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SPD on agriculture

From the program “Our Saarland Plan: The Saar SPD's Program for Government 2022–2027 – True #SaarlandLove Is Our Program”

2022 Saarland state election, March 27, 2022Original PDF, 56 pagesAnalyzed on October 4, 2026

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Support villages and rural areas

The SPD wants to strengthen villages with more funding, an additional LEADER region and digital infrastructure. The sharply higher funds available from 2023 are to be drawn down in full, with the state raising its own share to do so.

Almost half of the people in Saarland live in rural areas. The SPD wants to support villages more. There will be more money for local projects. Meeting places and shared offices will be set up. Volunteer work will be strengthened.

LEADER is an EU funding program for rural regions; the four existing regions are to get more money and a fifth is to be added. According to the platform, Saarland will have more than twice as much rural funding from 2023 as before. The money is to upgrade town centers, create meeting spaces, support the regional economy and expand infrastructure. Community meeting places remain a funding priority, and volunteer work is to be strengthened. Co-working spaces with good digital connections are meant to allow people to work close to home.

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„Wir werden eine weitere LEADER-Region auf den Weg bringen, um noch mehr Projekte fördern zu können, wo sie wirklich gebraucht werden.“

Translation: We will launch an additional LEADER region so that even more projects can be funded where they are really needed.

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Placement

  • Economyleaning more state

    More public funding and a larger state share for rural areas expand government investment.

  • Europebalanced

    EU funding programs are to be used in full without any change to the EU's powers.

Expand organic farming to 30 percent

The SPD wants to raise the share of organically farmed land to 30 percent by 2030. Farmers are to receive higher premiums and a larger compensatory allowance; the platform treats conventional and organic farms as equals.

The SPD wants more organic farming. By 2030, it should cover 30 percent of farmland. Farmers will get more money. Farms on poor land will get more help too. The SPD supports hunting and fishing.

The SPD expects organic farming to bring better protection of soil and groundwater, higher animal welfare, more biodiversity and fairer prices for producers. Climate-friendly farming and preserving biodiversity are to be rewarded financially. The compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas will stay and is to rise in order to secure small family farms. Premium rates are to reach the national average. The SPD wants to implement the animal welfare proposals of the Kompetenznetzwerk Nutztierhaltung (expert network on livestock farming). It also commits to hunting and fishing and wants to continue working with hunters and anglers.

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„Aber wir wollen mehr und werden den Öko-Anteil an landwirtschaftlich genutzten Flächen auf dreißig Prozent bis 2030 erhöhen.“

Translation: But we want more and will raise the organic share of agricultural land to thirty percent by 2030.

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Placement

  • Economyleaning more state

    Higher premiums and a larger compensatory allowance mean more government payments to farms.

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