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<p>Social farming (SF) has been developing dynamically in the Czech Republic in the last 10 years and enterprises are emerging and operating where the necessary conditions and environment are created for various people from target groups. The practice in the Czech Republic is to a large extent based on international practice and follows the basic outlines of the practice of mainly European countries. In these facilities, these persons often find employment or engage in various occupational therapy programmes in the provision of social services. Thus, in this analysis, we qualitatively focus on the identification of the basic factors why these farms come into existence and what are the main determining aspects for their functioning, which are based on the long-term experience of running a farm under the social farming concept. A guided qualitative interview method was chosen with respondents who have been operating in the country for a long time in the framework of the analysis, thus bringing in stimulating experiences that accompany them in their activities. The analysis is thus essentially a first experience in this field and raises a number of further questions that could be further deepened and refined, including in an international context.</p>
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Social farming (SF) has been developing dynamically in the Czech Republic in the last 10 years and enterprises are emerging and operating where the necessary conditions and environment are created for various people from target groups. The practice in the Czech Republic is to a large extent based on international practice and follows the basic outlines of the practice of mainly European countries. In these facilities, these persons often find employment or engage in various occupational therapy programmes in the provision of social services. Thus, in this analysis, we qualitatively focus on the identification of the basic factors why these farms come into existence and what are the main determining aspects for their functioning, which are based on the long-term experience of running a farm under the social farming concept. A guided qualitative interview method was chosen with respondents who have been operating in the country for a long time in the framework of the analysis, thus bringing in stimulating experiences that accompany them in their activities. The analysis is thus essentially a first experience in this field and raises a number of further questions that could be further deepened and refined, including in an international context.

Some Aspects of Social Farming in Czechia

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Social farming (SF) has been developing dynamically in the Czech Republic in the last 10 years and enterprises are emerging and operating where the necessary...

Some Aspects of Social Farming in Czechia

Pubblicato online: 13 ott 2022

Pagine: 569 - 590

Ricevuto: 20 dic 2021

Accettato: 28 ago 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0028

Parole chiave
social farming, target groups, adaptation of spaces, conflict resolution, key competencies, social aspects, social environment, specific tools

© 2022 Tomáš Chovanec et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Some Aspects of Social Farming in Czechia

Pubblicato online: 13 ott 2022

Pagine: 569 - 590

Ricevuto: 20 dic 2021

Accettato: 28 ago 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0028

Parole chiavesocial farming, target groups, adaptation of spaces, conflict resolution, key competencies, social aspects, social environment, specific tools

© 2022 Tomáš Chovanec et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
social farming, target groups, adaptation of spaces, conflict resolution, key competencies, social aspects, social environment, specific tools