• restore dignity to farming work;

• ensure young farmers a decent income, hence security;

• create networks of young people with farmers-plus other actors in the food supply chain-to pre-empt the sense of isolation that often discourages them from entering the farming profession;

• promote training for young farmers and knowledge transfers from generation to generation;

• help young people's business projects by cutting out red-tape and providing financial incentives;

• supply subsidised technical assistance on agroecological methods, business management etc.

Slow Food believes the new CAP should restructure the European Union's agrifood system round sustainable small-and medium-scale production and local economies by:

• reviewing denominations of origin, introducing rigorous criteria of sustainability, quality, ties to the land, historical relevance and biodiversity protection;

• simplifying the prerequisites and red-tape for the start-up of new businesses;

• rewarding producers who defend traditional and local biodiversity and preserve the traditional agricultural landscape;

• promoting information and knowledge exchanges among small producers;

• setting up training programmes to optimise agronomic, processing and marketing techniques;

• organising environmental and food education in schools and awareness-raising and citizen information programmes;

• creating market channels for small- and medium-scale products by promoting farmers' markets, fair trade buying groups and groups that pledge to support local agriculture directly.

• rewarding those who supplement agricultural production with educational, cultural and tourist activities to promote knowledge of the environment and agriculture.