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4. Consumer views on animal welfare and organic and low-input farming: Results from a European survey

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Niemi, Jarkko, Väre, Minna, Lähtinen, Katja, Heinola, Katriina, Mikkola, Jarmo, Parrott, Patricia, van Vooren, Laura, Kliphuis, Saskia, Thobe, Petra, Zuliani, Anna, Re, Martina, Coletta, Monica, Accotto, Caterina, Ponzio, Raffaella, Alibert, Laurent, Roguet, Christine, Delanoue, Elsa, Cozma, Vasile, Spinu, Marina, Herremans, Sophie, Rangel Pedersen, Ninfa, Steenfeldt, Sanna, Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Harper Adams University, BioForum Vlaanderen, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Thünen Institute, Veterinari Senza Frontiere Italia, Sede c/o Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie viale dell'Università, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Slow Food Biodiversity, Institut du Porc (IFIP), USAMV, Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Fermentation Experts, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 816172, PPILOW, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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International audience

Published
2022

5. The PPILOW project: Innovations improving welfare in low input and organic pig and poultry farms

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Collin, Anne, Meloni, Giuditta, Bonnefous, Claire, Re, Martina, van Vooren, Laura, Niemi, Jarkko, Väre, Minna, Lähtinen, Katja, Tuyttens, Frank A.M., Graat, Evelien, Vanden Hole, Charlotte, Rodenburg, Tb (bas), Kliphuis, Saskia, Giersberg, Mona, Tavares, Olivia, Desaint, Brieuc, Steenfeldt, Sanna, Pedersen, Lene, Engberg, Ricarda M., Almadani Mohamad, Isam, Carelli, Riccardo, Sciarretta, Marlene, Guilloteau, Laurence, Réhault-Godbert, Sophie, Gautron, Joël, Le Bihan-Duval, Elisabeth, Mignon-Grasteau, Sandrine, Berri, Cécile, Guettier, Elodie, Baéza, Elisabeth, Chartrin, Pascal, Bordeau, Thierry, Raynaud, Emilie, Couroussé, Nathalie, Cailleau-Audouin, Estelle, Crochet, Sabine, Tourneur, Léa, Guichaoua, Adrien, van den Brand, Henry, Castellini, Cesare, Reverchon, Maxime, Sourdioux, Michel, Akakpo, Roland, Rangel Pedersen, Ninfa, Schepens, Rene, Almind, Maria, Grenier, Katia, Dubuc, David, Le Lann, Marie-Véronique, Ponzio, Raffaella, Mainardi, Marina, Accotto, Caterina, Coletta, Monica, Guesdon, Vanessa, Leruste, Hélène, Billiard, Bérangère, Ferreira, Vitor Hugo Bessa, Baldinger, Lisa, Pluschke, Helen, Delanoue, Elsa, Laura, Warin, Pertusa, Marion, Stomp, Mathilde, Travel, Angelique, Bouvarel, Isabelle, Germain, Karine, Ravon, Laure, Calandreau, Ludovic, Labas, Valérie, Prunier, Armelle, Merlot, Elodie, Tallet, Céline, Perruchot, Marie-Hélène, Louveau, Isabelle, van Milgen, Jaap, Dessauge, Frederic, Clouard, Caroline, Lebret, Bénédicte, Montagne, Lucile, Faure, Justine, Zuliani, Anna, Venezia, Pietro, Canario, Laurianne, Ferchaud, Stéphane, Cozma, Vasile, Spinu, Marina, Horia Bǎieş, Mihai, Courboulay, Valérie, Roguet, Christine, Gaudré, Didier, Chevillon, Patrick, Alibert, Laurent, Decruyenaere, Virginie, Wavreille, José, Vanggaard, Pia, Vanggaard, Jan, Micheloni, Cristina, Thobe, Petra, Lombard, Sarah, Caillaud, Laura, Bernardet, Nelly, Collet, Julie, Molenaar, Roos, Mattioli, Simona, Hill, Nigel, Cadudal, François, Quentin, Maxime, Leterrier, Christine, Teixeira-Gomes, Ana-Paula, Uzbekova, Svetlana, Maugrion, Emilie, Rocchi, Lucia, Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Scuela Santa Anna (SSSA), Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), BioForum Vlaanderen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Utrecht University [Utrecht], Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique (ITAB), Aarhus University [Aarhus], Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics, European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), Les instituts techniques agricoles (Acta), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), Syndicat des Sélectionneurs Avicoles et Aquacoles Français (SYSAAF), Fermentation Experts, Équipe Micro et nanosystèmes HyperFréquences Fluidiques (LAAS-MH2F), Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architecture des systèmes (LAAS), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT), Équipe DIagnostic, Supervision et COnduite (LAAS-DISCO), Slow Food Biodiversity, JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, ITAVI, Elevage Alternatif et Santé des Monogastriques (UE EASM), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-INSTITUT AGRO Agrocampus Ouest, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), SIVtro VSF Italia, Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage (GenPhySE ), Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Unité Expérimentale Elevages Porcins Innovants (GenESI), USAMV Cluj-Napoca, Institut du Porc (IFIP), Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Vanggaard Staldmontage, Harper Adams University, EAAP, PPILOW, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences, [SCCO]Cognitive science, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, [SDV.BDD]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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International audience; The PPILOW project aims to co-construct innovations to improve Poultry and Pig Welfare in Low-input outdoor and Organic farming systems through a multi-actor approach. PPILOW implements a participatory approach for proposing and studying welfare-improvement levers. It will provide a combination of practical solutions that can be applied at a pan-European level with specific adjustments depending on citizen’s expectations and the target market. The multi-actor approach consists in involving end-users including farmers, breeding companies, feed producers, consumer associations, retailers, advisers, processors, and scientists in National Practitioner Groups (NPG) in six participating countries. PPILOW partners facilitate the groups by connecting NPG at European level, transferring scientific information, interacting with partners engaged in animal experiments, and co-creating innovations rising from NPG-specific demands. They co-build with PPILOW partners welfare self-assessment tools (development of the PIGLOW app for pigs and refinement of the EBENE® app for poultry), and innovative breeding, feeding, and rearing strategies and techniques to improve the welfare of animals. They co-design protocols, test innovations on farm, and disseminate the results. In turn, they receive insights on methods and scientific results, and inputs from other NPG reinforcing the value of the expected outcomes. Approaches focus on avoiding physical damage and the elimination of layer male chicks, on reducing boar taint of intact male pigs, promoting positive behaviours, animal health, and robustness through field studies with pigs and poultry. Multicriteria analyses of the most effective levers of welfare improvement will be performed to evaluate their economic, social, and environmental impacts based on the ‘One Welfare’ concept; economic and business models will also be developed. To ensure the rapid uptake of the project results by end-users, the close involvement of PPILOW’s NPG throughout the EU will ensure disseminationactivities and the facilitation of change. The PPILOW project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement N°816172. www.ppilow.eu.

