7.2 Evidence of change
These changes are becoming apparent in a number of ways:
- farming is increasingly defined as a business. No one doubts that business methods are necessary, but most farm families consider farming to be more than ‘a business’. There is little in most other business that compares to the emotional links many farmers have with the land.
- women have been working in paid employment away the farm for a number of years, but expectations of more equality between husband and wife are emerging.
- it is now assumed children will be treated equally in terms of succession; and this has become the ideal, though many can not afford to do it.
- succession arrangements are changing and farmers are staying longer on their farms.
What are the implications of these changes for sustainability?
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Rural Affairs Coordinator
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64 4 894 0675
Fax: +64 4 4 894 0745
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