Manel Plana Farran
Studying, analyzing and working on family farms and those young people who want to incorporate is the main objective of this project.
Link to access the curriculum:
http://webgrec.udl.es/webpages/personal/cat/000238_mplana.aegern.udl.cat.html
In the European Union environment, according to data from Eurostat, 96.2% of agricultural holdings in the 28 states are farms of a family nature.
This means that of 10.8 million of these activities, almost 10.4 are family members.
What is a family farm? In 2014, FAO declared it the International Year of Family Farming.
It is in this framework that the definition of family farms is established as ".... that agricultural exploitation that is managed and operated by a family and where labor force is provided by the same family ".
Family Farming
In the document "Family Farming in the EU" there are some data to emphasize:
- Family farms account for 19 out of 20 within the EU framework.
- Cultivate 2/3 parts of the EU-28 crops.
- They generate 85.5% of the contracts that are given in this sector.
- Cattle were 69.7% of livestock
These data can be found at this link:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Agriculture_statistics_-_family_farming_in_the_EU#Main_statistical_findingsPoll
Carry out a survey of all the students of the Agrarian Training Schools of Catalonia.
Family
Determine how many of these students are members of a family farm, how many want to create their own agrarian business and how many want to work in the agri-food sector.
Motivations
Collect the motivations of students from these schools for choosing this training.
Search
Do research on this aspect so important for the continuity of family farms.
Doctoral thesis
Write research papers, including a doctoral thesis to move, socialize and generate knowledge about the agricultural sector and this type of family farms.