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2022

6. Low-input outdoor and organic poultry productions: how to improve animal welfare in these systems ?

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Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Niemi, Jarkko, Väre, Minna, Parrott, Patricia, Walley, Keith, Re, Martina, Ponzio, Raffaella, Zuliani, Anna, Bas Rodenburg, T., Guesdon, Vanessa, Delanoue, Elsa, Roinsard, Antoine, Warin, Laura, Leterrier, Christine, Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Harper Adams University, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Scuela Santa Anna (SSSA), Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Slow Food Biodiversity, Veterinari Senza Frontiere Italia, Sede c/o Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie viale dell'Università, Utrecht University [Utrecht], JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique (ITAB), ITAVI, Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 816172, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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welfare, [SCCO]Cognitive science, poultry, organic, practices, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology, low-input outdoor
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International audience

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2022

7. Understanding technical, ethical & socio-economic barriers and levers for improving poultry and pig welfare in low-input and organic farming systems

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Niemi, Jarkko, Tuyttens, Frank A.M., Rocchi, Lucia, Väre, Minna, Lähtinen, Katja, Heinola, Katriina, Mikkola, Jarmo, Parrott, Patricia, van Vooren, Laura, Kliphuis, Saskia, Baldinger, Lisa, Thobe, Petra, Almadani Mohamad, Isam, Zuliani, Anna, Coletta, Monica, Ponzio, Raffaella, Accotto, Caterina, Alibert, Laurent, Roguet, Christine, Delanoue, Elsa, Cozma, Vasile, Spinu, Marina, Warin, Laura, Re, Martina, Herremans, Sophie, Rangel Pedersen, Ninfa, Steenfeldt, Sanna, Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Harper Adams University, BioForum Vlaanderen, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics, SIVtro VSF Italia, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Slow Food Italy, Slow Food International, Institut du Porc (IFIP), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), USAMV Cluj-Napoca, ITAVI, Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Fermentation Experts, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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International audience

