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