A/HRC/43/44/Add.6 to country-specific needs through national (or regional) rural development programmes. The CAP also provided a number of market measures and elements to facilitate organic production and better labelling. 49. The CAP budget delivered a total of EUR 408.31 billion for the 2014-2020 with EUR 308.73 billion intended for direct payments and market measures (the First Pillar) and EUR 99.58 billion for rural development (the Second Pillar). Italy has flexibility to adapt both direct payments and rural development programmes to its specific needs and is one of the largest recipients of CAP payments, taking in 12% of the total – behind Germany, France and Spain France, Spain and Germany. Comments: It should be indicated the source from which the data was obtained 50. The CAP has benefitted agriculture and rural development in Italy. Changes to be made to the revised CAP after 2020 will, however, include more flexibility for EU countries to transfer and move funds towards agriculture and/or rural development, to make sure the funds are more closely aligned to national priorities and increase attention and support towards small and medium agriculture enterprises Comments: It should be indicated the source from which the data was obtained C. Social agriculture Comments: Although the paragraph is called Social agriculture, its content is much wider, not attributable solely to social agriculture. 52. At national level, the Government has carried out several reforms which have impacted the agricultural sector and the agro-processing industry. For example, Italy has approved law 141/2015 to facilitate “social farming” to increase, among others, protection towards biodiversity and agro-ecology, and enhancement of the autochthon agri-food value chains. The law has facilitated the establishment and recognition of a number of projects in the agricultural sector with a social value, such as the involvement of youth in agriculture, the rehabilitation of convicts through their participation in agricultural activities and the fight against mafia and awareness raising on the protection of the environmental. 12 53. Similarly, a number of initiatives are currently ongoing to facilitate and stimulate the growth of the agricultural sector as well as its transformation and value addition industry. In particular, governmental efforts in this direction include: provision of subsidies for the engagement in agriculture of youth and women; awareness raising on the importance of organic agriculture as well as the Mediterranean diet; organisation of events to discuss prevention of soil degradation and desertification; and launch of large events to foster farmers’ participation. Part of the subsidies offered to the agricultural sector also include mechanisms to facilitate the establishment of small and medium enterprises. 54. Particularly, there are fragmented legislations supporting young farmers and regulations. Comments: - These measures are “diversified”, rather than “fragmented”; - Regulations about what? One of these laws, introduced in 2018, aims at encouraging young farmers that do not own land to engage in the agriculture by working by the side of land-owning or retired farmers of 12 Rete Rurale Nazionale, December 2017. Report on the Italian social farming. 9