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A call for research and policy into building multi-layered social resilience toward a sustainable agricultural workforce in Switzerland

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The agricultural workforce is exposed to rapidly changing working conditions due to societal, economic, political, and ecological challenges. In the Swiss farming community, poor mental wellbeing is a growing concern and research focuses on the distribution and hazards of psychological distress in farmers and their social network. This perspective benefits from insights of the first agricultural cohort in Switzerland, illustrating the complex field that farmers operate in. Consequently, we call for a paradigm shift in research and policy from individual vulnerability to multi-layered social resilience toward building an agricultural workforce with the capacity to create pathways for a sustainable agriculture.
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1617575
Authors: Julia Doetzer, Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund, Priska Ammann, Medea Imboden, Ayoung Jeong, Aline Veillat, Karin Ingold, Mirko S. Winkler, Samuel Fuhrimann, Nicole Probst-Hensch
Institutions: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Durham University, University of Bern, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,801
OpenAlex ID: W4413971127
FWCI: 0.504
Cites: 13
Cited by: 1
Related to: 10