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Rural population in mainland Portugal 109 Individual farmers (2009 RGA data) No. of individual farmers % of individual farmers aged 15–40 % of individual farmers aged over 64 • Young farmers are more heavily represented in the rural parishes in the Alentejo and West regions and in Cávado, Ave and Alto Tâmega in the north. However, it is possible to see that individual farmers are mostly old (aged over 64), as over 50% of all farmers are in this age group in 45.8% of rural parishes. Furthermore, over 25% of individual farmers across 97.1% of the territory are aged over 64.