Shortage of young Irish farmers a threat to food output, EU warned

High-level EU leaders have a clear warning that young farmers in Ireland need help.

They were told that Ireland has more farmers aged over 80 than under 35, when Eric Driver, representing Macra na Feirme, took part in a recent EU conference, ‘The CAP towards 2020 — taking stock with civil society’.

The high-level, invitation-only conference featured Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, and Cypriot minister for agriculture and president of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, Sofoclis Aletraris.