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The purpose of our Quality of Life survey is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on key aspects of your life, regarding physical and mental health and social wellbeing. 

Prevention tools

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The Farmers Mental Health and Wellbeing Training Toolkit is a comprehensive educational resource designed to support the mental and physical health of farmers through a variety of modules.

First aid tools

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FARMRes First Aid Tools are a compilation of practical resources focusing on mental health and wellbeing for farmers and their families.

16 farmers success stories

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Sixteen farmers success stories in preventing and overcoming mental health problems related to stress at work

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Vojtěch Pýcha is a Czech young farmer that co-owns a 150-hectare arable farm operating as a limited liability company. He manages the day-to-day operations, cultivating crops like cereals, sugar beets, and soybeans. Working alongside his father, they hire seasonal workers during the harvest. However, Vojtěch faces mental health challenges due to a heavy workload, balancing farm responsibilities, studying and external representation of farmers' roles. Recently, the company suffered a €50,000 loss due to declining wheat prices, causing stress and uncertainty. Additionally he has found it difficult to share his struggles as others cannot relate to his unique circumstances.
Farmers' financial stress is often a comprehensive issue that can be a widespread issue. Financial stress also affects the personal life of the agricultural entrepreneur, the personal or/and family’s livelihood. Economic challenges cause thoughts that are also related to farm continuity and transgenerational values. There has been financial stress on farms for a long time. Living in constant uncertainty and the fact that farms have to somehow plan ahead at the same time. The investments are big and they are made with an eye to the future, but it is not possible to plan the economy further than maybe a few years at the most at the moment.

Would you like to learn more?

Read the national reports and the report on European young farmers social and labour situation and its relationship with mental health and wellbeing.