THE NEW PEASANTRY: TOWARDS A NEW SOCIAL FARMING MODEL Authors Neus Monllor Rico Keywords: young farmer, generational handover, rural policy, new peasantry, social farming paradigm, comparative analysis. Abstract This paper discusses some of the results of the author’s doctoral thesis, which explores the reality of the generational handover of the agricultural sector as a means to better understand the installation process and the agricultural practices of young people and their attitudes vis-à-vis a change of paradigm. The results reveal great diversity in the agricultural practices and attitudes of the younger generations in keeping with their family backgrounds. Those who were born in an agrarian environment (traditional farmers) are more likely to follow the conventional agricultural paradigms, whereas those who come from non-agrarian families (newcomer farmers) display different traits that are more closely associated with a new paradigm. The sample consulted confirms the existence of an emerging group that is very connected to the land and to local organic production, a group with a spirit of independence that remains optimistic about the future of the agricultural sector. This new wave of young farmers with renewed energy has been referred to as the “New Peasantry”.Keywords: young farmer, generational handover, rural policy, new peasantry, social farming paradigm, comparative analysis. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 35: desembre 2013 Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal QUADERNS AGRARIS, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to ICEA (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to QUADERNS AGRARIS.Authors answer to ICEA for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.ICEA declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal QUADERNS AGRARIS is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
