H2020Индивидуална стипендия2018–2019

FEMAGREE · Female Agricultural Entrepreneurs: Identifying Institutional Barriers to Equality

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2018-05-01 → 2019-04-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 85 730 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-SE

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Накратко на български

Институционалните пречки пред жените-предприемачи в земеделието се анализират чрез примери за трудности при съчетаването на работа, семейство и стопанство. Това помага да се разбере как да се увеличи увереността им и да се осигури достъпна подкрепа за развитие на бизнеса им.

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Female Agricultural Entrepreneurs: Identifying Institutional Barriers to Equality

Background of the study For women in rural areas combining employment, family and household duties can be an insurmountable challenge. Despite a growing number of childcare facilities in rural areas, the distance between farm, work place and childcare facility can be a barrier for employment particularly for women from farm holdings. In Bavaria for example, only 39% of farmwomen are in employment, compared to 77% of women in Bavarian rural areas in general. Many women in Europe today are well educated and have a desire for financial and professional independence. Some farmwomen start their own businesses in order to combine professional goals with family life and farm duties. Running their own businesses enables them to have flexible work times and their own income as well as a professional challenge. With their innovative business ideas they contribute to the quality of life in rural areas. However only few women currently start their own businesses in a farm environment. The objective of this study was to find out how women on farms can be better supported in order to increase the number of female-run start-up companies in agriculture. Three main conclusions can be drawn from this project: First, to increase the number of female-run agricultural start-ups women's confidence in creating and leading successful agricultural businesses needs to be nurtured. This includes, among others, to increase the number of female role models in this field as well as transferring business skills to women. Second, women who already started a business need support to be able to break out from a vicious cycle of a high workload, not having time for strategic business development, and not being able to pay employees for relief. Any support offered in this regard needs to be easy to access, consume little time and provide networking opportunities. Third, where husbands own the farm female agricultural entrepreneurs need to be made aware of the financial risks in case of a divorce and get advice on how to avoid this. At a more general level implementing the EU-strategy of gender mainstreaming into policy planning in the Departments of Agriculture of the EU member states would positively impact on the objective to grow farmwomen’s financial independence.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

In the EU there are a number of economically disadvantaged rural areas experiencing outmigration of in particular young women in the search of better education and employment opportunities. Past research demonstrated the importance of women for the economic and social viability of rural areas, in particular of female entrepreneurs. Business opportunities in agricultural dominated areas typically arise within a farm environment. Studies conducted so far explored the experiences of female entrepreneurs at farm level, such as the struggle to combine childcare and household duties with professional work. Other studies analyzed the potential impact of policies on gender equality in agriculture. However, little empirical work has been done on evaluating the actual effectiveness of policies in promoting gender equality in the agricultural sector. The objective of the proposed research project FEMAGREE is to identify the effectiveness of rural development policies in supporting female agricultural entrepreneurs. More specifically, it will establish, which support tools have been fruitful in the past, how existing tools can be improved as well as identify gaps in the current support system. For this purpose, the study will employ a qualitative approach to data collection in the form of narrative enquiries with current and future female agricultural entrepreneurs. The two case study areas will be in a region in eastern Bavaria, Germany, and a region in the West of Ireland, both of which are characterized by the outmigration of young women and a cultural dominance of traditional gender roles. The project will be hosted by a government institution, the Department of Agriculture in Bavaria, Munich. Secondments are planned with in total three partner organizations from both the academic and non-academic sector.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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BAYERISCHES STAATSMINISTERIUM FUR ERNAHRUNG, LANDWIRTSCHAFT, FORSTEN UND TOURISMUS · MunchenКоординаторГермания