Essays about: "Generation succession"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Generation succession.

  1. 1. Being a farmer’s child : the silent making of a farmer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Adjani Isabelle; [2023]
    Keywords : generational shift; socialization; gender; machinery; work-love balance; inheritor; farming; family;

    Abstract : As many farms in the European Union and within Sweden are family farms, farm inheritance becomes a relevant topic. Many children of farmers grow up in the agrarian world and stand to one day be farmers themselves. READ MORE

  3. 2. Place-based education through partnerships between teachers and local actors : A nested case study exploring encounters between primary school teachers and local actors within the local wood industry in the Regional Natural Park of Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut, Switzerland

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Carole Chappuis; [2023]
    Keywords : Place-based education; partnership; Environmental and Sustainable Education; experiential learning; Cultural Historical Activity Theory;

    Abstract : This nested case study inquires about the partnership between primary school teachers and local actors within the wood industry to perform a place-based educative lesson in the Swiss region of Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut. Five different cases relate the encounter between a teacher and a local actor and enable the description of the particularities and outcomes of such partnerships. READ MORE

  4. 3. Understanding the social dimension of sustainable agriculture : Swiss dairy farmers perspectives

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Magdalena Margarita Halter; [2022]
    Keywords : social sustainability; dairy farmers; farming; agriculture; Switzerland; Q-Methodology; focus group; factor analysis; perspectives;

    Abstract : The current food systems need to become more sustainable, and this involves the creation of balance between the economic, environmental and social dimension of these systems. The social dimension, however, is least clearly conceptualized and likely to be overlooked when the issues are not very obvious as this is the case for many regions in the global north. READ MORE

  5. 4. De sex vanligaste konflikterna vid generationsskifte : en studie om konflikter som uppstår vid generationsskifte

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Martin Gynnerstedt; Henrik Wadmark; [2022]
    Keywords : Generationsskifte; Konflikter; Konflikthantering; Familjens viljor; Familjegårdar; Generation succession; The will of the family; conflicts; Family farms;

    Abstract : Sveriges lantbrukarkår blir äldre och äldre där 46 % av lantbrukarna är över 60 år (Gustavsson 2020). Detta borde betyda att det är många familjer som står inför att göra ett generationsskifte. READ MORE

  6. 5. The future of farm succession : how alternative financial solutions could facilitate Swedish farm successions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ebba Sundström; Joel Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Farm succession; capital structure; information asymmetry; alternative financial solutions;

    Abstract : This thesis develops an understanding of how Swedish beginning farmers choose between different sources of financing and examine how these preferences could be used in assessing a new alternative financial solution to facilitate farm successions. This has been done through a qualitative case study were six young farmers in the region of Mälardalen, facing a generational renewal, have been interviewed. READ MORE