EU member states should reshape their land policies to provide better access to land for new farmers, tackle the dominant position of big players and do away with land speculation, the European Parliament agriculture committee stated on Tuesday 21 March.
The committee voted by 34 to 2, with 6 abstentions to adopt the own initiative report by Maria Noichl (S&D, Germany) on farmland concentration in the European Union and how to facilitate access to land for farmers. The agriculture committee...