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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Agritourism"”.
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Virginia Agritourism: A Profitability Analysis
Agritourism in Virginia is a rapidly growing industry that adds additional income to a farming operation, and helps mitigate risk. Therefore it has become a good strategy for farmers to generate higher levels of profit, but much of the literature in Virginia and surrounding states focuses more on …
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Examining the consumer behaviors of Illinois agritourism
… currently involved and those wanting to open agritourism sites. The study investigated consumers at a Central Illinois agritourism site in fall 2016. With the use of an on-site offline questionnaire, post-visits were evaluated as consumers exited the site. Results of the study indicated strong …
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Assessing the potential of agritourism at Neudamm, Namibia
… streams. One such alternative avenue is the agritourism opportunity at Neudamm. Very few studies have so far assessed agritourism factors of success in global north whilst global south lack such studies. This gap in literature in assessing agritourism factors of success in the global south …
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Residents' perceptions of agroforestry landscape: implications for agritourism
… of landscape features across gender, levels of agritourism experience, and relationships with a farm/forested land. Females, Recurrent Agritourists, and those with Direct or Indirect Relationship to a land showed higher preferences for most landscape features as compared to their counterparts. …
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Achieving guest satisfaction through the agritourism experience: the case of Cyprus
… official bodies of the island implemented the agritourism program. Through its promotion the destination sought tourism diversification and economic regeneration of the countryside. However, the success of the program may be argued, on the basis that it has only achieved low occupancy rates. In …
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A Case Study on the Apple Hill Grower's Association: An Agritourism Area in Camino, CA
… to the farm. A majority of the past research on agritourism involves quantitative studies that are survey based; this study gives qualitative research perspective based on focus groups and personal interviews. In addition, past research is focused on other states (i.e. Michigan, Missouri, …
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Management of small tourism business in rural areas
… investigates the viability of the small-scale agritourism business by identifying the environmental and operational characteristics unique to agritourism businesses and proposing a model to explain owner behavior in managing an agritourism business. The research data were collected through an …
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Go Farm, Goleta: Urban Agriculture Protection for Eastern Goleta Valley
… between agriculture and other land uses, and agritourism. In the case of buffers, academic literature is examined to determine how effective buffers are at various tasks (filtering runoff, mitigating dust and wind, providing habitat, etc.) and how to construct buffers to maximize their …
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BANISHED INTO EXISTENCE: AGRITECTURE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARCHITECTURE & AGRICULTURE
… landscape that will be open to the public as an agritourism destination. The project will raise public awareness about hemp cultivation as an agricultural opportunity and demonstrate the potential of hemp as a construction material, highlighting its multiple possible contributions to tackling the …
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Maple Syrup in Appalachia: A Sustainable Economic Development Opportunity
… learn about the current impacts of maple syrup agritourism for producers and the communities they operate in. Findings from this study indicate that the maple syrup industry in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia is smaller and more localized than the industry in the Northeastern United States …
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Visit motivations and perceived benefits of farms, private forests and state/national parks in Missouri
… the smells and sounds of nature"; "Share their agritourism/outdoor skills"; "Have a change from their daily routing"; and "Experience solitude") were significantly different across the three natural settings. Overall, respondents also considered significantly more important state/national parks …
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Exploring Potential Innovative Marketing Approaches for US Agribusinesses
… One marketing approach involves an agritourism marketing tool based on an agricultural geocaching program, AgCache. The second proposed marketing approach explores the specialty crops marketing channel to institutional foodservice establishments. For AgCache, exploratory qualitative …
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The agricultural industry as percieved by members of the general public of Louisiana
… the researcher encourages the promotion of “agritourism” endeavors, allowing perceptions to be made based on personal experiences. The researcher further recommends increasing publication of classroom agriculture education materials designed to reach various audiences and expansion to …
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Deciding to Diversify: A Case Study of Seven Virginia Farm Businesses
Farm enterprise diversification is an important tool for agricultural producers with respect to risk management. As agricultural producers in Virginia look to prepare their farm businesses for the new millennium, they are increasingly considering non-traditional enterprises and activities for their …