Country: Belgium

Wellbeing of Farmers:  Mental Wellbeing, Social Wellbeing

Key Challenges: Lack of basic services, Low farm income (market vulnerability), Administrative burden, Legal employment/ fair working conditions, Lack of appreciation/support for female farmers, Pressure from society/negative perceptions

Key Target Groups: Young farmers, Female farmers, Older farmers

Farm Size: Small/Family, Medium, Large

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Key contact: Ellen Vos

Email: evos@samenferm.be

Organization: Ferm voor agravrouwen

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Summary

Learning networks have the objective of peer to peer learning among professional or other networks. Experiences and knowledge are exchanged and a process of mutual learning is installed that enables the participants to develop their capacities.

This learning network should allow to answer the observation that many farmers are facing problems to cope with the challenges they are being confronted with.

These problems in terms of coping both relate to mental problems (emotion oriented coping), as well as practical problems in terms of farm management (problem oriented coping).

Objective

Tackling mental and economic/business problems in an early stage

Activities 

Experiences and knowledge are exchanged and a process of mutual learning is installed that enables the participants to develop their capacities.

Main Outcome of the activity

Reduction of mental and business-related challenges in farming

Main Practical Recommendations

Farmers are looking for solutions themselves, peer-to-peer.


Key Stakeholders Involved

Farmers


Most Innovative Aspects of the Solution

Farmers are tackling mental and economic/business problems themselves, peer-to-peer and in an early stage

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