Summary

This report is organized as follows: Chapter 1 reviews the existing social security policies and related tax policies for farmers. Chapter 2 presents the main findings of the statistical survey as well as the focused group discussions. Chapter 3 summarizes the key issues in extending social security coverage for farmers, and discuss their policy implications. Three Annexes with explanations of detailed technical issues supplement the report. Annex 1 includes the questionnaires from the survey. Annex 2 summarizes the questions posed during focus group discussions. Annex 3 presents case studies of social security systems for farmers in selected EU member states. Finally, the Statistical Annex provides tables with detailed results of the statistical survey.