The mental health and wellbeing of female farmers is one of the elements of sustainable agriculture. In agriculture, a lot of things are said about animal welfare, and very little about human welfare. Welfare should be about the whole ecosystem. The unpredictability of remuneration, the market, the weather and yields, as well as more and more regulations and the lack of sufficient time off work affect the psychological wellbeing of those working in agriculture. Women, who often combine farm work with family responsibilities, are at a greater risk of stress, burnout and other mental health issues. The topic of mental health problems, including burnout, is still kind of a taboo subject among farmers. The aim of the conference is to address the topic of mental wellbeing in the farming community as well as to showcase good practices and find solutions that could help support the farming community in dealing with this problem.
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Psychological well-being of female farmers: the perspective of agricultural producers, science and business
Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development (PAN)
00-330 Warsaw, ul. Nowy Świat 72
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Program
10:30-11:00
Registration, coffee and tea
11.00 – 11.15
Welcome and official opening of the conference
Karolina Tarnawska
Vice-President of the Board of the Polish Sustainable Agriculture and Food Association
11:15-11:50
Quality of Farmers’ Life: Challenges and Solutions
Monika Stanny PhD, Elwira Wilczyńska PhD
Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences
11:50-12:10
Psychological Well-Being from the Farmers’ Perspective
Anna and Luke Haase, farm owners
12:10-12:40
Join us for tea and coffee – and some networking.
12:40-14:10
How to Support the Agricultural Environment? Challenges and Good Practices.
- Anna Borys
Corporate Relations Director of McDonald’s Poland, Coach - Łukasz Haase
Farmer - dr Michał Krysiak
Psychotherapist and Manager for Sustainable Agriculture at Bayer Sp. z o. o. - Carolien Spaans
Agriculture Counsellor at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Warsaw - dr hab. Monika Stanny
Director, Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences - Karolina Tarnawska
Vice-President of the Board of the Polish Sustainable Agriculture and Food Association
Moderator – Małgorzata Bojańczyk, Director of the Polish Sustainable Agriculture and Food Association.
- Discussion with the audience
14:10-15:00
Let’s have some lunch.
14:10-15:30
Meetings with journalists