Abstract
The number of the young farmers who started farming for the first time has changed from decrease to increase during the last year, the first reversal since 1990. However, as this measures on the entry to farming, the trend does not necessarily equate to an increase of the number of young farmers who continue with farming for a long time. This paper seeks to assess the question of resignation from farming. As the resignation rate has has been consistently greater than entry since 1990, the overall number of the young farmers who continue with farming has not increased during this time. Furthermore, almost of the studies on young farmers have considered young men, ignoring the case for young women. This paper attempted to assess the case for young female farmers as well. The findings indicate that the number of the young female farmers who started farming for the first time during the last year saw a similar change from decrease to increase. This factor may be connected with the above-mentioned conditions of young male farmers on the one hand. As well, while the increasing trend of the number of young female junior agricultural college students is noted, this may be related to the change of the intention of girls who get into college as well as with the reorganization of the junior agricultural college.
