| Abstract [eng] |
The aim of this article is to investigate socio-economic status of rural Lithuania aspects of the farmers’ operating prospects. In order to investigate the specific problems of the current village and assess the situation, was examined Versme publishing initiative organized expeditions in our material collected while visiting the farm and to communicate with their owners and other inhabitants of those areas. Studies were carried out during the 2008- 2012 period. They covered the countryside, located Onuškis, Semeliškes, Aukštadvaris (Trakai district), Rietavas (Plunge), Bijotai, Upyna (district Šilalė), Skaudvilė (district Tauragė). The survey included a total of 36 informants, most of the farmers and their family members: 30 men and 6 women. Lithuania rural area has many unsolved problems: not enough developed rural social infrastructure, low education level of the population and lack of qualifications, the uncertain future of the rural perspective, etc. It is these and other factors responds to economic and social status of the rural population, which influences decrease in employment, unemployment, demographic destruction, migration, our standard of living and so on. The article analyses the Lithuanian rural socio-economic condition affecting farming: analysis of the common agricultural policy, youth in the farming business, farms Lithuania number of areas, labour force participation, employment, unemployment rate in urban and rural areas, poverty, emigration and other... [to full text]. |
