40 research outputs found

    Family farming and gendered division of labour on the move: a typology of farming-family configurations

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    Family farming, understood as a household which combines family, farm and commercial activity, still represents the backbone of the world’s agriculture. On family farms, labour division has generally been based on complementarity between persons of different gender and generations, resulting in specific male and female spheres and tasks. In this ‘traditional’ labour division, gender inequality is inherent as women are the unpaid and invisible labour force. Although this ‘traditional’ labour division still prevails through time and space, new arrangements have emerged. This paper asks whether we are witnessing changes in the unequal structure of family farming and analyses the diversity of farming family configurations, using the Swiss context as a case study. The typology of farming-family configurations developed, based on qualitative data, indicates that inequalities are related to status on the farm and position in the configuration rather than to gender identity per se. This insight enables a discussion of equality and fairness in a new light. This paper shows that farming-family configurations are often pragmatic but objectively unequal. However, these arrangements might still be perceived as fair when mutual recognition exists, resulting in satisfaction among the family members. The paper concludes that although family farming presents challenges to gender equality, some types of farming-family configurations offer new pathways towards enhanced gender equality

    BĂ€uerliche Familienbetriebe – eine Vielfalt an Arbeits- und Lebensformen

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    Nicht nur in der Schweiz, sondern weltweit, stellt der Familienbetrieb die weitverbreitetste Form der Landwirtschaftsbetriebe dar. Im Gegensatz zum Ausland werden in der Schweiz der bĂ€uerliche Familienbetrieb und dessen innerfamiliĂ€re Weitergabe sogar gesetzlich gefördert. WĂ€hrend die familienbasierte Betriebsform viele Vorteile hat wie bspw. die hohe FlexibilitĂ€t dank kurzfristig einsetzbarer FamilienarbeitskrĂ€fte, birgt sie auch Herausforderungen, die durch die starke Verflechtung von Erwerbs- und Wohnort sowie Erwerbs- und Familienleben entstehen. Der vorlie-gende Artikel beleuchtet Kernaspekte bĂ€uerlicher Familienbetriebe aus agrarsoziologischer Perspektive und verknĂŒpft diese mit empirischen und praktischen Erkenntnissen, die an der SGA Tagung 2019 prĂ€sentiert wurden

    «Wir sind nicht arm»! Diskursive Konstruktionen von Armut von Schweizer Bauernfamilien

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    Wenngleich Armut von Schweizer Bauernfamilien kein neues PhĂ€nomen darstellt, wird es sowohl in bĂ€uerlichen Kreisen wie auch in politischen Diskussionen tabuisiert. Dieser Artikel basiert auf einer qualitativ-empirischen Untersuchung, welche zeigt, dass Bauernfamilien in prekĂ€ren Lebenssituationen dazu tendieren, so lange wie möglich alleine die Situation zu meistern und nur im allerschlimmsten Fall von Sozialhilfe Gebrauch zu machen. Der Artikel geht dieser Erkenntnis nach. Dazu wird analysiert, wie Mitglieder von sieben Bauernfamilien der Deutschschweiz, welche in Armut oder prekĂ€ren Situationen leben, ihre Situation wahrnehmen und wie sie sich bezĂŒglich Armut positionieren. Der Artikel folgert, dass der aktuelle politische Diskurs sowie die diskursive Distanzierung von Armut durch die Familien selber diese davon abhalten, professionelle Hilfe in Anspruch zu nehmen. Die Änderung des politischen Diskurses, das heisst, die Enttabuisierung von Armut von Schweizer Bauernfamilien, könnte proaktive Strategien der armutsbetroffenen Familien fördern

    Being a poor farmer in a wealthy country: A Swiss case study

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    Many Swiss farming families face socioeconomic disadvantage despite Switzerland being a wealthy country with instruments of agricultural policy financially supporting almost all farmers. However, official poverty statistics exclude Swiss farmers and scientific knowledge is rare about how such situations are experienced. This article scrutinises the situation of Swiss farming families living in poverty or material deprivation by intertwining qualitative and quantitative methods to enrich both types of data and interpretations. By statistically comparing farmers with the self‐employed in other economic sectors, it uses a novel way of comparing the farming with the non‐farming population. The article shows that the poverty among farmers resembles that of the self‐employed with no or few employees in other economic sectors and describes the lived experiences of poverty and material deprivation. It concludes that adaptive preferences make farming families resilient to socioeconomic disadvantage, while possibly leading to a loss of their livelihood in the long run

