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| Salvioni, Cristina; Esposito, Laura; Henke, Roberto; Rondinelli, V.. |
| Using the data gathered by the Business Survey on Agriculture survey on a stratified random sample of Italian farm businesses below 4 European economic size units as a case study, this paper explores the diffusion of diversification strategies among small farms. The analysis has shown that more than a half of small farms is adopting some form of diversification. Small farms are more strongly involved in pluriactivity, while their involvement in broadening and deepening strategies appears only marginal. This latter result is partly due to the underevaluation of diversification caused by the lack of detailed statistical information about diversified activities used by farms, and, partly, due to the structural characteristics of small farms. Smaller farms are... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; R29; L25. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53964 |
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