WOMEN'S ROLES IN AUSTRIAN AGRICULTURE

Abstract

SUMMARY For ages, family farms have prevailed and are particular to Austria. Since work both on and off the farm and family life are combined, the role of women in agriculture is a complex one. The agricultural population for the survey was obtained from the Austrian Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) farm data set 2014 where farm operators had the legal status of natural person or group person (without community pastures and cooperatives). According to this research female farmers have a multi-faceted, challenging job profile. According to Rossier (2014), 47% (2002 44%) of female farmers were working off-farm in 2012.