Cia, access to land for young farmers becomes an EU priority

The difficulties of buying a property for farmers under 40 must be addressed by the Common Agricultural Policy, which favors subsidies to investments in technological development for production. This was underlined by Cia-Agricoltori Italiani on the occasion of the presentation of the fourth call of the National Bank of agricultural lands presented by Ismea with the sale of 16 thousand hectares of agricultural land in 624 lots. Despite the recent increase in the maximum level of aid for the first agricultural settlement (from 70 thousand to 100 thousand euros), the CIA hopes for more resources for new entrants to the rural sector in the trilogues on the post-2022 CAP reform, currently underway. Meanwhile, to the increasing demand for land to do business, Cia and its young entrepreneurs – united in the Agia Association – have recently responded with “SIBaTer – Institutional Support to the Banca delle Terre” in partnership with Anci, for the enhancement of unused assets. in 8 regions of the South, in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily. This is underlined by the agricultural organization “A project that aims at the recovery and enhancement of abandoned public lands, through the concession in use or the lease / rent to private subjects. – adds Cia – The project represents a stimulus to the settlement of young people for the revitalization of rural marginal territories, through entrepreneurial proposals that enhance the lands of the public heritage, preventing the geological-environmental degradation of the territory “.