Who will tend the farm? Interrogating the ageing Asian farmer

Rigg, Jonathan; Phongsiri, Monchai; Promphakping, Buapun; Salamanca, Albert; Sripun, Mattara

doi:10.1080/03066150.2019.1572605

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“…Leaving agriculture or migrating to an urban area are not necessarily permanent, irreversible transitions. Many young people who migrate away for school or whose primary work is outside agriculture will nevertheless keep a hand in farming (Mwaura, 2017a,b), or will at some later point re-engage with agriculture or live again in a rural area (Nguyen et al, 2020;Rigg et al, 2020). Some young people may aspire to work in farming, even though they may be obliged to seek work in other sectors while they try to gather the resources they need to do so (Filloux et al, 2019).…”

Section: Economic Dimensionsmentioning

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Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Glover

Sumberg

2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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What, if anything, is special about youth with respect to engagement in food systems? This question is important, owing to the size of the current demographic cohort of youth, globally but especially in the majority world, as well as the large stake, and strong influence, that today's youth will have in the development trajectories and future sustainability of food systems. Although youth is often framed as an age category for policy and bureaucratic purposes, this simplification obscures important dimensions of what being a youth means and entails. It makes comparisons and generalizations simple but misleading, because age-based classifications are nationally and culturally specific. In this paper, we argue that youth is better understood relationally, as a transitional phase within the life course. While every human being depends on consuming food, their individual transition from childhood to adulthood involves-as a very stylized generalization-a significant enlargement of autonomy and independence, as well as an increased likelihood of being substantially and directly involved in the production, distribution, procurement and/or preparation of food, as well as its consumption. However, each person's youth transition and their relationship with food systems is uniquely shaped by specific intersections with multiple factors including gender, class, wealth, health, location, intergenerational relationships, and many others. We conclude that there are only a few, important but not necessarily dominant, ways in which youth as a group have special stakes in food systems. We elaborate on this complex picture and identify some principles to guide development research and policy that seeks to engage with youth in relation to the sustainable transformation of food systems.

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Section: Economic Dimensionsmentioning

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Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Glover

Sumberg

2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Young people tend to work in industrial or service sectors that provide higher income and greater prestige (Mayuzumi, 2020). Indonesia has also been facing the ageing farmer problem inflicting many countries in Asia (Rigg et al, 2019), Thailand also having same problem with ageing farmers (Saiyut et al, 2017). Ageing farmers make adoption of new technologies or innovations difficult to be achieved.…”

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COVID-19, Agriculture, and Food Security in Indonesia

Rozaki

2020

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COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted every part of human life, both economic and non-economic, including agriculture. As a country where many people still rely on agriculture, Indonesia faces a complicated situation if the pandemic continues because food production will be affected. Indonesia announced its first COVID-19 case in March 2020; in response to this, the government applied limitations on economic and non-economic activities. These actions slowed the commercial and industrial sectors, and many people lost their jobs, with middle-and low-income citizens being the hardest hit. The situation presents a high risk for food security due to the decrease in purchasing power and food supply chains not being able to run normally. This study aims to arrange food security strategies post-COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents, to overcome the food-security issue after COVID-19 in Indonesia, emergency strategies such as controlling food price and providing subsidies for farmer are needed. And long term strategies such as making the food supply chain more effective and increasing food diversification also required. All people and parties need to participate in every relief program for any program to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to succeed.

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“…This research also identified that 25 percent were between 31 and 40 years old, resulting in the total percentage of farmers under the age of 50 reached 80%. Farmers under 50 were considered productive in terms of agricultural investment and physical ability (May et al, 2019;Rigg et al, 2020). However, even though coastal farmers were mostly productive and physically active, in the near future, there will be an increasing number of aging farmers.…”

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Characteristics of Coastal Farmers in Kulon Progo Regency

Maulida

Subejo

2021

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The study explored the characteristics of coastal farmers in Kulon Progo Regency. It emphasized the issues of the socio-economical arrangements of farmers in marginal and resource-poor area and the access of farmers to productive capital. The research will contribute to development practitioners and policymakers in prescribing the context-specific policies and programs. In doing so, the research aimed at exploring the characteristics of coastal farmers in aspects like age, educational level, farming experiences and monthly income, as well as uncover their access to productive capital. The data came from a survey carried out using a questionnaire-based field interview, which adopted and used a simple random sampling method to select 60 respondents. The result of this research showed that the average age of coastal farmers is 43.2 years. In majority, farmers went to school for 10-12 years or were graduated from high school. Besides, 86.53% of the farmers had more than 10-year experience, which indicated that farming in coastal areas was profitable. The average monthly income of coastal farmers was 6 million rupiahs during peak season. Chili, the most profitable crop, contributed as the primary source of income, mostly when the selling price was high. Access to land, livestock, transportation (motorbike), extension services, internet and informal institution were considered high and very high, while access to four-wheeled transportation, credit and formal institution (farmers’ group) were medium and low.

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Who will tend the farm? Interrogating the ageing Asian farmer

Cited by 104 publications

References 34 publications

Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Youth and Food Systems Transformation

COVID-19, Agriculture, and Food Security in Indonesia

Characteristics of Coastal Farmers in Kulon Progo Regency

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