STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN U.S. AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL FARMS

Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Ralph D. Christy

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1996, vol. 28, issue 01, 10

Abstract: A descriptive analysis and a survey of literature were used in this assessment of the transformation of the structure of production agriculture. The changes in production agriculture have important implications for resource use, population distribution in rural communities, and the survival of small farms. The shifting structural change in production agriculture as a response to economic and technological adjustments is not a temporary phenomenon. The economic and natural base of agriculture will change toward greater capital intensity and concentration of ownership, and will raise public policy questions in relation to the survival of a large farm population.

Keywords: Farm; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15226

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