Planning to stay in the countryside: The insider-advantages of young adults from farm families

Stockdale, Aileen; Ferguson, Stuart

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.06.029

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“…It characterises rural residents (both local and newcomers from towns or cities) who are fond of living in the countryside and are willing to take care of the rural landscape and provide land stewardship (Gennai-Schott et al 2020). This is also typical among rural young adults in Northern Ireland, who often perceive farming, regardless of its economic viability, as a way of remaining physically and emotionally connected to previous generations of the farming family, as well as their place of origin (Stockdale and Ferguson 2020). A strong rooting in the countryside and farming culture may explain why young people from farming families take over family farms, sometimes against economic calculations.…”

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“…The part-time or hobby connection of young adults with farming was also observed in Northern Ireland. Even when the farm is too small to be commercially viable, farming provides them with a bond with the land and previous generations of their families (Stockdale and Ferguson 2020). A sense of comfort provided by "doing some farming" may also reflect the interviewees' feelings of belonging to a rural space, a village and local community (Farrugia 2016).…”

Section: Farming As a Passionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Between Passion and Rejection – Attitudes to Farming among Young University Graduates in Rural Areas of Poland

Matysiak

2021

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The aim of the article is to analyse the significance of farming and agriculture in the lives of young rural university graduates in Poland. Their educational and professional choices are discussed. How many of them graduated from agricultural higher education institutions and agricultural disciplines? Do such decisions translate into taking up farming after having completed the studies? What are the reasons that young people with higher education living in rural areas may be or may not be interested in farming? Another objective is to identify the main factors potentially “pulling” them towards agriculture and those “pushing” them out of this sector. The article is based on 92 in-depth interviews with university graduates aged 25–34 and 27 in-depth interviews with competent local informants conducted in ten purposely selected rural municipalities across Poland. The results show that farming and agriculture are more present in young university graduates than their educational and professional choices suggest. However, the interviews reflect the dominance of the modernisation paradigm shaping the perceptions of farmers and agriculture in Poland.

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Section: Farming As a Passionmentioning

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Between Passion and Rejection – Attitudes to Farming among Young University Graduates in Rural Areas of Poland

Matysiak

2021

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“…Erickson et al's paper on rural stayers argues that research is still lacking on the importance of place and how it can enhance qualities such as community attachment, rootedness and a sense of belonging [26]. Stockdale and Ferguson's research in NI suggests that stayers in rural areas demonstrate a strong sense of place attachment and belonging, but that these are intertwined with complicated relationships with family history, farm ownership and continued family networks [27]. This emotional place attachment of 'being at home' is heightened further when relied on for 'survival' [28], such as farms, which have a clear socio-economic role.…”

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“…. but it's from your family you get most stuff" (Successor 19, aged [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

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Sustainable Family Farming Futures: Exploring the Challenges of Family Farm Decision Making through an Emotional Lens of ‘Belonging’

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This paper illustrates the importance of moving beyond an economic focus, and towards an emotional one, to gain a more comprehensive understanding of why farmers can be reluctant to retire and/or pass their farm onto the next generation. We report on a two-phase qualitative study of family farm decision-making processes in Northern Ireland, drawing on 62 in-depth oral life history interviews with farmers, farmers’ spouses, and farm successors. In an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the emotional aspects of retirement and succession decision-making processes, and their relationship with place belonging, in the first phase of this research we employed an innovative ‘Work and Talk’ method, whereby interviews were conducted while shadowing, or in some cases, co-working, with farmers on their land. The second phase of this research responded to restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and involved remote telephone or online interviews with family farm members. This research revealed the complex relationships between a ‘longing for belonging’ and emotional attachment to the family farm, and the challenges associated with patrilineal farming structures, expectations and identities, in planning for succession. The emotional impacts of strained relationships with policy makers around support for retirement emerged as a surprisingly dominant theme throughout the interview process, suggesting the need for greater emphasis on the emotional aspects of farming retirement and succession planning to inform future rural development policies targeted towards the sustainability of family farms.

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“…Não obstante estes aspectos destacados, o que também incentiva a permanência dos jovens na agricultura como sucessores é a forte conexão com a área de origem, que está emaranhado em padrões intricados de história familiar, propriedade da terra e redes familiares de laços ininterruptos (Stockdale & Ferguson, 2020).…”

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Ser ou não ser sucessor? O que almejam os jovens rurais do Rio Grande do Sul

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Corazza²

2021

Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv.

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(analítico)Esta investigación identificó si los jóvenes rurales residentes en Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil están proyectando su futuro profesional en el campo, pretenden ser sucesores en los establecimientos deagricultura familiar, además de señalar los condicionantes para la toma de estas decisiones. La encuesta se realizó con base en un cuestionario aplicado en 2018 y 2019. La muestra estuvo conformada por 743 jóvenes, de 13 a 21 años, hijos de agricultores y estudiantes de secundaria. Se encontró que el 47.9 % de los jóvenes quiere quedarse en el campo y el 45.2 % quiere ser sucesor. El proceso de sucesión se ha visto comprometido al limitar la participación de la juventud rural en los procesos de gestión y en la toma de decisiones sobre las propiedades. Se concluye que el joven valora significativamente el hecho de ser un sujeto activo y autónomo en la propiedad. Palavras-chave: Interação social, desenhos, escrita, capacidade numérica.

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Planning to stay in the countryside: The insider-advantages of young adults from farm families

Cited by 15 publications

References 40 publications

Between Passion and Rejection – Attitudes to Farming among Young University Graduates in Rural Areas of Poland

Between Passion and Rejection – Attitudes to Farming among Young University Graduates in Rural Areas of Poland

Sustainable Family Farming Futures: Exploring the Challenges of Family Farm Decision Making through an Emotional Lens of ‘Belonging’

Ser ou não ser sucessor? O que almejam os jovens rurais do Rio Grande do Sul

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