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| Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Msaki, Mark M.. |
| The impact of smallholder commercialisation on food consumption patterns in a rural community of South Africa was investigated. The consumption patterns, dietary diversity and nutrient intakes of certified and partially certified members of an organic farmers' organisation were compared to data from a random sample of non-member households. Two consecutive survey rounds (n = 200) conducted in November 2004 and March 2005 enabled comparison of dietary diversity, nutrient adequacy (in terms of per household adult female equivalents for energy, iron, and vitamin A) and expenditure elasticities between seasons. Households with members engaged in certified comm ercial organic farming enjoyed greater dietary diversity, improved nutrient intakes com pared to... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food consumption; Nutrition; Farm households; Small holder; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D1; Q12. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25304 |
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| Lovo, Stefania. |
| Land and market imperfections shape the organization of agricultural production and lead to different production regimes within rural farm households in South Africa. This paper presents a theoretical model to explain the presence of three main households groups (classes) determined on the basis of the labor regime adopted: small peasants (working both on and off farm), self cultivators (autarkic in labor) and hiring in households. Membership in the three categories is determined by the endogenous shadow wage and the effective market wages. A generalized ordered logit model is used to test the main predictions of the model. Market imperfections, which prevent household from accessing markets, are expected to have different impacts on heterogenous... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm households; Market imperfections; Liquidity constraint; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; International Development. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6675 |
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| Roberts, Deborah; Majewski, Edward; Sulewski, Piotr. |
| Despite the emphasis given in EU agricultural policy to the local economic benefits of a maintaining a strong agricultural sector, relatively little research has focussed on the contribution farm households make to their localities. The lack of understanding is particularly acute given ongoing changes in the agri-food chain and changes in farm structures. The paper presents findings from an analysis of the direct transactions associated with a sample of farm households drawn from two European case study areas – Podlaskie, Poland and North East Scotland, UK. The results confirm that the concept of “local” in relation to farm household transactions depends on the economic geography of the area under analysis. With the exception of off-farm work, farm... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Local; Spatial concentration; Farm households; Agricultural and Food Policy; R12; Q12; Q18. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99595 |
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| Mishra, Ashok K.; Williams, Robert P.; Detre, Joshua D.. |
| The Internet is becoming an increasingly important management tool in production agriculture. Using data from the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and a double-hurdle estimation approach, we explore the adoption of computers with Internet access by and Internet purchasing patterns of farm households. Adoption of the Internet is positively related to age and education of the operator, off-farm work, presence of spouse, participation in government programs, farm size, and regional location of the farm. Internet purchasing patterns of farm households are positively related to the education of the operator and spouse, presence of teenagers, and regional location of the farm. Finally, farm businesses and their households are more likely to... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Adoption of Internet; Education; Farm size; Farm households; Internet; Double-hurdle model; Farm business; Major household items; Minor farm inputs; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55545 |
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| Katchova, Ani L.. |
| This study examines the portfolio allocation of assets for farm and nonfarm households using the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the Survey of Consumer Finances. The stylized facts of household finance, including limited participation in equity markets and heterogeneity of asset portfolios, are also confirmed for farm households. However, farm households show fewer differences in participation rates and asset allocation across wealth groups. Probit and conditional regression models indicate that fewer demographic factors affect participation rates and portfolio shares of risky assets for farm than nonfarm households. The aggregate statistics seem overwhelmingly influenced by households with large holdings of risky assets as shown by quantile... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm households; Financial management; Nonfarm households; Portfolio analysis; Quantile regression; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48143 |
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| Whitaker, James B.; Effland, Anne. |
| We estimate the impacts of various types of government payments to U.S. agriculture on different components of farm household consumption. Using 2003 to 2005 data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), we show that marginal rates of consumption differ by consumption category and income source, including different types of farm program payments. The results suggest that farm households treat income from different sources as imperfect substitutes and may reserve income from specific sources for specific types of consumption. Implications for the effects of different types of government payments on the farm household are considered. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Consumption; Farm households; Government payments; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49863 |
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| Findeis, Jill L.; Swaminathan, Hema; Jayaraman, Anuja. |
