whereas these inherent problems are compounded by short-term factors, such as economic uncertainties and changes and unpredictable weather, which, as can be seen today, make the situation of workers in the agricultural sector all the more difficult; whereas population ageing and depopulation are trends which are particularly pronounced in rural areas of the EU;
ker poleg te strukturne danosti pomembno vlogo igrajo tudi konjunkturni dejavniki, kot so podnebna in gospodarska tveganja ter spremembe, ki še dodatno otežujejo položaj delavcev v kmetijstvu, čemur smo danes priča; ker sta staranje in odseljevanje prebivalstva trenda, ki sta še posebej izrazita na podeželskih območjih EU;