Unaided farm installations (without a subsidy for young farmers which is called "Dotation Jeune Agriculteur") make up about a third of today's young farmer's installations in France. For several years now, these unaided installations have caught the attention of the media and of agricultural unions. More and more demanding requirements to be eligible for the "Young Farmers Subsidy" also exclude unaided farmers from different forms of aid such as quotas. Nevertheless, they produce, occupy territory, maintain the landscape, and above all, are off welfare. In the present social, political and economic context, the ways of distributing different aids between regions, different forms of production and types of farmers, often create feelings of discrimination and exclusion. In the end, it might be wiser to give out aid more equitably for all active farmers.
