Bowler, Ian and Clark, Gordon and Crockett, Alasdair and Ilbery, Brian and Shaw, Alastair (1996) The development of alternative farm enterprises : a study of family labour farms in the Northern Pennines of England. Journal of Rural Studies, 12 (3). pp. 285-295.
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This paper offers an empirical test of a middle-order theorisation of business change on family labour farms. The concept of 'paths of farm business development' is examined in the northern Pennines of England using discriminant analysis and 34 variables drawn from the published literature on the dynamics of the family farm. Farm indebtedness is shown to be the dominant variable discriminating between farms in the different pathways, although the exact role of farm debt varies between pathways. Farm families selecting the alternative farm enterprise (AFE) pathway can be divided between those that display 'accumulation' (principal AFE) and 'survival' (marginal AFE) behaviours. The findings are contextualised to the U.K. and an era of historically high interest rates and farm indebtedness. Copyright (~) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Rural Studies |
| Additional Information: | The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Journal of Rural Studies, 12 (3), 1996, © ELSEVIER. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | farm diversification ; Pennines ; family farms ; decision making. |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre |
| ID Code: | 390 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Gordon Clark |
| Deposited On: | 01 Feb 2007 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:58 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/390 |
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