Young women farm heads in Greek agriculture: entering farming through policy incentives
Abstract This work examines the entry of young Greek women into farming as heads of farmholdings under the relevant EU and national framework of incentives. The work is based on the analysis of available secondary information and mail-survey data secured from a sample of 128 young women established in farming during the period 1991–2000 in the region of Thessaly, Central Greece. Their responses to the system of incentives are examined initially as a whole group and then separately by focusing on two typological polar opposites, that is those women that are entering farming as a lifestyle and those entering for reasons of necessity. There is documentation of young women farmers’ use of the incentives and benefits derived there from and their assumption of a certain share in the decision-making power vis-a-vis their farmholding, the last-mentioned especially when the two typological groups are considered.
Young Weekend Farmers in Lusaka, Zambia: Motivation and Their Role in Agriculture
When it comes to describing the activities of urban youth in Lusaka agriculture is not likely to be a word that will come up so often. This is changing with observable increment in numbers of urban youths trying to venture into agriculture through weekend farming. This is a group of youths who are rarely considered when the debate of how to attract youths into agriculture is discussed because the focus of agriculture policy is biased towards rural youths. Driven by the desire for extra income, passion, desire to grow their own food and hoping to retire early from formal employment they travel dozens of kilometres from Lusaka to surrounding districts to farm. With the help of hired local or family labour they farm on their personally acquired, family or rented land growing various crops and keeping livestock. Their role in agriculture development includes that of creating employment, promoting local food security, enhancing technology adoption, building the image of agriculture and as investors in small scale agriculture. Keywords: Weekend Farming, Lusaka Urban Youth, Small Scale Farming, Youth Employment, Motivation
Training to be Farmers or Wives? Agricultural Training for Women in Northern Ireland
L'A. s'efforce de comprendre pourquoi les agricultrices en Irlande du Nord ne suivent pas de formation agricole. Il pose le probleme de l'equite, sur le plan educatif, entre les sexes. Il presente un certain nombre de donnees collectees en 1991, dans ce pays, concernant les femmes qui participent a des programmes de formation agricole. Il etudie de quelle maniere ces programmes sont percus. Il souligne la segregation dont sont victimes les femmes dans le domaine de la formation