Data/hora: 09/06/2024 06:05:35

Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States

Título:

Characteristics of Canada's Diverse Farm Sector

Caractéristiques du secteur agricole diversifié du Canada

Autores: | Niekamp,   Deborah.
Data: | 2009-10-28
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Farm structure; Economic well-being; Agricultural production; Farm income; Financial performance; Diversity farm typology; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Resumo: | Much of the research in the past on farm structure and economic well-being focused almost exclusively on farms based on their size, their contribution to total agricultural production, or national net farm income. These aggregate measures do not by themselves adequately explain how well the farm is functioning. Confidence in highly aggregated measures of financial performance in agriculture needs to be tempered with an understanding of the diversity that exists within the farm sector. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) developed a farm typology, to better explain why particular groups respond differently. The AAFC typology classifies farms into more homogeneous groups based on five factors: organizational structure (non-family farms)  age (retirement farms);  dependence on off-farm income (lifestyle farms); total family income (low income farms)  revenue class.
Tipo: | Report
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

ISSN 1499-8674

Catalogue A22-243/2002

http://purl.umn.edu/54465

Relação: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada&gt;Economic and Market Information
Formato: | 10