Published
2022

8. Stakeholder and consumer views towards animal welfare-enhancing practices in organic pig and poultry production: insights from the PPILOW survey

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Niemi, Jarkko, Väre, Minna, Lähtinen, Katja, Heinola, Katriina, Mikkola, Jarmo, Parrott, Patricia, van Vooren, Laura, Kliphuis, Saskia, Baldinger, Lisa, Thobe, Petra, Zuliani, Anna, Coletta, Monica, Ponzio, Raffaella, Accotto, Caterina, Alibert, Laurent, Roguet, Christine, Delanoue, Elsa, Cozma, Vasile, Spinu, Marina, Warin, Laura, Re, Martina, Herremans, Sophie, Rangel Pedersen, Ninfa, Steenfeldt, Sanna, Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Harper Adams University, BioForum Vlaanderen, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics, SIVtro VSF Italia, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Slow Food Italy, Slow Food International, Institut du Porc (IFIP), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), USAMV Cluj-Napoca, ITAVI, Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Fermentation Experts, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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International audience

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2022

9. Welfare issues and potential solutions for laying hens in free range and organic production systems : a review based on literature and interviews

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Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Guilloteau, Laurence A, Guesdon, Vanessa, Filliat, Christine, Réhault-Godbert, Sophie, Rodenburg, T Bas, Tuyttens, Frank A M, Warin, Laura, Steenfeldt, Sanna, Baldinger, Lisa, Re, Martina, Ponzio, Raffaella, Zuliani, Anna, Venezia, Pietro, Väre, Minna, Parrott, Patricia, Walley, Keith, Niemi, Jarkko K, Leterrier, Christine, AISS Animal Welfare, Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL), VETOPOLE 26, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Ghent University Hospital, Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek, ITAVI, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Slow Food Italy, Slow Food International, Veterinari Senza Frontiere Italia, Sede c/o Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie viale dell'Università, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Harper Adams University, Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), The PPILOW project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N°816172., European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019), and AISS Animal Welfare

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free range, General Veterinary, HELMINTH, HOUSING SYSTEM, pullet, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], poultry, organic, health, POULTRY RED MITE, FERMENTED FEED, KEEL BONE-FRACTURES, veterinary(all), hen, GROWTH-PERFORMANCE, welfare, DERMANYSSUS-GALLINAE, INFECTIONS, EGG, QUALITY, Veterinary Sciences, FEATHER-PECKING BEHAVIOR, ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT
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International audience; In free-range and organic production systems, hens can make choices according to their needs and desires, which is in accordance with welfare definitions. Nonetheless, health and behavioral problems are also encountered in these systems. The aim of this article was to identify welfare challenges observed in these production systems in the EU and the most promising solutions to overcome these challenges. It is based on a review of published literature and research projects complemented by interviews with experts. We selected EU specific information for welfare problems, however, the selected literature regarding solutions is global. Free range use may increase the risk of infection by some bacteria, viruses and parasites. Preventive methods include avoiding contamination thanks to biosecurity measures and strengthening animals' natural defenses against these diseases which can be based on nutritional means with new diet components such as insect-derived products, probiotics and prebiotics. Phytotherapy and aromatherapy can be used as preventive and curative medicine and vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics and pesticides. Bone quality in pullets and hens prevents keel deviations and is favored by exercise in the outdoor range. Free range use also lead to higher exposure to variable weather conditions and predators, therefore shadow, fences and guard animals can be used to prevent heat stress and predation respectively. Granting a free range provides opportunities for the expression of many behaviors and yet many hens usually stay close to the house. Providing the birds with trees, shelters or attractive plants can increase range use. Small flock sizes, early experiences of enrichment and personality traits have also been found to enhance range use. Severe feather pecking can occur in free range production systems, although flocks using the outdoor area have better plumage than indoors. While many prevention strategies are facilitated in free range systems, the influence of genetics, prenatal and nutritional factors in free range hens still need to be investigated. This review provides information about practices that have been tested or still need to be explored and this information can be used by stakeholders and researchers to help them evaluate the applicability of these solutions for welfare improvement.

