While the overall framework will be set out at EU level, it will be left to member states to define a genuine farmer as part of their CAP strategic plans. \ Philip Doyle
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In an effort to combat the loss of CAP payments to 'armchair farmers', the European Commission wants to define what a genuine farmer is.
Only genuine farmers will be entitled to claim direct payments in the next CAP based on the current draft proposals which come into force in 2023.
The Department of Agriculture is currently holding consultations with various stakeholders over what a genuine farmer definition would look like.
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In this week's Irish Farmers Journal, we asked the five farm organisations - the IFA, the ICMSA, the ICSA, the INHFA and Macra na Feirme - how they would define a genuine farmer.
The views ranged from minimum stocking limits and a minimum economic output to limits on the length of entitlement leases.
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In an effort to combat the loss of CAP payments to 'armchair farmers', the European Commission wants to define what a genuine farmer is.
Only genuine farmers will be entitled to claim direct payments in the next CAP based on the current draft proposals which come into force in 2023.
The Department of Agriculture is currently holding consultations with various stakeholders over what a genuine farmer definition would look like.
In this week's Irish Farmers Journal, we asked the five farm organisations - the IFA, the ICMSA, the ICSA, the INHFA and Macra na Feirme - how they would define a genuine farmer.
The views ranged from minimum stocking limits and a minimum economic output to limits on the length of entitlement leases.
Have your say here:
Those interested in giving their views on the subject can do so also in the box below.
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