Rural Voices Seminar Series - Seminar 8

The RURALIZATION Horizon 2020 Project in collaboration with the University of Galway Rural Studies Centres Rural Voices Seminar Series held a national conference entitled Pathways towards Generational Renewal in Farming and Rural Areas on the 27th of October 2022. Generational renewal relates to the level of young people, and more broadly new generations, living and working in farming and rural areas. It is a key part of the sustainability challenge facing European rural areas and farms. We need to better understand the key levers to support improved rural generational renewal and regeneration, as well as the barriers inhibiting this process. This 2-hour conference will present research conducted in the Irish context on this topic as part of the wider European Horizon 2020 RURALIZATION project, as well as reflect on the policy implications of the results. The discussion will engage with the issue of farm generational renewal and the wider question of facilitating new generations in rural areas.