Main research questionThe main objective of the project "Mental well-being starts at school" is to develop an educational pathway on mental well-being tailored to the target group of young farmers and students in the various agricultural and horticultural disciplines in higher education.
Mental well-being begins at school
Main research questionFarmwell is a European thematic network that bundles relevant expertise on well-being in the agricultural sector and, in close collaboration with farmers, looks for innovative solutions to the well-being problems in various partner countries.
Social innovations for better farmer well-being
More than seventy organizations join forces for farmer well-being
Today in Zevekote (Gistel), Minister of Agriculture Jo Brouns presented an ambitious action plan to ensure that our farmers have a better sense of well-being.
Within that unity, there is a strong connection between stress factors, well-being, and the coping strategies applied. For example, a family that copes effectively with stress factors will be more resilient than a family that avoids or denies problems.
Farmer stress and mental well-being
Broilers that grow just as well but emit less nitrogen
In bacterial canker, all above-ground parts of the plant can be affected (stem, branch, leaf, bud, flower, fruit): leaves wilt suddenly, branches and well-defined pieces of bark die and sunken spots appear, buds on infected branches do not sprout or hardly sprout, etc.
Towards an alternative and well-founded control of Pseudomonas infections in cherry and pear
And the well-known black-and-white classification of farmers does not reflect reality."
On the ecological level the model is well established. On the economic and social level it does not provide sufficient answers.
ILVO is starting a delicate investigation into the well-being of farm families. The intention is to find out the degree of long-term stress present in these families, what the causes are and how that stress is being handled.
On the Global Day for Mental Health (10 October 2019), ILVO draws attention to the first interim results from its research into the well-being of the Flemish farmer (male and female)