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Fiatal agrárvállalkozók – társadalmi innováció
Young Agrarian Entrepreneurs – Social Innovation

Author(s): Zoltán Bíró A.
Subject(s): Agriculture, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: agriculture; Szeklerland; youth; social innovation; modernization

Summary/Abstract: A new category of agrarian producers is emerging and increasingly strengthening in the Szeklerland in recent years, consisting mostly of young people. This generational change is associated with significant content change and innovation. As both the content and form of their activity can be regarded as new when compared to the context of the geographical region, it brings change not only in the agrarian sector, but also social innovation. This group has generated, through its own activity, an innovative content that could have effects reaching beyond the given sector, carrying the potential of a paradigm shift for the entire region. We cannot yet predict whether the appearance and activity of these innovative young agrarian operators will lead to modernization in the region, but there is the possibility for it. Hence, this small, but ever-growing group deserves greater professional and public attention than it currently receives from the regional political actors.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 29-32
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Hungarian