The women and stress behind rural farming in America

The women and stress behind rural farming in America - UGA Today

Women vital in farming, on and off the agricultural field · Managing emotions, coping with stress gets tough for female farm wives · Minimizing ...

Stress, Social Support and Mental Health for Men and Women ...

The odds for women to experience depression due to geographic isolation were four times higher than for men. Among farmers who indicated low ...

Stress runs high in agriculture, especially for women - WGLT

“No one ever asks a woman about their agricultural stress,” said Co-Lead on the Cultivating Resiliency project Doris Mold. The project is out of ...

The Unjust Climate: Bridging the Gap for Women in Agriculture - CSIS

... equality in rural agriculture during the ongoing climate crisis featuring representatives from FAO, USAID, U.S. Department of State, and USDA.

Rural Response to Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

Farmers and ranchers in the U.S. have demanding jobs that are often compounded by economic uncertainty, vulnerability to weather events, and isolation.

The conversation of mental health and female farmers - AGDAILY

According to the American Psychological Association, 41 percent of rural women are depressed or anxious, as compared with their urban ...

Iowa study uses new tool to examine stress among women farmers

Farming is known to be a stressful occupation. While a great deal of research exists on farm stress, very few studies have looked at stress ...

Women for the Land - American Farmland Trust

And while women are increasingly in playing primary decision-making roles on farms and many are inclined towards conservation, they remain underrepresented in ...

Resilient Farms & Families: Responding to Stress

The ongoing economic conditions in agriculture are taking a toll on farm families and their rural communities. The associated chronic stress is also ...

“Concerning” anxiety levels among women in farming linked with ...

Younger women were more stressed by financial pressures, and to a lesser extent concerns about the future of the farm/farming, than older women.

The status of women in agrifood systems - FAO Knowledge Repository

During the COVID-19 pandemic, women's food insecurity rose faster than men's, and job losses in both primary agricultural production and off-farm segments of ...

Research trends in farmers' mental health: A scoping review of ...

While one systematic review focused on suicide in farming populations in the United States, there have been no scoping studies examining mental ...

Rural Women's Day - the United Nations

If women had the same access to productive resources as men, farm yields could increase by 20–30 per cent, feeding an additional 100 to 150 ...

Perceived stress, stressors, and preferred stress management ...

Based on PSS score, agricultural producers throughout the Western United States are experiencing, on average, a medium level of stress (M = 18.3 ...

A social ecological analysis of farmer stresses and supports in ...

1–15; Peterson et al., 2020). Farmers encounter significant stress in the course of their work. Some of this stress, as a result of events like relationship ...

GROWING STRESS ON THE FARM - Missouri Hospital Association

Mental health outcomes data on suicide rates for rural and nonrural Missourians were gathered from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Farm Stress and Emotional Well-Being, Part I - ATTRA

Clinics may be at some distance from the farm. There is often a dearth of providers in rural areas. Access to specialists may not exist, and this can be ...

The Health and Well-Being of Women in Farming: A Systematic ...

Key findings suggest women are at particular risk from certain illnesses associated with some aspects of agricultural work and face a number of stressors.

Mental and Physical Symptoms of Female Rural Workers

Housework is another factor that contributes to increasing physical discomfort among female farm workers. ... In addition, women with an unequal ...

The climate crisis is unjust for rural women: FAO gender expert

Every year, women farmers and female-headed households in low- and middle-income households are suffering from very large losses due to climatic ...