The farmers of tomorrow: Skills, jobs and renewal pathways in times of uncertainty

Open call – Poster Session: “Stories from the Field: The People Shaping the Future of Agriculture”

From 01 June 2026 to 09 June 2026

Zaragosa 30 sept-1st Oct

This Poster Session is co-funded by CIHEAM Zaragoza and the Horizon Europe project SafeHabitus as part of the international symposium “The farmers of tomorrow: Skills, jobs and renewal pathways in times of uncertainty”. The session aims to bring a first-person, human perspective to the symposium, complementing the five-roundtable discussion forming the core of the programme.

CIHEAM Symposium

On 30 September and 1 October, Zaragoza will host the international symposium The farmers of tomorrow: Skills, jobs and renewal pathways in times of uncertainty” organised by CIHEAM Zaragoza in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the SafeHabitus project. The Syposium will address the future of the agricultural sector in the Mediterranean, focusing on a topic that is now critical: how to renew the sector, attract talent and create employment opportunities, including for younger generations and women.

The central question is simple but urgent: “Who will produce the food of the future? And under what conditions?”. Across the Mediterranean region – from Southern Europe to North Africa – farmers are aging, family farms face economic challenges, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for younger generations to see agriculture as an attractive life path.

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