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| Pfeifer, C.; Jongeneel, Roelof A.; Sonneveld, M.; Stoorvogel, J.. |
| Current European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been moving from production support subsidies to direct decoupled income support. The emergence in policy making of the concept of multifunctional agriculture leads to the recognition that a farmer produces more than food: he produces jointly both commodity and non-commodity goods. Environmental contracts were developed in order to encourage the provision of non-commodity goods such as landscape or biodiversity. Next to these contracts, other activities as for example recreation can be observed. They are the result of farm diversification. The role of location in farmers’ decision making to diversify is pointed out in literature but geographical information is generally reduced to the location within a... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farmer diversification; Landscape services; Location; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44439 |
