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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Farm ownership"”.
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Competing Risks Models of Farm Service Agency Guaranteed Operating and Farm Ownership Loans
… events of over 19,000 guaranteed operating and farm ownership loans which were provided by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). Loans guaranteed by FSA are made by commercial banks, Farm Credit System (FCS), or other lenders to farmers who have limited ability to obtain loans from normal sources …
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Michigan Black farm owners perceptions about farm ownership credit acquisition : a critical race analysis
… to gather the perceptions of selected Black farm owners in Michigan about the meaning of their farm ownership, credit acquisition experiences, and recommendations to improve the process. Through a critical race methodology of 11 semi-structured interviews, key findings indicate the preference …
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The Determinants of farmers’ involvement in farm tourism: Insights from Lam Dong Province, Viet Nam : A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
Farm tourism has proven beneficial to agriculture, tourism and the community. However, research in farm tourism has been limited compared with that in general tourism research. Farm tourism is well-developed and has been mainly quantitively studied in European and North American countries. The …
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CBFM (community-based forest management) : participation and perceptions. a case study in Malang, Indonesia
… that at the 5% of significance level, years of farming experience, number of family who work on farm, the practice of agro-silvopasture and income derived from forest positively influenced people's participation in CBFM, while size of private land ownership and income not derived from forest had …
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Labor dynamics in Finnish dairy farming: workforce composition, employment patterns & generational shifts – panel data analysis (2000-2020)
Finnish dairy farming act as a pivotal sector in Finnish agriculture. This study focuses on the structural evolution of the Finnish dairy labor dynamics from 2000 to 2020, concentrating on production line transitions, workforce alignment and its dynamics, along with transitions in farm physical …
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Evaluation of the unique challenges facing family farms in South Africa
… In order to balance the needs of the family farm and the family it is important to establish sound business practices which not only enhances the economic productivity of the farm, but also the happiness of the family. Hence, the family and business are intertwined in family businesses. The …
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An Evaluation of Past Performance of the Two-Year Agricultural Technology Program at Virginia Tech as Perceived by Program Graduates
… field of agriculture and 16% have gone back to farm ownership or to work on the family farm. Some of the major recommendations that were made by the program graduates were to offer additional courses and options, add more emphasis to computers and technology, additional job placement services, …
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Work relations and forms of production in New Zealand agriculture
… and the reproduction and subsumption of family farms. In making this contribution, a framework is developed for the examination of work relations and forms of production in apple orcharding and dairy farming in New Zealand. It is argued that many of the intense debates in the literature result …