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The Rural Development in Estonia: Kaul Nurm Estonian Farmers Federation

This document summarizes the rural development situation in Estonia. It notes that agriculture accounts for 5.2% of employment and 3.9% of GDP in Estonia. There are approximately 1.2 million hectares of agricultural land, of which 800,000 hectares receive EU support. The document also provides data on the numbers of milking cows, pigs, and sheep in Estonia. It then discusses the structure of agricultural holdings, noting the majority have less than 5 hectares of land. The document outlines the three pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy and priorities for supporting rural development, including investments to improve competitiveness, support for young farmers, and promoting organic farming, environmental protection, and rural tourism.

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The Rural Development in Estonia: Kaul Nurm Estonian Farmers Federation

This document summarizes the rural development situation in Estonia. It notes that agriculture accounts for 5.2% of employment and 3.9% of GDP in Estonia. There are approximately 1.2 million hectares of agricultural land, of which 800,000 hectares receive EU support. The document also provides data on the numbers of milking cows, pigs, and sheep in Estonia. It then discusses the structure of agricultural holdings, noting the majority have less than 5 hectares of land. The document outlines the three pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy and priorities for supporting rural development, including investments to improve competitiveness, support for young farmers, and promoting organic farming, environmental protection, and rural tourism.

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The Rural Development in Estonia

Kaul Nurm
Estonian Farmers Federation
General situation of Agriculture
„ Employment, % 5.2
„ Percentage of GDP% 3.9
„ Decelerated agricultural land (ha) 1 200 000
„ Supported be EU (ha) 800 000
„ Reality used today (ha) 840 000
„ No of milking cows 249 100
„ No of pigs 353 700
„ No of sheep's 44 500
Structure Of Agricultural holdings
<5 ha 5-<10 10- 20- 30- 50- >=100
ha <20 <30 <50 <100 ha Σ
ha ha ha ha

No of 18671 7264 5347 1889 1482 1051 1090 36


holdi 792
ngs

Land 45 50 74 45 56 71 451 795


ha 929 546 004 493 422 704 542 640
Important to remember
„ CAP have two pillars
„ SEP give a favourite situation for big
holdings in competition
„ RD should balance influence of the I pillar
„ Investment aide for dose hue really need
the support
„ Important things must be described in the
strategy
The I Axel
„ Important is to define target groups
„ Investments for farmers to improve his
competitiveness
„ Support for diversification of food with
alternatives, small food processing unit
„ Support for young Farmers with early retirement
„ In food processing sector support only to value
added product
The I axel (2)
„ Investment Support to biomass production
(renewable energy)
„ Innovation and advisoryry service
„ Investment support to forestry farmers and
forestry cooperatives
The Axel II
„ Support to the organic farming
„ Environment friendly management
„ Local breeds
„ LFA
„ Natura 2000
The axel III
„ Diversification of rural life
„ Micro enterprises outside of the agriculture
„ Micro enterprises offering different
services
„ Rural Tourism
„ Cultural and natural heritage
„ Infrastructure
Balance between axels
„ The Government Rural Organisations

„ The I Axel 40% 40%


„ The II Axel 40% 30 – 35%
„ The III Axel 13% 20 – 25%
„ LEADER 5% 10%

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