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What drives family farm size growth in Hungary?
Heliyon, 2022 During the last two decades, the number of Hungarian family farms has declined, while average farm size has grown. To identify the drivers of farm size growth, the paper investigates the importance of human capital along with leadership skills, farm and ...
Štefan Bojnec +2 more
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Global Views of Local Food Systems: Family Farmers Are Struggling Everywhere
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 First paragraph: Family farming is not doing very well around the world. In the U.S., the oldest continuously operating farm, Tuttle farm, founded in 1632 in Dover, New Hampshire, is currently up for sale.
Rami Zurayk
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The role of rural credit policies in agricultural income generation in family farms in Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil - spatial trend and future scenarios [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2023 : Agriculture is central in Brazil’s political and socioeconomic history; agricultural exploitation is mainly conducted by families, creating a type of agriculture developed in small rural properties named family farming.
Camilla Silva Motta dos Santos +4 more
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Poultry Science, 2020 In no antibiotics ever (NAE) broilers, enteric diseases pose a threat to intestinal health and generally welfare, which can be exacerbated because of stocking density.
Amanda McKeith +2 more
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Agriculture, 2021 Israeli agriculture has experienced rapid structural changes in recent decades, including the massive exit of farmers, a resulting increase in average farm size, a higher farm specialization and a higher reliance on non-farm income sources.
Ayal Kimhi, Nitzan Tzur-Ilan
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DETERMINANTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY FARMS BREEDING ANIMALS OF CONSERVATIVE BREEDS IN CONDITIONS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE [PDF]
Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, 2019 The aim of the research was to determine the role and significance of natural, economic and social conditions influencing the development of family farms keeping animals of conservative breeds in conditions of sustainable agriculture.
Janusz Żmija
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Agronomía Colombiana, 2021 In view of the role of density and spacing in the growth parameters and organoleptic characteristics of plantains, this study sought to identify the best planting density for the cultivar Farta Velhaco (Terra group) cultivated in Mato Grosso (Brazil ...
Glaucio da Cruz Genuncio +4 more
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Wieś i Rolnictwo, 2014 The article elaborates on pluriactivity, i.e. taking non-agricultural jobs by farm household members. According to the research, pluriactivity is a universal phenomenon which can be observed in any country, regardless of its development level.
Marta Błąd
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Preliminary assessment of weed population in vegetable and fruit farms of Taif, Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 A significant level of yield losses in the vegetable and fruit farms are attributed to the weed populations of the area. This study was conducted for eighteen months during 2019-2020 to assess the presence of various weed families, related species, and ...
A. A. Majrashi
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A typology of corporate and family dairy farms in eastern Goiás, Brazil [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : This study aimed to identify a typology of corporate and family dairy farms in eastern Goiás, Brazil. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 170 farm operators in the municipalities of Cristalina, Luziânia, and Silvânia.
Bruna Sesco de Mendonça +4 more
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