Study on factors affecting women's participation in family farm management based on analysis of their career formation as female farmers

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24402031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Jumonji University
• Principal Investigator: OTOMO YUKIKO 十文字学園女子大学, 人間生活学部, 教授 (00286121)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAMICHI Hitomi 愛媛大学, 農学部, 准教授 (30254725)
• Research Collaborator: ROSSIER Ruth ; OEDL-WIESER Theresia
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 女性農業者 / キャリア形成 / 家族農業 / 南部ドイツ語圏 / 継続職業教育・訓練 / 農村家政 / 一括相続 / 性別役割分業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we discuss measures for women to participate in the management of small-scale family farms beyond the patriarchal tradition, using a case in the southern parts of German-speaking Europe (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol). The result of semi-structured interviews on career formation with 54 female farmers such as farm managers and those with vocational qualifications in the agricultural field clarified the usefulness of the co-ownership of the farm with women, continuing vocational education and training for home economics in rural areas, and social support organizations for female farmers.

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社会学