| This paper assesses agricultural household-firm unit models to determine a useful typology for agricultural policy assessment that draws upon their use. Both standard and bargaining models for analyzing household decisions, including production, consumption, labor, credit, fertility and child schooling, intergenerational transfer, among other key behaviors of households are discussed, as well as data and estimation issues often encountered with household models. Relevant dimensions of a country or region typology are then suggested, focusing on (1) the extent to which markets, particularly labor markets, are perfect, missing or mixed; (2) relevant intra-household and key demographic considerations; and (3) the differentiation of particular household-firm... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural households; Farm households; Labor; Labor adjustments; Off-farm employment; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15738 |
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| Mollers, Judith; Zier, Patrick; Frohberg, Klaus; Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Bojnec, Stefan. |
| Croatia is very close to meeting the requirements necessary for becoming a member of the European Union (EU). On February 6, 2008, the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that accession negotiations with Croatia are moving ahead well. As in all new member states (NMS), the agricultural sector and food processing chain are core issues within the negotiation process. Successful negotiation requires intimate knowledge of the issue at hand, including the socio-economic situation and the fears and strategies of the stakeholders, particularly small-scale farmers. This report attempts to close some of these knowledge gaps by reviewing Croatia’s rural development dynamics and farm structures, as well as agricultural and rural policies. Based on an... |
| Tipo: Book |
Palavras-chave: Croatia; Rural development; EU accession; Slovenia; Farm households; Competitiveness; Agricultural policy; CAP; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; O18; O13; O12. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53665 |
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| Peake, Whitney O.; Marshall, Maria I.. |
| This study tests the impact of household and demographic factors on the economic well-being of the farm and nonfarm self-employed using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Parametric and nonparametric techniques are used to test for statistical differences in self-employment and household income levels. Further, household and demographic factors are tested for their effect on self-employment income using a censored tobit regression model. The farm self-employed report significantly higher levels of self-employment income. Results reveal that several household and demographic factors significantly impact self-employment income levels for the farm and nonfarm self-employed, with key differences in impacts. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Self-employment; Farm households; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46304 |
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| Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge; Mishra, Ashok K.; Nehring, Richard F.; Hendricks, Chad; Southern, Malaya; Gregory, Alexandra. |
| The economic well-being of most U.S. farm households depends on income from both onfarm and off-farm activities. Consequently, for many farm households, economic decisions (including technology adoption and other production decisions) are likely to be shaped by the allocation of managerial time among such activities. While time allocation decisions are usually not measured directly, we observe the outcomes of such decisions, such as onfarm and off-farm income. This report finds that a farm operator’s off-farm employment and off-farm income vary inversely with the size of the farm. Operators of smaller farm operations improve their economic performance by compensating for the scale disadvantages of their farm business with more off-farm involvement.... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Off-farm income; Farm households; Economic performance; Managerial time; Scale economies; Scope economies; Technical efficiency; Technology adoption; Farm size; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7234 |
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| Lambert, Dayton M.; Sullivan, Patrick; Claassen, Roger; Foreman, Linda F.. |
| In recent years, the Federal Government has increased its emphasis on conservation programs that reward good stewardship on working farmland. This report examines the business, operator, and household characteristics of farms that have adopted certain conservation-compatible practices, with and without financial assistance from government conservation programs. The analysis finds that characteristics of the farm operator and household, in addition to the characteristics of the farm business, are associated with both the likelihood that a farmer will adopt certain conservation-compatible practices and the degree to which the farmer participates in different types of conservation programs. For example, operators of small farm operations and operators not... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Conservation programs; Conservation-compatible management practices; Conservation structures; Farm households; Conservation Reserve Program; Environmental Quality Incentives Program; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7255 |
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| Durst, Ron L.. |
| The current $2.5-million income cap on eligibility for farm program payments affects only a small number of farm program payment recipients each year. A reduction in the cap to $200,000 would affect a larger number of farm households but still only a small share of recipients. Based on IRS tax data for 2004, about 1.2 percent of all farm sole proprietors and about 2 percent of crop share landlords would be potentially subject to the proposed lower adjusted gross income (AGI) cap. ARMS survey data suggest a similar share of farm sole proprietors (1.1 percent) could be affected. When partnerships and farm corporations are included, about 1.5 percent of all farm operator households could be affected because a larger share of farm partnerships (2.5 percent)... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Farm program payments; Adjusted gross income; Farm typology; Tax data; AGI cap; Farm households; Agricultural Resource Management Survey; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59027 |
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