Continuous adjustment of family farms versus socialist structural transformation : the case of German agriculture
Farm ; Farming;Agriculture ; Germany ; Socialism
The text develops eight hypotheses as to why the socialist transformation from small family farms to large socialist farms had disadvantageous effects.―(l'A.).
Part-ownership has been the principal strategy for farm enlargement. Part-owner farmers have enlarged their operations by renting land rather than by buying it. They have bought mode than the regional norm in marginal agricultural areas where land
is relatively cheap, in dairy-farming and in cattle-raising areas.
Occupancy change and the farmed landscape : an analysis of farm-level trends, 1970-85
Although there is a debate about the alleged significance of changes in farm occupancy to the management of the farmed landscape, there is little empirical research detailing the relationships. With use of a longitudinal analysis of over 250 farm
businesses, the relationship at the farm level, particularly those occupancy changes which may promote landscape alteration, are examined.
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
The paper includes the following chapters : 1. Atatürk's agricultural reform efforts. 2. Agriculture in the Black Sea Province of Samsun. 3. Methods of survey conducted. 4. Empirical findings (Qualifications of the farm managers, orientation towards
Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Farm ; Rural geography ; Rural history ; United States
Well-written treatment of the historical development of agriculture in the eastern United States from a well-known geographer who in his life time has seen much change in American farming. - (DWG)
Agricultural price ; Beauce ; Cereals ; Common agricultural policy ; Farm income ; Farm production ; Farm size ; Farming ; Farming system ; France ; Model
Depopulation ; Farming ; Farming system ; Farming;Agriculture ; France ; Poitou-Charentes ; Rural area ; Rural outmigration ; Rural society ; Social life ; Vienne
Farming system ; Farming;Agriculture ; Land use ; Mass movement ; Mountain ; Papua New Guinea ; Population density ; Slope ; Slope gradient ; Soil erosion ; Valley
Agricultural use of steep slopes in the densely populated Chimbu valley has incurred mass movement (slumps, slides and flows), but not rill or gully erosion. These processes provide clues to the complex history of highland slope farming.―(DWG)
Environmental impacts of extensive arable farming - a review
This paper reviews the effects of extensive arable farming on the environment of the agricultural landscape. Extensification measures concerning fertilization, plant protection, tillage, crop rotation and landscaping are differentiated. The effects
of these measures on soil, water flora are shown and evaluated with regard to particular ecological aims. Finally, suggestions are made how extensification programms should be managed and which parts of extensive farming should be introduced in practice from
« A load of bloody idiots ». Somerset dairy farmers' view of their political world
Agricultural policy ; Attitude ; Dairy farming ; England ; Farmer ; Political geography ; Political life ; Public opinion ; Somerset ; State control ; Trade organization ; United Kingdom