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2022
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10. PPILOW Deliverable 1.3 - Characterisation of reactions of the general public and farming sector to new approaches to organic and low-input pig and poultry production

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Niemi, Jarkko, Väre, Minna, Lähtinen, Katja, Heinola, Katriina, Mikkola, Jarmo, Parrott, Patricia, van Vooren, Laura, Kliphuis, Saskia, Baldinger, Lisa, Thobe, Petra, Zuliani, Anna, Coletta, Monica, Ponzio, Raffaella, Accotto, Caterina, Alibert, Laurent, Roguet, Christine, Delanoue, Elsa, Cozma, Vasile, Spinu, Marina, Warin, Laura, Re, Martina, Herremans, Sophie, Rangel Pedersen, Ninfa, Steenfeldt, Sanna, Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Harper Adams University, BioForum Vlaanderen, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics, SIVtro VSF Italia, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Slow Food Biodiversity, Institut du Porc (IFIP), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), ITAVI, USAMV Cluj-Napoca, Scuela Santa Anna (SSSA), Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Fermentation Experts, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), The PPILOW project as received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 816172, LUKE, PPILOW, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
Published
2021

11. Organic pig and poultry production: what are the animal welfare challenges?

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Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Niemi, Jarkko, Väre, Minna, Parrott, Patricia, Walley, Keith, Re, Martina, Ponzio, Raffaella, Rodenburg, T. Bas, Tallet, Céline, Merlot, Elodie, Montagne, Lucile, Faure, Justine, Guilloteau, Laurence, Guesdon, Vanessa, Leruste, Hélène, Delanoue, Elsa, Alibert, Laurent, Roinsard, Antoine, Warin, Laura, Leterrier, Christine, Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Harper Adams University, Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB), Scuela Santa Anna (SSSA), Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Slow Food Biodiversity, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Rennes Angers, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), Institut du Porc (IFIP), Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique (ITAB), ITAVI, This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 816172, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SCCO]Cognitive science, [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Animal husbandry, Farming Systems
Abstract

International audience; Although organic animal production is based on farming systems that enable a high degree of expression of natural behaviour by the animals, there are still some welfare challenges in such systems. Our study provides a state of the art of practices that could improve animal welfare in organic productions and interviews with key informants have been conducted to identify gaps and opportunities for animal welfare. This study provides a shortlist of practices that could be used to improve animal welfare while taking into account farmer wellbeing and sustainability and so contributing to “One Welfare”.

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2021

12. One Welfare for farm animals and humans: practitioners’ and citizens’ expectations

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Collin, Anne, Bonnefous, Claire, Leterrier, Christine, Tallet, Céline, Merlot, Elodie, Montagne, Lucile, Walley, Keith, Parrott, Tricia, Allan, Shelley, Castellini, Cesare, Meloni, Giudita, Rocchi, Lucia, Thobe, Petra, Almadani Mohamad, Isam, Warin, Laura, Pertusa, Marion, Hercule, Jonathan, Roguet, Christine, Delanoue, Elsa, Re, Martina, Micheloni, Cristina, Coletta, Monica, Accotto, Caterina, van Vooren, Laura, Jamart, An, Ponzio, Raffaella, Zuliani, Anna, Venezia, Pietro, Herremans, Sophie, Decruyenaere, Virginie, Cozma, Vasile, Spinu, Marina, Tuyttens, Frank A.M., Thys, Mirjan, Graat, Evelien, Rodenburg, T Bas, Kliphuis, Saskia, Giersberg, Mona, Väre, Minna, Lähtinen, Katja, Heinola, Katriina, Niemi, Jarkko, Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-INSTITUT AGRO Agrocampus Ouest, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Harper Adams University, Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Thuenen Institute of Farm Economics, ITAVI, Institut du Porc (IFIP), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), Italian Association for Organic Agriculture (AIAB-FVG), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), BioForum Vlaanderen, Slow Food Biodiversity, SIVtro VSF Italia, Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), USAMV Cluj-Napoca, USAMV cluj-Napoca, Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Utrecht University [Utrecht], Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 816172, Joint Online Conference OK-Net EcoFeed, PPILOW, Freebirds and POWER EU Projects, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

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[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, [SDV.BDLR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Reproductive Biology, [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition, [SDV.BDD]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

Published
2021

13. Work exposures and mental and musculoskeletal symptoms in organic farming.

Author

Mattila, Tiina E. A., Perkiö-Mäkelä, Merja, Hirvonen, Maria, Kinnunen, Birgitta, Väre, Minna, and Rautiainen, Risto H.

