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Workers from India will save the Hungarian dairy industry?
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Because of the labour shortage and the low prestige of the job, nobody wants to work on dairy farms in Hungary. Furthermore, Ukrainians, Romanians, and Serbs move to Austria. Therefore, Hungarian farm owners recruit new workers in India who have swiftly become indispensable on their cattle farms. In fact, HVG managed to interview some of the farm owners who talked gladly about their Asian guest workers but did not allow the journalists to take photos of them.
Paperwork took six months
„There were no incidents; locals easily accepted my workers from India” – talked about his experiences András Krajcsovicz, a dairy farm owner in Békés county. He has been employing three men from the subcontinent for 1.5 months. He even
notified the local police station about his new employees to avoid any problems.
This practice is not unique: farm owners solved the problem of labour shortage such way in Veszprém, Nógrád, Győr-Moson-Sopron and Békés county. “Acquiring all the needed papers took half a year, but now everything is OK” – added Krajcsovicz.
He said that they were searching for new employees for years. However, they could not find anybody which is not surprising. According to an interview given by Ferenc Ledó, only the fruit and vegetable industry needs at least 50-60 thousand seasonal workers per annum. Animal husbandry, in contrast, requires fewer people but they have to be professionals. This is important because in the dairy industry paying the necessary amount of attention on the cows contributes a lot to the amount of milk they produce.
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Krajcsovicz added that after their unsuccessful search for new employees in Hungary they decided to employ men from India. They asked for four people, but they got three because one of them did not meet the requirements. According to him, the process starts in India with recruiting the potential workers and measuring their knowledge. Finally, they do the paperwork only for those who met the professional requirements. Acquiring all the permissions lasts for half a year and
After the Egg throwing incident, the employer is just protecting the employees from the media/uninformed locals by now allowing interviews. He has a business and the employees have a desire to work and this does not need to be disrupted as has been proven.
Legal People from India, whether Hindu, Sikh, Christian are all good hard working people. Glad to see them in Hungary helping everything and I welcome them.
Hi ..i have hungarian family but i am from india and can work in a dairy farm?
Dear Naveen, we don’t see any issue why you could not.
Hello This is Barinder singh from india I am working in daily farm 2 year ago and I want to come hungry in daily farming work. Can anyone guide me how to apply for dairy farming.