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AGRICULTURE IN CANADA: WHO WILL GROW THE FOOD? [PDF]
Key issues in the current agricultural debate include the future of family farms, levels of government support for farms, the roles of marketing institutions and the effect of new trade arrangements.
Lerohl, Mel L., Unterschultz, James R.
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Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: 2005 Family Farm Report [PDF]
Most farms in the United States- 98 percent in 2003- are family farms. They are organized as proprietorships, partnerships, or family corporations.
Banker, David E., Hoppe, Robert A.
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Materials and Methods REFUGIA project working paper [PDF]
, 2011 The organic farming structure has been analysed for all farms in Denmark 2005-2010. In 2005, the average farm size for organic farms was 50 ha, compared to 40 ha for conventional farms.
Dalgaard, Tommy
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Agrarian structure in Poland : the myth of large-farm superiority [PDF]
In Poland, present policies are aimed at promoting large, mechanized farms over smaller family farms. These policies are based on the perception that large farms offer real economies of scale.
Miller, Bill R. +2 more
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING: EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN CEREAL FARMS [PDF]
, 2007 A stochastic frontier production model was applied to estimate technical efficiency in a sample of Italian organic and conventional cereal farms. The main purpose was to assess which production technique revealed higher efficiency.
Madau, Fabio A.
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Survey on the control methods of Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) in organic olive groves producing oil and table olives in Sicily [PDF]
, 2006 In Sicily there are several organic farms producing olive oil and the number of farms has grown in the last years. The control methods of Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) used by Sicilian organic farms were surveyed in 2004 and 2005.
Battaglia, Isabella +3 more
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Female labour supply in farm households [PDF]
, 1993 Many Irish women in farm households have an input into the running of the farm; while a much smaller proportion are engaged in off-farm employment. Using cross-section household data, we analyse various models in which farm wives choose between farm work, off-farm paid work, and other (home production) activities.
Callan, Tim, Van Soest, Arthur
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Market Power in Direct Marketing of Fresh Produce: Community Supported Agriculture Farms [PDF]
CSA farms establish a loyal customer base and, potentially, market power. A new empirical industrial organization (NEIO) approach and survey data from Northeast CSA farms are used to determine whether CSA farms have market power and the extent to which ...
Daniel A. Lass +2 more
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Trends of organic agricultural development and regional distribution of its subjects in Ukraine
Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2018 Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the development trends and the specifics of regional distribution of subjects of organic farming in Ukraine. Methodology / approach.
Alexander Shegeda
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