Subjects
MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases, AGRICULTURE, OCCUPATIONAL exposure, INTERVIEWING, CHI-squared test, RESEARCH funding, MENTAL illness, AGRICULTURAL laborers, SYMPTOMS
Abstract

This study focussed on harmful exposures and mental and musculoskeletal symptoms in organic and conventional farming using interview data of Finnish farmers over the winter of 2014–2015. The data consisted of 2,169 full-time farmers, out of whom 231 (11%) practiced organic farming and 1,938 (89%) conventional farming. Exposure to poisonous and irritating substances was less frequent while exposures to vibration and mould ('smell of root cellar') were more frequent on organic farms. Mental and musculoskeletal symptoms were slightly more common among organic farmers, but the associations were not statistically significant in regression modelling. Risk factors for mental symptoms included animal production, hired labour, female gender, constant hurry, working alone, economic uncertainty, and inadequate recovery from workdays. Risk factors for musculoskeletal symptoms included older age, female gender, constant hurry, economic uncertainty, difficult working postures, heavy lifting and carrying, and inadequate recovery. Workload and recovery, managing the transition period and better follow-up of the occupational well-being were identified as concerns among organic farmers. Practitioner summary: Converting from conventional to organic farming has become increasingly common. Farmer interviews indicated that exposure to poisonous and irritating substances was less frequent while exposures to vibration and mould were more frequent on organic farms. Mental and musculoskeletal symptoms and risk factors were similar in both types of farming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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14. PPILOW Deliverable 1.1 - An inventory of welfare-related farming practices in organic and low-input livestock production systems

Author

Leterrier, Christine, Bonnefous, Claire, Collin, Anne, Väre, Minna, Niemi, Jarkko, Collin, Anne, PPILOW - Poultry and PIg Low-input and Organic production systems' Welfare (#816172) - PPILOW - - H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience 2019-09-01 - 2024-08-31 - 816172 - VALID, Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture (BOA), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), The PPILOW project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°816172., INRAE, PPILOW, and European Project: 816172,H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience ,PPILOW (2019)

Subjects
[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences, [SDV.SA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences, [SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
Published
2020

15. Part time and full time rural entrepreneurship from strategic management perspective - evidence from Finnish equine enterprises

Author

Rantamäki-Lahtinen, Leena Maija, Väre, Minna, Saastamoinen, Markku, Agricultural Economics, and Department of Economics and Management

Subjects
415 Other agricultural sciences
Abstract

Currently, little is known about how full or part time rural enterprises develop and are managed. In this study, the objective is to find out how the part time and full time equine enterprises could be managed from resource based view. The objectives addressed in this 1) to describe the differences and similarities of part time and full time equine enterprises 2) to analyse the subjective economic success of equine enterprises and to describe the different critical resources they might possess. The data used was collected via internet survey on spring 2017 from 432 equine enterprises. The data were analysed by principal component analysis, cluster analysis and the non-parametric tests. Part and full time entrepreneurs had different business goals; full time entrepreneurs stressed more often economic objectives. As one could expect, part time enterprises has smaller turnover and had less personnel. Entrepreneurs in full time enterprises had been working longer within the industry and also occupancy in their stables was higher. This might indicate that there are also some qualitative differences between firms. However, there were variation within the groups. For example, there were some part time enterprises that had higher turnover than most of the full time enterprises. The majority of part-time enterprises had less critical resources. As majority of the respondents had selected differentiation strategy, it would very important to improve these resources in order to improve the profitability of equine enterprises. Both part time and full time entrepreneurship are important for the development of sector. We would like to stress that both forms, part time and full time entrepreneurship are important for the development of sector. Enterprises are quite different and they operate on a little different lines of businesses, although many of them are diversified. Therefore they complement each other. Networking and cooperation will bring opportunities for both groups. However, the dynamics of the sector requires full time and smaller, but professionally run part time enterprises. Enhancing management skills is important also in small part time enterprises. For example pricing services too low by using other income as substitute is not sustainable for the sector.