    Die Agrarwirtschaft aus der Sicht der HAFL, gestern, heute und morgen

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    Die Hochschule fĂŒr Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften (HAFL) macht anlĂ€sslich ihres 50-Jahr-JubilĂ€ums einen RĂŒckblick auf Entwicklungen in der Agrarwirtschaft im letzten halben Jahrhundert und einen Ausblick auf die nĂ€chsten 25 Jahre

    Wege in die ErnĂ€hrungszukunft der Schweiz - Leitfaden zu den grössten Hebeln und politischen Pfaden fĂŒr ein nachhaltiges ErnĂ€hrungssystem

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    Aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht ist klar: Unser ErnĂ€hrungssystem ist nicht nachhaltig. Um unsere Lebens- und Wirtschaftsgrundlagen zu erhalten, braucht es eine Neuausrichtung ĂŒber die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette. Diese ist gleichzeitig ein SchlĂŒssel zur Erreichung der Agenda 2030 fĂŒr nachhaltige Entwicklung. SDSN Schweiz hat das wissenschaftliche Gremium ErnĂ€hrungszukunft Schweiz initiiert, um einen Wegweiser zu entwickeln. Er soll es der Schweiz erlauben, Chancen rechtzeitig anzupacken und unkontrollierbare Kostenfolgen zu vermeiden. Das wissenschaftliche Gremium hat international wegweisende Pionierarbeit geleistet. In einem interdisziplinĂ€ren wissenschaftlichen Prozess wurde zum ersten Mal fĂŒr ein Land ein umfassender Handlungspfad zur Neuausrichtung des ErnĂ€hrungssystems im Einklang mit den Zielen fĂŒr nachhaltige Entwicklung ausgearbeitet. Die beteiligten Forschenden schaffen damit eine wichtige Grundlage fĂŒr die weitere politische Diskussion in der Schweiz und international

    Design and baseline characteristics of the finerenone in reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in diabetic kidney disease trial

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    Background: Among people with diabetes, those with kidney disease have exceptionally high rates of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality and progression of their underlying kidney disease. Finerenone is a novel, nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that has shown to reduce albuminuria in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) while revealing only a low risk of hyperkalemia. However, the effect of finerenone on CV and renal outcomes has not yet been investigated in long-term trials. Patients and Methods: The Finerenone in Reducing CV Mortality and Morbidity in Diabetic Kidney Disease (FIGARO-DKD) trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of finerenone compared to placebo at reducing clinically important CV and renal outcomes in T2D patients with CKD. FIGARO-DKD is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, event-driven trial running in 47 countries with an expected duration of approximately 6 years. FIGARO-DKD randomized 7,437 patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate >= 25 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and albuminuria (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio >= 30 to <= 5,000 mg/g). The study has at least 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the risk of the primary outcome (overall two-sided significance level alpha = 0.05), the composite of time to first occurrence of CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure. Conclusions: FIGARO-DKD will determine whether an optimally treated cohort of T2D patients with CKD at high risk of CV and renal events will experience cardiorenal benefits with the addition of finerenone to their treatment regimen. Trial Registration: EudraCT number: 2015-000950-39; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02545049

    Exploring dairy farmers’ quality of life perceptions – A Swiss case study

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    Dairy farming is physically hard, with limited freedom due to twice-daily milking duties and low revenues. Moreover, globalization, deregulation and trade liberalization have significantly changed the conditions of dairy farming. How can dairy farmers in this context maintain good quality of life? What makes a life one of good quality? This paper uses a qualitative bottom-up approach to understand Swiss dairy farmers' and their families' individual criteria of quality of life, aiming to reconsider and complement the often used, standardized criteria of quality of life surveys. The analysis of the qualitative interview data reveals the importance of objective non-material as well as subjective components of quality of life. The paper shows that, contrary to what could be expected based on the farmer's ethic of being hardworking over long hours, farmers emphasize ‘time’ as an important criterion of quality of life, referring not only to leisure time, time with the family or time to lie in, but also time to think and plan. The paper further stresses the importance of eudaimonic wellbeing, which is largely missing in standardized quality of life studies on farming families and also some general quality of life concepts. In this regard, the paper highlights the lack of social recognition of farmers and the extent to which pressure and criticism from the non-farming population negatively influences farmers' quality of life. The paper concludes that to fully understand farming families' quality of life and thus the social sustainability of family farming, the subjective dimension of quality of life, especially eudaimonic wellbeing, needs to be fully incorporated in future studies, regardless of their methodological approach. Moreover, alluding to resilience research, the paper urges researchers to include ‘time to think and plan’ into future investigations, assuming that more time for self-reflection increases not only the subjective but also the objective dimension of quality of life
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