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Typology and Policy for Small Farms

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  • Tweeten, Luther
  • Cilley, G. Bradley
  • Popoola, Isaac

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The trend toward larger and fewer farms has alarmed many persons who view the small farm as an integral part of American society. Advocates of the small farm have called for policies to halt the continuing decline in the number of small farms in the United States. In evaluating the merits of potential policies, understanding the composition of small farms in the U.S. is critical.Appropriate public policy would be very different if small farms were operated solely by households with substantial off-farm income and who need no public assistance, solely by households pursuing an alternative to urban-industrial society's lifestyle and who want no public assistance, or solely by households who are aged and disabled and who want and need public assistance to avoid absolute deprivation.

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  • Tweeten, Luther & Cilley, G. Bradley & Popoola, Isaac, 1980. "Typology and Policy for Small Farms," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(2), pages 77-85, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:12:y:1980:i:02:p:77-85_01
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    1. Johnson, James D., 2002. "A Typology for U.S. Farms from National Survey Data," Workshop on the Farm Household-Firm Unit: Its Importance in Agriculture and Implications for Statistics, April 12-13,2002, Wye Campus, Imperial College 15725, International Agricultural Policy Reform and Adjustment Project (IAPRAP).
    2. Zulauf, Carl R., 1986. "CHANGES IN SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. FARMS DURING THE 1970s AND EARLY 1980s: AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON CURRENT AND CONSTANT DOLLAR SALES CATEGORIES," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 18(1), pages 1-10, July.
    3. Singh, Surendra P. & Williamson, Handy Jr., 1981. "Resources And Economic Efficiency Of Small And Large Farms Selected Farms In Tennessee," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279339, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    4. Sanford, Scott & Tweeten, Luther G., 1988. "Farm Income Enhancement Potential For Small, Part-Time Farming Operations In East Central Oklahoma," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 20(2), pages 1-12, December.

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