Family farm business and access to rural development polices: a demographic perspective

Many small farmers charged that Ezra Taft Benson’s farm policies were driving them out of business. The fact that the countryside was hemorrhaging population during the 1950s seemed to support their contention. Indeed, the largest wave of farm abandonment and out-migration in the nation’s history occurred in those years. This chapter explores Benson’s agrarian polices while he was the secretary of agriculture in the Eisenhower administration. In specific, this chapter explores the following questions: What did he say over the course of his career about the moral and spiritual values and the economic costs of family farming? How did he respond to criticism of his policies by small farmers? How did he justify his policies and what advice did he offer? Did he regard the exodus of Americans from small farms as lamentable but inevitable? To what degree did he recommend educational opportunities or rural development policies to ease the transition from farm employment to non-farm work and urban lifestyles?

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Beyond Economic Earnings: The Holistic Meaning of Success for Women in Agritourism

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12124907 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 4907 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. Farzana Halim ◽

Carla Barbieri ◽

Duarte B. Morais ◽

Susan Jakes ◽

Erin Seekamp

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Rural Development ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Nominal Group ◽

Family Farm ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Predominant Role ◽

The Family ◽

Definition Of

Women’s predominant role in agritourism expands their also significant involvement in agriculture and rural development. Yet, when measured in economic terms, women in agritourism appear to be less successful than men. We argue that economic earnings are a limited measure of success, as women value their accomplishments in a comprehensive and distinctive sense. To better understand women’s success in agritourism, we conducted a study addressing limitations in methodologies and scope of the existing scholarship. Framed within feminist and emic approaches, we used a combination of qualitative methods of inquiry (open-ended interviews, mini focus groups, nominal group exercises) to generate data from 20 female agritourism entrepreneurs in North Carolina (USA). Findings show women in agritourism define success through nine distinct themes, four of which are newly emerging (ensuring customer satisfaction, being constantly on the move, pursuing happiness, perpetuating the family farm). Participants also identified seven opportunities that they perceive contribute to their self-defined success. Our study adds to the scholarship and practice of gender in agritourism by expanding the economic definition of entrepreneurial success. In doing so, we provide managerial and policy intelligence that can be used to stimulate rural development.

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Exploitations Familiales de Production Agricole des Cercles de Niono et de Banamba (Mali): Caractérisation et Stratégies de Prise en Charge des Besoins en Rapport Avec L’intervention Pour le Développement Agricole et Rural

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2017.v13n13p193 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 193

Author(s):

Amadou Ndiaye ◽

Yacouba Sangaré

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Agricultural Education ◽

River Valley ◽

Prise En Charge ◽

Family Farm ◽

Family Farms ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

The Family ◽

Niger River ◽

Peasant Family

The development of family farming is an important strategic option to support the food needs of the rural and urban populations. This is the reason it has been the subject of several studies which is based on characterization and typology to better orientate agricultural and rural development interventions. This study was conducted to characterize family farm in Mali and to determine the strategies to satisfy the country’s needs in rapport with the implementation of rural development. In doing this, field data were first collected in the family farms at Niono County (Niger River valley) and the Banamba County. After data collection, it was then analyzed in a systemic way. This analysis helps to characterize the family farm of Mali as a “Traditional peasant farm”. In Niono County, ‘peasant family farm’ which ensures its food self-sufficiency is centered on the production unit with an option of diversification. In Banamba County, “peasant family farm’ centered on unity of consumption develops food security strategy through pluri-activity. Thus, despite the intensity of government intervention, particularly in the area of Niger River Valley, malian “peasant family farmg” did not turn into “Modern family farm business”. In doing this, intervention for agricultural and rural development should move based on its strategies and practices from a sectorial approach to a systemic approach. This passage from the deterministic and holistic paradigm to the systemic and interactionist paradigm, should better redefine agricultural education and agricultural subsidy in relation with the structure of production.

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Getting It Right in Rural Development Initiatives: The Importance of Livelihood Assets in Commercializing Family Farm Production in Brazil

Human Ecology ◽

10.1007/s10745-021-00293-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

David Frederik da Silva Cavalcante ◽

Gabriel da Silva Medina ◽

José Elenilson Cruz

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Family Farm ◽

Livelihood Assets ◽

Farm Production ◽

Development Initiatives

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The importance of the quality of the agricultural product for sustainable success of agricultural holding

International Review ◽

10.5937/intrev2003105m ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105-112

Author(s):

Mirko Milanović ◽

Zorana Nikitović ◽

Slađana Vujičić

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Sector ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Agricultural Product ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

The Subject ◽

The Republic ◽

Farm Business ◽

Made In ◽

Family Farm Business

Small farms, which are mostly owned by natural persons, characterize the agricultural sector of Serbia. In order for a family farm business or holding to be successful, the following factors can be distinguished: the yield and quality of the products achieved, the prices generated for the products, and, of course, the decisions that are made in order to make the management of the farm more efficient. Given that consumers of agricultural products around the world are demanding increasing product quality, farms should work to improve competitiveness based on quality. The subject of this paper is the importance of the quality of the products for the sustainable success of agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia. The main goal of this paper is to provide new knowledge in the field of quality of agricultural products of agricultural holdings with the aim of achieving sustainable success.

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