State of play of CAP measure Setting up of Young Farmers in the European Union Michael Gregory EN RD Contact Point Seminar CEJA 20 th September 2010
Measure 112 rationale: Measure 112 - Setting up of young farmers 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.
Measure 112 - Setting up of young farmers The content to the setting of young farmers includes support to: 1. facilitate their initial establishment 2. the structural adjustment of their holding afterwards Target group: Young farmers under 40 years of age setting up for the first time on an agricultural holding as head of the holding
Programmed Total Public expenditure for CAP Pillar 2 for the period 2007-13 (EU 27) and break down per Axis and per Measure 112 12% 6% 2% 1% 30% 33% 3% 46% Axis2 Axis 3 LEADER Technical Assistance Complimentary direct payments Axis 1 measure 112 Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Overview of Measure: 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.
25% Annual cumulative realised Total Public expenditure (%) on Axis 1 & Measure 112 in 2007,2008 and 2009 (EU 27) 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2007 2008 2009 Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development
180 Annual realized Total Public Expenditure per Member State on Measure 112 in 2007, 2008 and 2009 160 140 120 million EURO 100 80 60 40 20 0 AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK 2007 2008 2009 Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Classification of MS according to level of expenditure on Measure 112 (Total Public expenditure realised 2007-2009 as proportion of total programmed) 10 MS between 20%-70% 4 MS above 70% 3 MS between 10-20% 7 MS below 10% Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development
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%)
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 At National level, Spain had realized 15.4% of the programmed total public expenditure for Measure 112 by 2009 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
Number of young farmers supported under Measure 112 * by Member State in 2007 and 2008 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK * Note: Output indicators - number of young farmers supported not yet available from all MS Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Classification of Member States implementing Measure 112 by number of young farmers supported (2007 & 2008) 7 6 number of Member States 5 4 3 2 1 BG DE EE FI BE CZ IE LT SE SI ES IT AT HU PL FR 0 up to 100 100 to 500 500 to 1000 1000 to 3500 over 7000 number of young farmers supported Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development
AT BE BG CZ DE EE ES FI FR HU IE IT LT PL SE SI Gender distribution (%) of supported young farmers by MS (2007 and 2008) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Male Source: European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development Female
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