Greece – Women Farmers Feel Pain of Increased Austerity, Economic Crisis
Author: WUNRN
Date: February 13, 2016
GREEK FARMERS FEEL PAIN OF INCREASED AUSTERITY, ECONOMIC CRISIS
https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rural-area-economics/briefs/pdf/07_en.pdf
WOMEN IN EU AGRICULTURE & RURAL AREAS – HARD WORK, LOW PROFILE, LOW PROFILE
Differences between male and female agriculture economic activity rates vary considerably, from more than 20 percentage points in Malta, Greece and Italy to less than 5 percentage points in Lithuania and Finland4.
WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL GREECE
“In Greece, female entrepreneurship acquires additional interest due to the current deep economic crisis and soaring unemployment affecting particularly women and young people, as well as the tendency to return to agriculture as an employment solution already detected among individuals in urban areas.”
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