Why are just 12% of Irish farmers women?
Updated / Monday, 8 Mar 2021 09:37 "Women tended to be very well-informed about agri-environmental schemes and so on because they were working in the area of agriculture and were able to bring all of that knowledge back to the farm". Photo: Getty Images One of the main reasons is the 'deeply embedded' tradition of fathers passing the land to their sons "Culturally, farming is a very male industry, and it's very much the tradition that fathers pass the land to their sons", said Shortall. "That is a tradition that goes back hundreds and hundreds of years, and it's very deeply embedded and it's...
Source: rte.ie