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110 ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDIES CULTIVAR Issue 22 APRIL 2021 % of all individual farmers (2009) in resident population (2011) % of individual farmers aged 15–40 (2009) in resident population aged 15–40 (2011) % of individual farmers aged over 64 (2009) in resident population aged over 64 (2011) • Over 25% of the population over 64 in the north- ern inland and central region and the Algarve highlands are individual farmers according to the 2009 RGA. This means that farming is prac- tised above all as a means of subsistence or to supplement a pension. It is also in the northeast region where most young farmers (aged under 40) are concentrated compared to the resident population in the same age group.