Hedgerow planting activities by Danish farmers : a case study from central Jutland
Denmark ; Farm ; Geographical information system ; Hedge ; Jylland ; Landscape dynamics ; Landscape ecology ; Rural landscape
The study is based on a questionnaire survey with farmers in two parishes supplemented by aerial photo interpretation. The first section examines changes in hedgerow network parameters between 1972 and 1995. The second section analyses the net
effect of planting activities between 1987 and 1997 and the motives behind them. Full-time farmers were the most active farm group concerning the proportion of farmers planting hedgerows. Subvention had a strong impact on planting activities.
Farmers' decision making on land use - the importance of soil conditions in the case of Río Cabuyal watershed, Colombia
Agropedology ; Andes ; Choice ; Colombia ; Crop selection ; Decision ; Farm ; Land use
Based on a study of farmers' decisions regarding land use type (forest, pasture, fallow or crop) and crop choice in the Columbian Andes, the paper shows that despite farmers' detailed knowledge of the diverse soil conditions in the area, other
factors (farm size, market and input-related concerns) are more important for farmers' actual choice of land use type and crop.
Studies of landscape aesthetics indicate that farmers have a unique perspective (seeing beauty) in the same landscapes that other publics find monotonous and boring. The paper uses Bourdieu’s theory of capital to explore why farmers hold
this perspective. Interpretations farmers place on tidy features such as straight lines and evenly coloured fields are explored through a cross-cultural study between Germany and Scotland. Results show how farmers read agricultural landscapes for signs of skilled
farming, and how their interpretation is dependent on knowledge of the connection between efficient farming practices and the appearance of forms and colours in the fields.
Agricultural production ; Employment structure ; Family farming ; Farming;Agriculture ; Rural change ; Rural economy
The AA. review the recent debate on agrarian change in western society and develop a critique of it in the process. They are focusing on the theory of family farming. The limitations of much recent literature is that it fails to make explicit
In this paper, the transformation of the Fertöd State Farm (W-Hungary) is presented. During the privatisation process the state farm was converted into a private venture, two thirds of the total land area was sold to smallholders who lease the land
further to Austrian farmers. After presentation of the ownership change, the transformation of the production system is analysed. - (ZK)
Running on empty: the dry farming settlements of northeastern N Nevada
Arid area ; Dry farming ; Nevada ; Rural community ; United States of America
Seven Mormon farming communities were started early in the twentieth century in this arid region of Nevada without irrigation. Today the farming has disappeared, a casualty of a misplaced percpetion of what the land could produce without artificial
Die Farmer-Genossenschaften in den USA The farmers' cooperatives in the USA
The article provides a review of the sector and regional structures of the U.S. American Farmers' Cooperatives. A list is given of the regions where membership, volume of business, marketed products and machinery set off against tax
The farmed landscape and the occupancy change process
The relationships between change in farm occupancy and changes in the farmed landscape are examined by reporting on evidence collected from an in-depth resurvey of farm businesses in three study areas in lowland England (West Dorset, East
A szegedi jaras tanyarendszerének néhany jellegzetessége. (Some characteristics of the scattered farmsteads isolated farms in the Szeged-district)
The population of farms on outlying areas is still diminishing however the farms situated near the towns and the inner zone of farms need an extra state control for settlement development| their maintenance and development is justified. (C. Kiricsi).
Small farmers and the extension service in south-eastern Nigeria
Agricultural transformation in developing countries depends on the small farmer: widescale mechanization would be practically impossible, and innovations are difficult to introduce. A survey based on 36 villages in Anambra state focuses
on the problems of the small farmer and suggests that extension services to improve land tenure, cooperatives, marketing boards and methods of farm management could increase productivity. (EMS).