Published
2018

16. Definition of catastrophic event when developing crop insurances for Finnish markets

Author

Väre, Minna Katriina, Liesivaara, Petri, and Myyrä, Sami

Subjects
Risk and Uncertainty, fungi, food and beverages, Catastrophe, crop, Monte Carlo, insurance
Abstract

In Finland, there is need for new crop insurance system as the Crop Damage Compensa-tion scheme (CDC) is abolished in 2015. Therefore, the responsibility of farmers, insurance companies and government in case of crop damages and catastrophic events need to be de-fined. We compared CDC data to the total value of crop production in Finland. Probability of catastrophic losses was simulated by Monte Carlo method and compared to farmers’ stated beliefs on catastrophic events. Results suggest that there occurs no such catastrophic risk that crop insurance system would not be able to cover. Thus, disaster relief program by the gov-ernment is not needed in Finland.

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2014
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17. Determinants of farmer retirement and farm succession in Finland

Author

Väre, Minna, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Economics and Management, Helsingin yliopisto, maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, taloustieteen laitos, Helsingfors universitet, agrikultur-forstvetenskapliga fakulteten, institutionen för ekonomi, Lilja, Reija, Ylätalo, Matti, and Pietola, Kyösti

Subjects
maatalouden liiketaloustiede
Abstract

In the past decade, the Finnish agricultural sector has undergone rapid structural changes. The number of farms has decreased and the average farm size has increased when the number of farms transferred to new entrants has decreased. Part of the structural change in agriculture is manifested in early retirement programmes. In studying farmers exit behaviour in different countries, institutional differences, incentive programmes and constraints are found to matter. In Finland, farmers early retirement programmes were first introduced in 1974 and, during the last ten years, they have been carried out within the European Union framework for these programmes. The early retirement benefits are farmer specific and de-pend on the level of pension insurance the farmer has paid over his active farming years. In order to predict the future development of the agricultural sector, farmers have been frequently asked about their future plans and their plans for succession. However, the plans the farmers made for succession have been found to be time inconsistent. This study estimates the value of farmers stated succession plans in predicting revealed succession decisions. A stated succession plan exists when a farmer answers in a survey questionnaire that the farm is going to be transferred to a new entrant within a five-year period. The succession is revealed when the farm is transferred to a suc-cessor. Stated and revealed behaviour was estimated as a recursive Binomial Probit Model, which accounts for the censoring of the decision variables and controls for a potential correlation between the two equations. The results suggest that the succession plans, as stated by elderly farmers in the questionnaires, do not provide information that is significant and valuable in predicting true, com-pleted successions. Therefore, farmer exit should be analysed based on observed behaviour rather than on stated plans and intentions. As farm retirement plays a crucial role in determining the characteristics of structural change in agriculture, it is important to establish the factors which determine an exit from farming among eld-erly farmers and how off-farm income and income losses affect their exit choices. In this study, the observed choice of pension scheme by elderly farmers was analysed by a bivariate probit model. Despite some variations in significance and the effects of each factor, the ages of the farmer and spouse, the age and number of potential successors, farm size, income loss when retiring and the location of the farm together with the production line were found to be the most important determi-nants of early retirement and the transfer or closure of farms. Recently, the labour status of the spouse has been found to contribute significantly to individual retirement decisions. In this study, the effect of spousal retirement and economic incentives related to the timing of a farming couple s early retirement decision were analysed with a duration model. The results suggest that an expected pension in particular advances farm transfers. It was