WG18 – Documenting strategies of preservation in agricultural work
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WG18 – Documenting strategies of preservation in agricultural work

WG18 – Documenting strategies of preservation in agricultural work

This working group documents and compares differentiated strategies developed by women and men farmers to sustain health, quality of work, and relationships with living beings, at different scales: within farms, within working collectives, and across territories. It explores how situated practices contribute to the vitality of farms, the transmission of knowledge, and the transformation of production models towards more decent and desirable forms of work. The group aims i) to document concrete strategies of preservation of self, others, and the living in agricultural work, ii) to identify the effects of these strategies on health, attractiveness, and sustainability, and iii) to compare practice-based approaches to documenting and transforming actual work across different agricultural contexts.

Convenors: Fabienne Goutille (Université Clermont Auvergne, France), Sophie Chauvat (IDELE, France)

A Gender-Informed Perspective on the Work Challenges of New Entrants to Organic Farming  
Emna Khémiri, Leïla Boudra, Adelaide Nascimento    
 

Sustainable work in diversified agricultural systems: the case of mixed fruit tree-vegetable system    
Marine Chaillard, Aurélie Cardona, Guillaume Ollivier    
 

Detecting difficulties experienced by farmers at an earlier stage : a key for work prevention  
Xavier Coquil, Jean-Yves Pailleux  
 

Exploring risk pathways and safety measures during the high-risk bovine periparturient period: A survivor informed study.    
Kirsty Sweet, Sinéad Flannery, John McNamara, Francis Bligh    

 

The role of trees and hedgerows in agricultural practices. An ethnographical approach of environmental preservation practices in the Belgian agricultural landscape   
Gianni Malica    
 

Publication date: 11 September 2026 | By: I Avelange