Intergenerational Considerations for Generational Renewal in Agriculture Policy Strategies
The senior generation’s resistance to alter the status quo of the existing management and ownership structure of their farm is undoubtedly strong within the farming community. This phenomenon has resulted in extraordinary socio-economic challenges for young people aspiring to embark on a career in farming. This study sets forth a series of recommendations aimed at allowing older farmers to maintain and sustain existing activities and daily routines on their farms in later life in order to help ensure their emotional wellbeing in later life, whilst also ‘releasing the reins’ to allow for the necessary delegation of managerial responsibilities and ownership of the family farm to their successors, in order for generational renewal to occur.