2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Many Swiss farming families face socioeconomic disadvantage despite
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Switzerland being a wealthy country with instruments of agricultural
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policy financially supporting almost all farmers. However, official
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poverty statistics exclude Swiss farmers and scientific knowledge is
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rare about how such situations are experienced. This article scrutinises
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the situation of Swiss farming families living in poverty or material
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deprivation by intertwining qualitative and quantitative methods to
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enrich both types of data and interpretations. By statistically
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comparing farmers with the self-employed in other economic sectors, it
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uses a novel way of comparing the farming with the non-farming
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population. The article shows that the poverty among farmers resembles
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that of the self-employed with no or few employees in other economic
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sectors and describes the lived experiences of poverty and material
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deprivation. It concludes that adaptive preferences make farming
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families resilient to socioeconomic disadvantage, while possibly leading
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to a loss of their livelihood in the long run.'
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affiliation: 'Contzen, S (Corresponding Author), Bern Univ Appl Sci, Sch Agr Forest
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\& Food Sci, Laenggasse 85, CH-3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland.
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Contzen, Sandra, Bern Univ Appl Sci, Sch Agr Forest \& Food Sci, Laenggasse 85,
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CH-3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland.
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Crettaz, Eric, Univ Appl Sci Western Switzerland, Sch Social Work, Rue Prevost Martin
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28, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland.'
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author: Contzen, Sandra and Crettaz, Eric
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author-email: sandra.contzen@bfh.ch
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author_list:
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- family: Contzen
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given: Sandra
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- family: Crettaz
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given: Eric
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1111/soru.12230
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eissn: 1467-9523
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files: []
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issn: 0038-0199
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journal: SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS
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keywords: 'adaptive preferences; farming families; financial poverty; material
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deprivation; Switzerland'
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keywords-plus: WORKING POVERTY; ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES; DEPRIVATION; INCOME; LIFE
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language: English
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month: JUL
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number: 3, SI
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number-of-cited-references: '79'
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pages: 393-418
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papis_id: 62b9f894170fc7c998a1eab66373b7c5
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ref: Contzen2019beingpoor
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researcherid-numbers: Contzen, Sandra/ABB-4547-2020
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times-cited: '7'
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title: 'Being a poor farmer in a wealthy country: A Swiss case study'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000478097700003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '5'
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volume: '59'
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web-of-science-categories: Geography; Sociology
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year: '2019'
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