Dresden. Among the most important reasons behind the ongoing farmers' protests is the failed land policy of recent decades. The Saxon State Government deals with this. Agricultural Structure Act, which will be discussed in the state parliament on Thursday. The Working Group for Peasant Agriculture (AbL) Central Germany, together with other agricultural associations, is hosting a Action with tractors in front of the Saxon State Parliament in Dresden on Thursday, January 18th at 8:15 am pm The [organization/institution] provides information about the possibilities of a fairer land policy. Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie in you Dossier.
"The protests demonstrate the discontent with decades of misguided agricultural and land policies. A change of course is urgently needed in the East German land market to strengthen rural areas. Agricultural structure laws can achieve this. They significantly restrict purchases by non-agricultural investors and finally curb the enormous increase in purchase and lease prices." We are marching to the state parliament to show that, even before the next state elections, concrete action for the benefit of farmers is possible and urgently needed from all parties.“,” explains Anne Neuber, Managing Director of AbL Central Germany.
"The situation on the land market is particularly dramatic in eastern Germany. Expropriation and forced collectivization in the GDR left deep scars. The unregulated transition to a market economy further cemented the concentration of land and power, and many people had to change industries. State elections are coming up in Brandenburg, Thuringia, and Saxony." Anyone who wants to give young people in rural areas of eastern Germany a future should support... Now agricultural structure laws against the sell-off of agriculture“,” says Gesine Langlotz, young farmer and co-author of the dossier Fair land policy for a democratic, diverse and sustainable agriculture.
The from the Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie published Dossier explains current problems surrounding the distribution of agricultural land and elaborates, what political changes are needed for a public-benefit-oriented and climate-friendly agriculture.
Materials:
- Dossier Fair land policy for a democratic, diverse and sustainable agriculture(Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie)
- Position paper on agricultural structure laws (AbL)
Press contacts:
- Action: Anne Neuber, Managing Director AbL Central Germany – 01575 / 808 5049
- Land policy: Gesine Langlotz, young farmer, member of the Young AbL (Association for Rural Agriculture) and co-author of the dossier – 0160 / 9951 5908
- presse@knoe.org
The Working Group for Peasant Agriculture in Central Germany Represents conventional and organic farms in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia since 2010.
The Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie (Leipzig) has been working on concepts for a social, ecological and democratic economy and society since 2011.