IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/vrs/eurcou/v14y2022i3p456-474n3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Potential of Including Social Farming Initiatives within Agroecological Transition in Hungarian Farms

Author

Listed:
  • Ujj Apolka
  • Jancsovszka Paulina

    (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Gödöllö)

  • Ramos-Diaz Fernanda

    (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

Abstract

The European Model of Agriculture has been developed based on multifunctional agriculture that plays an essential role in increasing the vitality of rural areas in Europe. The agroecological approach is strongly related to multifunctional agriculture as well as social farming that is unique for visualising the social aspect of sustainability in agriculture. This paper aims to explore and evaluate the awareness and attitude of Hungarian farmers, based on indicators derived from in-depth interviews focused on agroecological transition, in order to identify possible spaces for social farming initiatives. For this purpose, the indicators are analysed using the existing 10 elements of agroecology created by FAO as a reference point. The aim of this analysis is to understand which basic element-related practices are preferred, whether social elements are included or not, and to determine which areas need to be strengthened in education in order to encourage farmers to be open to addressing social issues. The results of the research confirm indicators which are present in the daily practices of those farms that do not necessarily identify themselves as social farms. In addition to their willingness to potentially transition to agroecological systems, they have the basic elements and attitude to adopt social farming.

Suggested Citation

  • Ujj Apolka & Jancsovszka Paulina & Ramos-Diaz Fernanda, 2022. "Potential of Including Social Farming Initiatives within Agroecological Transition in Hungarian Farms," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 14(3), pages 456-474, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:456-474:n:3
    DOI: 10.2478/euco-2022-0023
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0023
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2478/euco-2022-0023?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:456-474:n:3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.sciendo.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.