet started implementing the measure At National level, Spain had realized 15.4% of the programmed total public expenditure for Measure 112 by 2009

11. Number of young farmers supported under Measure 112 * by Member State in 2007 and 2008 Source: European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development * Note: Output indicators - number of young farmers supported not yet available from all MS

12. Source: European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development Classification of Member States implementing Measure 112 by number of young farmers supported (2007 & 2008) FR AT HU PL ES IT BG DE EE FI BE CZ IE LT SE SI

13. Gender distribution (%) of supported young farmers by MS (2007 and 2008) Source: European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development

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