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題 名 | 高齡農民持續務農的意義與營農的困境=The Meanings and Obstacles for Older Farmers to Continue Farming |
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作 者 | 劉素芬; 林佩瑩; 朱怡靜; 鍾玉廷; 徐藝璇; | 書刊名 | 台灣農學會報 |
卷 期 | 17:4 2016.12[民105.12] |
頁 次 | 頁350-374 |
分類號 | 431.4 |
關鍵詞 | 高齡農民; 農業推廣; 退休; 質性研究; Older farmers; Agricultural extension; Retirement; Qualitative research; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 臺灣人口老化,高齡化現象在農村更顯嚴重,值得深入探究。本研究以立意抽樣取得六位屏東縣高齡農民的同意,透過半結構開放式訪談,探討高齡農民持續務農的意義與營農的困境。訪談資料以內容分析法分析,結果顯示高齡農民持續務農的意義來自對農地的責任與樸實的生活態度,高齡農民因承襲父祖輩的土地,長期耕種,與土地和當地居民有深厚感情,而且子女有成就、生活純樸,因此願意持續務農到不能動為止。高齡農民營農的困境是成本太高與銷售管道受限,尤其農藥專業知識來自藥商且農藥昂貴,導致成本太高;高齡農民只知道傳統的通路,無法以多元的方式推廣產品,所以較無籌碼與中間商抗衡,因此盈餘很難提高。高齡農民的樂天生活態度令他們度過面對天災的無奈、獲利不佳以及因為下一代不願接班而即使邁入老年還要自己務農的挑戰。本研究的質性取向可增添文獻資料的多元性,其結論可供農政單位在制定農業推廣政策及規劃農民教育之參考。 |
英文摘要 | Taiwan's population is aging, and this aging phenomenon is even more severe in the agriculture sector and thus worth further investigation. This study uses semi-structured open-ended interviews with a purposive sample of six farmers older than 65 years of age in Pingtung County in order to explore the meanings and obstacles faced by older farmers to continue farming. The content analysis method is used to analyze the interview data. Results show that the meanings of continuing farming for older farmers come from their responsibility toward the land and their optimistic attitudes toward farm life. Older farmers generally inherited the land from their father and have a strong affection toward the land and toward local villagers due to long-term management of the land. These farmers enjoy the high achievements of their adult children and appreciate the simplicity of farm life and hence are willing to continuously work on the farm until they are unable to farm anymore. The obstacles faced by older farmers are high farming costs and the limitation of sales channels. Older farmers' knowledge about pesticides mainly originates from salespeople, which puts older farmers in a disadvantaged position to bargain about pesticide prices, leading to a high cost of farming. Older farmers who only know about the traditional sales channel are unable to promote their farm products via multiple ways and lack leverage to deal with middle salespeople. They therefore suffer from low profit gains. However, their optimistic attitudes toward farm life help them get through the tough times caused by natural disasters, low profit gains, and the younger generation's unwillingness to take over the farm work as they get older. The qualitative nature of this study helps increase the diversity of the literature on older farmers and the conclusion can be used as a reference by public agricultural agencies when instituting agricultural extension policies and planning farmers' education programs. |
本系統中英文摘要資訊取自各篇刊載內容。