Dacian CioloČ™ Member of the European Commission Responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development For an active policy at EU level to support young farmers Conference “Sowing the Seeds to Harvest in Future: Supporting Young People into Farming” organised by the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) Brussels, 12 April 2012
The new EU organic regulation, to be implemented in 2022, promises new opportunities especially for young farmers to regain control and knowledge of local conservation, breeding, sustainable use and marketing of seeds fit for organic production. As part of the team that negotiated the new EU organic regulation, ARC2020 President Hannes Lorenzen is curious about how the new less restrictive conditions for organic seed production and marketing will impact breeders and farmers. He spoke to an organic plant breeder and a young farmer about their ideas on the future of seeds. […]
Some countries in Europe do a better job at bringing younger people into farming. So what techniques work  – and don’t work – in an aging industry? With Hans Wetzels. […]
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