On Thursday 11 January, MEP Nicola Caputo (S&D, Italy) presented to the European Commission committee on agriculture (Comagri) proposals from his draft report on CAP instruments in favour of young farmers since the 2013 reform. The report, which was on the whole well received, could be put to a vote of the European Parliament in plenary this May.
The main obstacle to the establishment of young farmers is access to land, as shown by the findings of a report commissioned by the European...