White, Paul (author / The Minnesota Poll) and The Minnesota Poll
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1971
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: B03395
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Communicating agriculture to the non agricultural public : a seminar jointly sponsored by Gamma Sigma Delta and University of Minnesota, Institute of Agriculture (1970 June 29). [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1971. p. 4-5
19 pages., via online journal., This article discusses how to involve rural youths not in employment, education, or training (or NEETs) in agriculture. A Portuguese network-based project called Terra Nostra, carried out
from 2013 to 2015 to engage and train NEETs in ecoagriculture activities, was examined to address this issue. The study focused on three aspects: a reanalysis of Terra Nostra’s final report, based
on the bioecological model, targeting typical problems with NEETs’ involvement and how the project aimed to overcome them; the lessons learned from the project according to the literature; and the state of the art regarding identical social interventions with NEETs in Portugal and the rest of Europe. A major conclusion stemming from the analysis is that similar projects
will need to address the limitations of employment public services in reaching out to rural NEETs and the state’s excessive protectionism of the sector.
