By Angelo Di Mambro and Maria Simon Arboleas | Euractiv | video by Pablo Galiacho 25-04-2024 (updated: 26-04-2024 ) Content-Type: Created for Created for Supplied by an entity that has paid the news provider for its placement; not impartial journalism. Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Print Email Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram With farmers under the age of 40 accounting for only 11.9% of farm managers in the EU in 2020, the need to ensure generational renewal is becoming a key issue in the agricultural sector. Euractiv interviewed Peter Meedendorp, a young farmer from the Netherlands and President of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA), to find out more about the challenges young farmers face when trying to make a living in agriculture. According to Meedendorp, the EU should do more to ensure that young farmers have access to investment, land and high quality services in rural areas.