found that on farms operated by a couple, both early retirement and farm succession took place more often than on farms operated by a single person. However, the existence of a spouse delayed the timing of early retirement. Farming couples were found to co-ordinate their early retirement decisions when they both exit through agricultural retirement programmes, but such a co-ordination did not exist when one of the spouses retired under other pension schemes. Besides changes in the agricultural structure, the share and amount of off-farm income of a farm family s total income has also increased. In the study, the effect of off-farm income on farmers retirement decisions, in addition to other financial factors, was analysed. The unknown parameters were first estimated by a switching-type multivariate probit model and then by the simulated maxi-mum likelihood (SML) method, controlling for farmer specific fixed effects and serial correlation of the errors. The results suggest that elderly farmers off-farm income is a significant determinant in a farmer s choice to exit and close down the farm. However, off-farm income only has a short term effect on structural changes in agriculture since it does not significantly contribute to the timing of farm successions. Suomalaisen maatalouden rakenne on muuttunut nopeasti viimeisen vuosikymmenen aikana. Maatilojen lukumäärä on vähentynyt ja keskikoko kasvanut kun tehtyjen sukupolvenvaihdosten määrä on vähentynyt. Viljelijöiden luopumispäätökset vaikuttavat ratkaisevasti maatalouden rakennekehitykseen. Sukupolvenvaihdoksia ja toisaalta vapautuvien resurssien siirtymistä jatkaville viljelijöille onkin pyritty edesauttamaan mm. viljelijöiden luopumistuen avulla. Suomessa on ollut vuodesta 1974 lähtien käytössä erilaisia viljelijöiden luopumistukijärjestelmiä, ja viimeisen kymmenen vuo-den aikana niitä on toteutettu Euroopan Unionin vastaavan järjestelmän puitteissa. Luopumiseläke on viljelijäkohtainen ja sen suuruus riippuu maksetuista eläkevakuutusmaksuista Maatalouden rakennekehityksen ennustamiseksi viljelijöiltä on alettu toistuvasti kysellä mm. heidän sukupolvenvaihdossuunnitelmiaan. Näiden suunnitelmien on kuitenkin havaittu muuttuvan ajan myötä. Tässä tutkimuksessa verrattiin viljelijöiden sukupolvenvaihdossuunnitelmia toteutuneeseen kehitykseen. Tarkastelu perustui tilakyselyyn, jossa tiedusteltiin tilan kehittämisaikomuksia seuraa-van viiden vuoden aikana. Tulosten perusteella toteutuneita sukupolvenvaihdoksia ei voida ennustaa kyselyvastausten perusteella. Siten viljelijöiden luopumispäätöksiä tulisi tarkastella toteutuneen käyttäytymisen eikä tulevaisuudensuunnitelmien perusteella. Sukupolvenvaihdoksen toteutumiselle on tärkeää riittävän aikainen ajoitus. Erilaisten politiikkatoimenpiteiden lisäksi myös taloudelliset kannustimet ja rajoitteet sekä tilan ja viljelijän ominaisuudet vaikuttavat viljelijöiden sukupolvenvaihdoksiin ja tilanpidon lopettamiseen sekä näiden päätösten ajoitukseen. Tärkeimmät luopumispäätökseen vaikuttavat tekijät ovat: viljelijän ja puolison ikä, mahdollisten jatkajien ikä ja lukumäärä, tilakoko, tilan sijainti ja tuotantosuunta sekä mahdollinen tulonmenetys eläkkeelle jäätäessä. Odotettavissa olevan eläkkeen kasvu aikaistaa erityisesti suku-polvenvaihdoksia. Tarkastelu perustuu Maatalousyrittäjien eläkelaitoksen rekistereistä poimittuun aineistoon. Maatalouden rakenteen muuttumisen lisäksi myös viljelijöiden tilan ulkopuoliset tulot ja niiden osuus tilan kokonaistuloista on kasvanut. Tutkimuksen mukaan viljelijän ja puolison tilan ulkopuolisilla tuloilla on erilainen vaikutus viljelijän luopumispäätöksiin. Viljelijän tilan ulkopuolelta hank-kimat tulot edesauttavat viljelijän päätöstä jäädä eläkkeelle ja lopettaa tilanpito. Puolison tilan ulkopuoliset tulot sen sijaan kannustavat jatkamaan tilanpitoa. Tulosten perusteella viljelijöiden lisääntyvät tilan ulkopuoliset tulot eivät merkittävästi vaikuta perheviljelmämuotoisen maatalouden jat-kuvuuteen pitkällä aikavälillä. Sen sijaan tilan ulkopuoliset tulot vaikuttavat tilanpidon lopettamis-päätösten ajoitukseen sekä tuotantoresurssien siirtymiseen tuotantoa jatkaville viljelijöille. Viljelijöiden luopumistukijärjestelmät ovat ensiarvoisen tärkeitä perheviljelmämuotoisen maatalouden säilyttämiseksi Suomessa. Järjestelmät mahdollistavat oikein ajoitetun sukupolvenvaihdoksen ja ylläpitävät maatalouden työpaikkoja. Houkutteleva luopumistukijärjestelmä on tarpeen nuorten viljelijöiden saamiseksi alalle. Tämä edellyttää eläkkeen alaikärajan pitämistä tarpeeksi matalana sekä riittävän korkeaa luopumistukieläkettä.

