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The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming

Miluka, Juna; Carletto, Calogero; Davis, Benjamin - 2012

as a pathway out of agriculture: migration is negatively associated with the allocation of both labor and non …This paper investigates the impact of international migration on technical efficiency, resource allocation and income …-labor inputs in agriculture, while no significant differences can be detected in terms of farm technical efficiency or agricultural …

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Key stakeholders in the common agricultural policy: farmers' economic well-being, attitudes, and environmental behavior

Bethge, Sabrina - 2023

engaged in agri-culture. Since its interception, the CAP has undergone several reforms and has become one of the EU's most …

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Long-Term Farming and Rural Demographic Trends

Anr??quez, Gustavo; Bonomi, Genny - 2012

Two general characteristics of rural populations are studied: farming operations at the global level and global rural demographic trends. Analysis of farming at the global level shows that agricultural land is expanding in Latin America and Africa, while expansion limits have been reached in...

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Developing intermediate machines for high-land agriculture

Franco, Walter; Barbera, Filippo; Bartolucci, Luigi; … - In: Development engineering 5 (2020), pp. 2-14

The article analyzes the role of appropriate technologies for mechanization and innovation in small-scale farming in the mountainous and hilly areas of Italy's Piedmont region. Our approach to appropriate technologies focuses on mountain farmers whose needs have not been met by advances in...

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Rural small-scale women farmers and preference for family size in South-East Nigeria

Okafor, Samuel; Onu, Janefrances C.; Nwaeze, Vivian C. - In: Comparative population studies : CPoS ; open acess … 46 (2021), pp. 35-68

Among other things, fertility control in Nigeria may not be feasible without recourse to socioeconomic issues such as micro-occupation classification and dominant family cultural traditions facing women and their relationship to fertility behaviour. Rural small-scale women farmers are a...

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Economic performance of agritourism : an analysis of farms located in a less favoured area in Italy

Arru, Brunella; Furesi, Roberto; Madau, Fabio A.; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 9 (2021), pp. 1-21

Farms that operate in less favoured areas (LFAs) often suffer in achieving adequate profits. Diversification strategies, such as direct selling and offering recreational services, can play an important role in integrating earning sources and, as a consequence, increasing farm profitability. Such...

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Efficient use of energy resources on Malaysian farms

Thitinan Chankoson; Kittisak Jermsittiparsert; … - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 10 (2020) 3, pp. 274-281

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Integrating resilience and vulnerability components in assessing urbanization impacts on farming household livelihood strategies : insights from Ethiopia

Aboye, Bahiru Haile - In: Journal of urban management 14 (2025) 1, pp. 65-80

Integrating resilience and vulnerability components is critical in understanding urbanization impacts on farming household livelihood strategies. This study aims to combine methods and concepts of resilience and vulnerability, that are independently analyzed by previous research to grasp...

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The effect of farm size and farmland use on agricultural diversification : a spatial analysis of Brazilian municipalities

Parré, José Luiz; Chagas, André Luis Squarize; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-21

Brazilian agriculture is characterized by the prevalence of small farms and regions with a high degree of rurality and …

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Modeling conversion to organic agriculture with an EU-wide farm model

Kremmydas, Dimitrios; Ciaian, Pavel; Baldoni, Edoardo - In: Bio-based and applied economics 12 (2023) 4, pp. 261-304

using a farm level model. Two approaches are deployed to model conversion to organic agriculture. The first one, the …

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