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Bio-based and Applied Economics, 2014 This paper investigates the contribution of different off-farm income sources and Common Agricultural Policy direct payments on income inequality among farm households.
Simone Severini, Antonella Tantari
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OFF-FARM INCOME, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, AND FARM ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [PDF]
The economic well-being of most U.S. farm households depends on income from both onfarm and off-farm activities. Consequently, for many farm households, economic decisions (including technology adoption and other production decisions) are likely to be ...
Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge +5 more
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach +5 more
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CHANGES IN SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. FARMS DURING THE 1970s AND EARLY 1980s: AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON CURRENT AND CONSTANT DOLLAR SALES CATEGORIES [PDF]
Changes since 1970 in the distribution of selected farm characteristics among constant and current dollar farm sales categories were examined. In general, the same trends emerged but changes were less dramatic after adjusting for inflation.
Zulauf, Carl R.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
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Bio-based and Applied Economics, 2016 This paper analyses the instability of farm income experienced by a constant sample of Italian farms over the period 2003-2012. It assesses the extent of the aggregation bias due to the use of aggregated vs.
Simone Severini +2 more
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Off-Farm Income of People Involved in Farming
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1970 Two years ago, in his presidential address, Dr. C. E. Bishop told members of the American Agricultural Economics Association that “… our preoccupation with the problems of the farm firm has resulted in little or no attention to problems that are much more important to the majority of the rural population”.Preoccupation with the farm firm is evident in ...
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Impact of Off-farm Income on Farm Efficiency in Slovenia [PDF]
The paper investigates the impact of off-farm income on farm technical efficiency for the Slovenian Farm Accountancy Data Network farms in the years 2004-2008.
Bojnec, Stefan, Ferto, Imre
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U.S. Farm Income Outlook for 2015 [PDF]
, 2015 [Excerpt] The U.S. farm sector is vast and varied. It encompasses production activities related to traditional field crops (such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton) and livestock and poultry products (including meat, dairy, and eggs), as well as fruits,
Schnepf, Randy
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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