TY - JOUR
T1 - Work-related stress in agricultural industry
T2 - a preliminary investigation
AU - Colombo, Samuele
AU - Galati, Giada
AU - Venturino, Luca
AU - Trovato, Francesco
AU - Van Hoeserlande, Loic
AU - Zanella, Claudia
PY - 2022/12/26
Y1 - 2022/12/26
N2 - The present paper aims to investigate the social aspects of the agricultural industry, particularly those related to farmers. Starting with an analysis of the literature and official reports, the work describes the current problematic situation for the farmers' well-being. The research focuses on identifying the leading causes of their psychological stress through qualitative analyses made through personal interviews and questionnaires. Several reasons for stress were detected. The most prominent one was found to be harvest uncertainty. Finally, some solutions for actions to tackle the problem are discussed and suggested for further studies and applications.
AB - The present paper aims to investigate the social aspects of the agricultural industry, particularly those related to farmers. Starting with an analysis of the literature and official reports, the work describes the current problematic situation for the farmers' well-being. The research focuses on identifying the leading causes of their psychological stress through qualitative analyses made through personal interviews and questionnaires. Several reasons for stress were detected. The most prominent one was found to be harvest uncertainty. Finally, some solutions for actions to tackle the problem are discussed and suggested for further studies and applications.
KW - stress
KW - farming
KW - explorative study
U2 - 10.23726/cij.2022.1367
DO - 10.23726/cij.2022.1367
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 17
EP - 26
JO - CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ)
JF - CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ)
IS - 2
ER -
