In various ways the anthropological studies he draws on link the increasing predominance of the «bachelor farmer», sexual repression, the breakdown of the traditional family structure and
conflicts over farm inheritance as contributing to the high levels of mental illness in rural Ireland at the time.
Not exact matches
Floods and droughts become more frequent and severe, which is likely to seriously affect
farm productivity and the livelihoods of rural communities, and increase the risk of
conflicts over land and water.
As an example: a very active, very small, group calling themselves the Heartland Farmers have been very effective in increasing social
conflict over a proposed wind
farm in central Yorke Peninsula in SA.