Published
2007

18. On the intention-behaviour discrepancy. Empirical evidence from succession on farms in Finland

Author

Väre, Minna, Weiss, Christoph, and Pietola, Kyösti

Subjects
succession / family farms / intention-behaviour discrepancy / econometric analysis / Finland, RVK QS 400, JEL D92, J26, C21, Q12
Abstract

This study examines and compares farmers' succession plans and actual succession behaviour and finds that the farm operator's age and regional variables influence both. We also find a discrepancy between intention and actual behaviour which is significantly related to the farm operator's age. Whereas the likelihood of planned succession is overestimated significantly for younger farm operators, the opposite is observed once the farm operator's age exceeds 65 years. Therefore, stated plans have only a negligible value in predicting the observed behaviour and farm operator's statements on the timing of succession may not provide enough information on the grounds of designing structural policies in agriculture. (author's abstract), Series: Discussion Papers SFB International Tax Coordination

Published
2005

19. Perspectives on the Early Retirement Decisions of Farming Couples

Author

Väre, Minna and Heshmati, Almas

Subjects
J26, farming couple, Nebenerwerbslandwirtschaft, bivariate probit, Agrareinkommen, early retirement, Q12, Flexible Altersgrenze, Finnland, Privater Transfer, ddc:330, C25, sense organs, Landwirte, Schätzung
Abstract

In the past decade, the European agricultural sector has undergone rapid structural change. Part of that change is manifested in extended early retirement plans. As pensions play a crucial role in determining the characteristics the change, it is important to establish the factors determining the exit from farming among elderly farmers. This study analyses the choice of pension scheme of farmers. The focus is on the effects of farm and off-farm incomes and various offered economic incentives on farmers? retirement decisions. The results provide valuable information concerning evaluation of existing programmes and the design of future retirement systems and policies.

Published
2004

20. Spousal Effect and Timing of Retirement.

Author

Väre, Minna

Subjects
*RETIREMENT, *RETIREMENT benefits, *EMPLOYEE benefits, *MONETARY incentives, *LABOR incentives, *AGRICULTURAL innovations
Abstract

The retirement decisions of individuals are strongly influenced by spousal retirement, financial incentives and institutional constraints such as access to early retirement benefits. In the European Union (EU), farm retirement is encouraged by early retirement provisions for farmers. As exit from farming determines the characteristics of structural change in agriculture, it is important to find out how spousal retirement and economic incentives affect the timing and type of retirement decisions among elderly farmers. This paper analyses the timing of early retirement decisions of farming couples using duration analysis and different exit channels. The empirical analysis is based on Finnish farm-level panel data for the period 1993–1998. The results suggest that an expected pension particularly advances farm transfers. Farming couples are found to co-ordinate their early retirement decisions. However, farmers are not found to co-ordinate their early retirement according to spousal retirement under other pension schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2006
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21. Determinants of Good Work Ability among Organic and Conventional Farmers in Finland.

Author

Mattila TEA, Rautiainen RH, Hirvonen M, Väre M, and Perkiö-Mäkelä M

Subjects
Agriculture, Farms, Finland, Humans, Farmers, Work Capacity Evaluation
Abstract

Based on earlier studies, farmers have poorer work ability compared to workers in most other occupations. The aim of this study was to explore if organic production has a positive effect on producers' work ability while controlling for demographic and production characteristics. This study used telephone interview data collected by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in 2014-2015. The material consisted of 2,164 farmers: 231 in organic production and 1,933 in conventional production. Work ability was measured with a single question regarding the farmers' current work ability compared with their lifetime best on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 meaning unable to work. The data were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression. Organic production had a negative effect on work ability, while larger farm size, experiencing economic uncertainty rarely/never/occasionally (vs. often), age under 55 years, having occupational health coverage, and experiencing low amounts of physical strain or mental strain had positive effects in a multivariable model. While this study could not consider potential biases from the farmers' existing health status at the time of switching to organic production and other sources, it is clear that greater attention needs to be paid to improving worker health, safety, and wellness in organic farming., (Copyright© by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.)

Published
2020
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