This paper emphasise the coming generation of farmers, a group that has been relatively neglected... more This paper emphasise the coming generation of farmers, a group that has been relatively neglected in earlier research. It is based on focus group interviews and highlight Swedish agricultural students gendered strategies to create a successful future farm business. Moreover the opportunities and obstacles they foresee with generational succession and their future farming. The interviews are analysed in the framework of resilience theory focusing on adaption and renewal. Students highlight the importance of balancing emotional bonds to family and traditions with business goals. It is shown that strategies of renewal are guided by social values. The solitary farmer is replaced by a communicating farmer with a network and knowledge gathering in local and international settings. The view on how a partner contributes is on the one hand traditional yet on the other hand shows signs of transforming gender roles. We argue that a functioning love-work balance reinforce resilience processes in farming.
This paper emphasise the coming generation of farmers, a group that has been relatively neglected... more This paper emphasise the coming generation of farmers, a group that has been relatively neglected in earlier research. It is based on focus group interviews and highlight Swedish agricultural students gendered strategies to create a successful future farm business. Moreover the opportunities and obstacles they foresee with generational succession and their future farming. The interviews are analysed in the framework of resilience theory focusing on adaption and renewal. Students highlight the importance of balancing emotional bonds to family and traditions with business goals. It is shown that strategies of renewal are guided by social values. The solitary farmer is replaced by a communicating farmer with a network and knowledge gathering in local and international settings. The view on how a partner contributes is on the one hand traditional yet on the other hand shows signs of transforming gender roles. We argue that a functioning love-work balance reinforce resilience processes in farming.
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