The present study examines the influence of young farmers’ support system including both direct payments for young farmers and rural development measures initiatives under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the sustainability of rural regions. The intentions and decisions taken by young farmers in Lithuania are analysed within the rural sustainability concept. The empirical analysis relies on the questionnaire survey. In order to disentangle the possible effects of the CAP support on the farming sustainability (as it is perceived by the young farmers), we consider payments for farm establishment and expansion along with support for advisory services. The results show that young farmers’ support system under the CAP has the strongest perceived effect on income support in Lithuania without significant differences across different groups of farmers. The effect on investments is significantly lower for crop farms if opposed to the other farming types. Still, the results also indicate that environmental awareness of Lithuanian farmers is rather low as the demand for such advisory services appeared to be relatively low. The relatively high demand for advisory services on the business plan preparation suggests low levels of business administration and marketing skills among the young farmers, which indicates the need for development of the social dimension.

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青年农民在共同农业政策和农村地区可持续性下的支持：来自立陶宛的证据

本研究考察了青年农民支持系统（包括对青年农民的直接支付和共同农业政策（CAP）下的农村发展措施倡议）对农村地区可持续性的影响。立陶宛青年农民的意图和决定在农村可持续性概念中进行了分析。实证分析依赖于问卷调查。为了解决 CAP 支持对农业可持续性的可能影响（正如年轻农民所认为的那样），我们考虑了为农场建立和扩张支付的费用以及对咨询服务的支持。结果表明，在立陶宛，CAP 下的年轻农民支持系统对收入支持的感知效果最强，不同农民群体之间没有显着差异。与其他农业类型相比，农作物农场对投资的影响要小得多。尽管如此，结果还表明立陶宛农民的环境意识相当低，因为对此类咨询服务的需求似乎相对较低。对商业计划编制咨询服务的较高需求表明年轻农民的商业管理和营销技能水平较低，这表明需要发展社会层面。结果还表明，立陶宛农民的环境意识相当低，因为对此类咨询服务的需求似乎相对较低。对商业计划编制咨询服务的较高需求表明年轻农民的商业管理和营销技能水平较低，这表明需要发展社会层面。结果还表明，立陶宛农民的环境意识相当低，因为对此类咨询服务的需求似乎相对较低。对商业计划编制咨询服务的较高需求表明年轻农民的商业管理和营销技能水平较低，这表明需要发展社会层面。