Analysis of the evolution of farmers’ early retirement policy in Spain. The case of Castille and León

Mazorra, Ángel Paniagua

doi:10.1016/s0264-8377(00)00006-5

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“…National level schemes have been implemented since the 1960s (Bika, 2007), with early retirement systems institutionalised at European level in the CAP reform of 1992, through Regulation 2079/92 (Mazorra, 2000). Under the 2007e2013 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Measure 112 specifically focused on the establishment of new farms.…”

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“…In addition, Members States are given much higher flexibility in implementing the direct payments; funding allocated to selected schemes will therefore vary amongst the EU countries. However, early retirement schemes e widely recognised to be unsuccessful in increasing real intergenerational transfer (Mazorra, 2000;Bika, 2007;Ingram and Kirwan, 2011) e are being discontinued.…”

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Deconstructing the ‘young farmer problem in Europe’: Towards a research agenda

Zagata

Sutherland

2015

Journal of Rural Studies

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Deconstructing the ‘young farmer problem in Europe’: Towards a research agenda

Zagata

Sutherland

2015

Journal of Rural Studies

217

163

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“…In that time the proportion of farmers under-35 across Europe has decreased from 8% in 1990 to 5% in 2007, while the proportion of older farmers (over 65) has increased from 24% in 1990 to 31% in 2007 (Matthews, 2012). Mazorra (2000) notes the two differing strands of policy, one dealing with entry to agriculture and the other assisting or encouraging exit; early retirement systems were adopted at the European level in the CAP reform of 1992, through regulation 2079/92. The early retirement provisions -widely recognised as ineffective in increasing intergenerational transfer are being discontinued (Mazorra, 2000;Bika, 2007;Ingram & Kirwan, 2011).…”

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“…Mazorra (2000) notes the two differing strands of policy, one dealing with entry to agriculture and the other assisting or encouraging exit; early retirement systems were adopted at the European level in the CAP reform of 1992, through regulation 2079/92. The early retirement provisions -widely recognised as ineffective in increasing intergenerational transfer are being discontinued (Mazorra, 2000;Bika, 2007;Ingram & Kirwan, 2011). Discussion concerning structural adjustment within the CAP is not new, the Mansholt plan (proposed 1968 and partially adopted in 1972) originally included measures aimed at early retirement schemes (Council Directive 72/160), though the reforms were contested from the outset and reformed in 1973 (the following year) and reduced to three principles.…”

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Entrepreneurial Younger Farmers and the �young Farmer Problem� in England

Hamilton¹,

Bosworth²,

Ruto³

2015

AgricultForest

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SUMMARYIn this paper we investigate the "Young Farmer Problem" in Europe with a specific focus on how it applies in England. The paper is intended as a discussion paper and represents a forerunner to a more comprehensive study of the raw Farm Business Survey data conducted through a Phd.Recent reforms of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have specifically targeted young farmers for increased support; with young farmers being seen as more innovative, entrepreneurial and amenable to change. Furthermore, the EU has stated that the "generational renewal" of agriculture is critical for the long term viability of the sector. This paper investigates the business performance and entrepreneurial behaviour of younger farmers in England through empirical analysis of Farm Business Survey (FBS) data, and finds some evidence to support the notion of higher levels of performance among younger farmers. Farmers in the 35 -<45 years age group showed consistently higher levels of overall productivity, profitability and investment. Additionally, the results show that younger farmers demonstrate consistently higher levels of engagement with agri-environment schemes. This study concurs with the findings of Zagata and Sutherland (2015) in the need to improve targeting on the basis of age specifically in order to isolate the under 40 age group which is the focus of European policy and in the need to separate new entrants from inheritors in the assessment of young farmers; an objective which necessitates the analysis of raw data and the conduction of original research within the topic area. This paper and, importantly, the original research which will be conducted through the accompanying Phd will address the fifth research objective of the Research platform proposed by Zagata and Sutherland (2015) to test the characterisation of young people and new entrants to farming, as entrepreneurial innovators sympathetic to and amenable with the goals of the CAP.

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“…Ireland's agriculture is characterised by an ageing farmer population and small average farm sizes, structural issues shared by a number of other European countries (Bika, 2007;CSO, 2012;European Commission, 2012Mazorra, 2000). Additionally, land mobility in Ireland can be considered as low in an international context (Ciaian et al, 2010).…”

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89th AES Annual Conference Programme, Warwick, 2015

Banović¹,

Duesberg²,

Renwick³

et al. 2015

J Agricultural Economics

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Ireland's agriculture is characterised by an ageing farmer population and small average farm sizes. Past policy schemes developed to address these issues have been targeted at accelerating succession and retirement processes in agriculture. Their success however was limited. The process of succession, inheritance and retirement is complex and the decisionmaking of farm families in these situations is influenced by many factors. In order to develop more successful policies to encourage the early transfer of land and to increase farm sizes a better understanding of these factors is necessary. The paper addresses this question by employing a Neural Network Analysis with data collected through a survey of Irish farmers' perception on succession and land mobility measures in 2012. The analysis shows that while many farmers in general are in favour of various land mobility measures, they would not consider taking advantage of any of them, which in part could be explained by a large number of farmers being unwilling to totally retire from farming.

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Analysis of the evolution of farmers’ early retirement policy in Spain. The case of Castille and León

Cited by 21 publications

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Deconstructing the ‘young farmer problem in Europe’: Towards a research agenda

Deconstructing the ‘young farmer problem in Europe’: Towards a research agenda

Entrepreneurial Younger Farmers and the �young Farmer Problem� in England

89th AES Annual Conference Programme, Warwick, 2015

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