🌱 Farmers under 25 represent less than 1% of all EU farm managers. The generational gap is real, and the future of agriculture depends on attracting younger successors.
🔴Why are young people not taking up farming?
According to the European Parliament, the main barriers are difficult access to land and credit, high upfront costs, and uncertain farm incomes. Young farmers face 23% of the EU’s agricultural finance gap, despite making up only 12% of the sector.
Approximately 380,000 young farmers are set to benefit from €6.8 billion in CAP funds, in addition to €2 billion from national budgets.
However, agriculture is also rapidly evolving, so the next generation views farming as an opportunity, not a struggle. With digital tools, precision farming, and agrivoltaics, yields can be optimized, costs reduced, and climate risks managed.
Agri-PV projects in Germany already demonstrate how food and clean energy can grow together. Brite also participated in this project:
💶 Investment: €1.500.000
But the results speak for themselves:
👉 Crops protected from frost and extreme heat
👉 Up to 20% irrigation water saved
👉 Increased resilience against climate risks
This is how agriculture becomes more productive, less vulnerable, and more attractive to the next generation.
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