COAG launches a service office on-line for young farmers.

The objective is to promote the incorporation and maintenance of young farmers in the field through information and training.

The Coordinator of Agricultural and Livestock Organizations (COAG) Together with the Mundubat Foundation, they have launched an online service office for young farmers so that being young in rural areas does not represent a disadvantage in relation to the rest of young people in the urban world..

COAG reminds that, according to data from the European Commission, the 55 percent of Spanish farmers are older than 55 years and only the 6 percent is below the 35 years.

The portal “Quieroseragricultor.org” is aimed at minors 40 years who want to join the agricultural sector, or those who are already in it and are in a process of generational change or want to adopt measures on a farm to improve its economic sustainability, social or environmental.

The main objective of this initiative is to promote the incorporation and maintenance of young farmers in the field, through training, information, advice and support provided by COAG and its regional unions.

In his view, the high youth unemployment rate, The absence of job alternatives in rural areas and the growth potential of the agri-food sector has caused applications for incorporation of young people to skyrocket in recent years throughout the Autonomous Communities..

With this initiative, COAG and Mundubat aim to promote the autonomy of young people with an experimental and participatory learning approach adapted to the territory through tools that allow young people to generate their own resources..

In addition, will show the opportunities it offers to young people, life in the countryside and the sustainable agriculture and rural environment model, with the purpose of developing and building strategies with the aim of incorporating young people in rural areas.