Generational Renewal
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Generational Renewal

Find out more about measures, projects and training to stimulate generational renewal and support young farmers and new entrants in setting up a successful agri-business.

Latest news

Field visits during the Youth cluter meeting of the National CAP Networks, Portugal, October 2025
11 Dec 2025

CAP networking updates – winter 2025

The EU CAP Network team reports from two recent networking cluster meetings in Lithuania and Portugal, discussing preparations for the future CAP and generational renewal.

  • CAP Implementation
Aspiring farmers from Spain’s RETA network © RETA 2025 - Picture by Patxi Uriz licence under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10 Sep 2025

Planting roots - Generational renewal and LEADER

Generational renewal in agriculture and rural life has become one of the EU’s key challenges. LEADER is quietly helping to ensure the next generation has both the right and the reasons to stay.

  • CAP Implementation
Young Latin woman farmer worker in gloves taking care of chicken during work in henhouse, indoors
21 Aug 2025

Advancing gender equality through the CAP: lessons from Spain

Spain stands out as an inspiring example of using the CAP to reduce the gender gap in rural areas through a variety of interventions in its CAP Strategic Plan.

  • CAP Implementation

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Latest publications

Assessing generational renewal in the agricultural sector
Newsletters |

CAP Evaluation News 11 - December 2025

Assessing generational renewal in the agricultural sector.

  • Evaluation
Report - Assessment of generational renewal strategies across EU Member States
Reports |

Assessment of generational renewal strategies across EU Member States

This study examines Member States’ generational renewal strategies, highlighting recent EU-wide trends and key barriers, including gender-related challenges, and identifies successful strategies that may be adopted across Member States.

  • Evaluation
Evaluation report of the operation 6.1.1 Support for the incorporation of young farmers
Member State Evaluation |

Evaluation report of Operation 6.1.1 (support for the incorporation of young farmers)

The evaluation analyses the effects of support measures for the integration of young farmers and their effects on employment and generational renewal in the agricultural sector.

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

Airplane kitchen
The owner of Ahisilla taluaed, Kelli Talving
Project | 08 Jan 2026

Field-fed Michelin star poultry at Ahisilla Taluaed

  • CAP Implementation
An Aloe Vera plantation on a hilly slope