Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Jun 2022)

The Multiple Influences on the Future of Work in Agriculture: Global Perspectives

  • Benoit Dedieu,
  • Sandra Contzen,
  • Ruth Nettle,
  • Sandra Mara de Alencar Schiavi,
  • Mohamed Taher Sraïri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.889508
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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In this introductory paper, we discuss changes in work in agriculture arising from the influence of a wide variety of factors: global food chains and societal controversies about farming models, the status of agricultural work as a profession alongside others; the progress of rural development; issues of precariousness in work and in health. We summarize these influences and their implications to introduce the Special Issue “Work in agriculture: which perspectives?”, and outline the seven papers that contribute to understanding of the future trajectories for work in agriculture.

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